Recent Posts Tagged With 'from my library'

• Black Mirror, by Nancy Werlin

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 07:15 in book review, young adult fiction, puffin, black mirror, female authors, from my library, my thoughts on books, nancy werlin, books with a female protagonist

  Frances and her brother Daniel are scholarship students at the prestigious Pettengill School.  Both have gladly escaped their deteriorating home life with their broken father, crotchety grandmother and memories of their absentee mother, who has left...

• Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 05:05 in fiction, book review, shiver, young adult fiction, maggie stiefvater, scholastic press, from my library, my thoughts on books, original publication date: 2009, books set in minnesota

  As a young girl, Grace Brisbane is attacked and dragged from her tire swing by a pack of wolves. Though she is bitten, she is saved from from serious injury and death when a wolf with odd yellow eyes steps in to save her from the others. Over the nex...

• The Story of A Marriage, by Andrew Sean Greer

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 06:59 in fiction, book review, highly recommended, from my library, andrew sean greer, my thoughts on books, male authors, farrar strauss and giroux, the story of a marriage, books with a female protagonist, original publication date: 2008

  Pearlie and Holland are childhood sweethearts from Kentucky who have found each other again after being separated when Holland went off to war.  Holland is a troubled man when he returns and though his elderly spinster aunts try to warn Pearlie that...

• Recipe: Ginger, Chicken & Coconut Soup

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 20:16 in cooking, recipe, soup, thai recipes, from my library, the soup bible, my thoughts on cooking, deborah mayhew, ginger chicken and coconut soup, tom kha gai soup

  Weekend Cooking Beth over at BethFish Reads has started a wonderful new way for us to link up to all the fabulous posts about food that us book lovers post about throughout the blogosphere.  I am so excited to have a collection like this all in on...

• 31 Hours, by Masha Hamilton

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 16:32 in fiction, book review, highly recommended, contemporary fiction, female authors, from my library, my thoughts on books, unbridled books, read in 2009, books set in new york city, masha hamilton, original publication date: 2009

  When Carol Meitzner wakes up in the middle of the night she is as sure as anything that her son, Jonas, is in danger. Even though she tries to keep calm and give her 21-year old a healthy amount of space in which to live his life and make his own de...

• Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 22:49 in fiction, book review, made into a movie, dennis lehane, audiobook, shutter island, from my library, my thoughts on books, male authors, read in 2009, books with a male protagonist, books set in massachusetts

  Son of a fisherman, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has never been that comfortable on the water, yet on the water is where he finds himself as he crosses over by ferry to Shutter Island with his new partner Chuck Aule. There, the two will investigate t...

• And A Dead Guy In A Pear Tree, by Leslie Kelly

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 13:35 in Romance, fiction, book review, audiobook, female authors, from my library, my thoughts on books, leslie kelly, read in 2009, books with a female protagonist, original publication date: 2009, books with multiple narrators

  “Even through his coat, he could feel her heat.” Holly Cavanaugh is living with her grandparents and helping them run the local bed and breakfast out of their home.  The business isn’t much of a success and she is relying upon a w...

• A Change In Altitude, by Anita Shreve

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 21:51 in fiction, book review, recommended, contemporary fiction, female authors, hachette book group, from my library, anita shreve, my thoughts on books, read in 2009, books with a female protagonist, a change in altitude

  Margaret and Patrick fly to Kenya with the expectation of an exciting adventure. They have been married for a few short months and Patrick, who has been granted permission to conduct his studies in Kenya in exchange for operating free clinics across...

• My Most Excellent Year, by Steve Kluger

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 06:10 in ya fiction, dial books, from my library, my thoughts on books, male authors, read in 2009, steve kluger, nerds heart ya, books about teenagers, original publication date: 2008, my most excellent year, books set in massachusetts

  My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park, by Steve Kluger is Recommended. In the 11th grade, friends TC, Augie and Alejandra are in Ms. LaFontaine’s English class when they are assigned to do a project detailing the...

• Lovehampton, by Sherri Rifkin

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 05:16 in Romance, fiction, st. martin's griffin, female author, lovehampton, from my library, my thoughts on books, what i've read ~ 2009, books with a female protagonist, original publication date: 2008, books in the first person, books set in the hamptons

  Lovehampton, by Sherri Rifkin is Recommended. When Tori Miller’s boyfriend dumps her in the cab ride home from her best friend’s wedding she is devastated and undergoes a severe downturn.  She has no life to speak of for the next two yea...

• Kindred, by Octavia Butler

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 05:04 in fiction, science fiction, kindred, historical fiction, beacon press, octavia butler, female authors, from my library, my thoughts on books, books set in california, books with a female protagonist, books about slavery

  Kindred, by Octavia Butler is A Must Read. Dana and Kevin Franklin are a young married couple, both writers, who have finally started making enough money from their writing to support themselves.  They buy a new house in a small suburb of Los Angele...

• Wait For Me, by An Na

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 06:38 in fiction, ya fiction, female authors, wait for me, from my library, my thoughts on books, an na, books set in california, books with a female protagonist, original publication date: 2006, books about teenagers, penguin young readers

  Wait For Me , by An Na is Recommended. Supposedly Mina has everything going for her.  She is an honor student on the verge of attending her senior year of college after which she plans on attending to Harvard; but is she?  These are the thi...

• Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 20:47 in ya fiction, highly recommended, daniel woodrell, winter's bone, contemporary fiction, from my library, my thoughts on books, male authors, read in 2009, books with a female protagonist, little brown & co, books set in the ozarks

  Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell is Highly Recommended. Ree Dolly is just sixteen years old when her father leaves and doesn’t come back.  The Dollys are a tough clan, living in the Ozarks for years- some take the straight life but most...