Monthly Archives: June 2011
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz
HEADS YOU LOSE is an innovative and hilarious new crime novel written collaboratively. The formula is simple: the authors write alternating chapters, each one picking up where the other has left off. The novel stars Paul and Lacey Hansen, a … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Humor, Mystery
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter … Continue reading
Filed under Historical
Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher
Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline—poverty, … Continue reading
Filed under Literacy, Professional Development
Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Humor, Mystery, Realistic, Romance
Red Moon Rising by Peter Moore
Being only half-vamp in a high school like Carpathia Night makes you a whole loser. But Danny Gray manages to escape the worst of the specists at his school. Thanks to genetic treatments he had as an infant, most people … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Realistic, Young Adult
Dangerous Desire by Diane Escalera
Title: Dangerous Desire* Author: Diane Escalera Series: Standalone Genre: Contemporary Romace Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc. Format: ebook Date/Year: July 2011 *This book was (provided to me by the publisher for review) Summary from the publisher: Sometimes you have to lose … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Mystery, Realistic, Romance
Magic Slays (Kate Daniels, #5) by Ilona Andrews
Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has never been so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job. Kate Daniels may have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she’s still knee-deep in paranormal problems. Or … Continue reading
Filed under Paranormal, Romance
Exclusively Yours (Kowalski Family, #1) by Shannon Stacey
When Keri Daniels’ editor finds out she has previous carnal knowledge of reclusive bestselling author Joe Kowalski, she gives Keri a choice: get an interview or get a new job. Joe’s never forgotten the first girl to break his heart, … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Humor, Realistic, Romance
Ice Shards (Sisters of the Moon, #9.5) by Yasmine Galenorn (Hexed anthology)
This is Iris’ story where she attempts to get the curse lifted from her. It has been several months since I read any of this series. The author did an excellent job of reminding me what was going on without … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary, Paranormal
