Archives for July 2012

My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares

Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together-and he remembers it all. Daniel has “the memory”, the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he’s previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short.

The Art of Forgetting by Camille Noe Pagan

Title: The Art of Forgetting Author: Camille Noe Pagan Genre: Women’s Fiction/Chick Lit Publisher: Dutton/Penguin Group Publication Date: May 14, 2011 Hardcover: 284 pages Where’d I Get It: Bought it. Synopsis (From Goodreads): Marissa Rogers never wanted to be an alpha; beta suited her just fine. Taking charge without taking credit had always paid off: vaulting […]

Frost by Kate Avery Ellison

In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running despite the freezing cold and threat of monster attacks or risk losing her siblings to reassignment by the village Elders.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

I was born in the 80s. Early 80s. (Yeah, I’m old…*sob*) So, 80s and 90s trivia about video games and music and all that good stuff makes my heart go pitter-pat. It also amuses me to remember the stuff from back then. That, of course, helped me fall in love with this book; it is FULL of references to 80s and 90s pop culture and lifestyle.

Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand

This was my first time reading any of Hilderbrand’s books and I must say I will be reading others. I absolutely devoured this book, reading it in less than a week (keeping in mind I work full time and go to school part-time!). I found the book and the characters in it captivating.

Thirst No. 5 by Christopher Pike – Cover Reveal

Of course I’m stalking this book like mad on Amazon.com, hoping against hope that the release date will be moved up.  So far the only thing that’s budged is the price – $8.79 as of this writing – so I’m crying inside a little. It’s not unexpected, though. My hopes of an earlier release are […]

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

The small town of Paradise, Pennsylvania, is a jewel in Lancaster County — known for its picture-postcard landscapes and bucolic lifestyle. But that peace is shattered by the discovery of a dead infant in the barn of an Amish farmer. A police investigation quickly leads to two startling disclosures: the newborn’s mother is an unmarried Amish woman, eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher. And the infant did not die of natural causes. Although Katie denies the medical proof that she gave birth to the child, circumstantial evidence leads to her arrest for the murder of her baby.

Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall

Title: Blue Asylum Author: Kathy Hepinstall Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: April 10, 2012 Hardcover: 288 pages Where’d I Get It: For Review from the Publisher Synopsis (From Goodreads): Amid the mayhem of the Civil War, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is put on trial and convicted of madness. It is the […]