Showing posts from April, 2012

Room - Emma Donoghue

Read Mindy and Heather 's reviews of Room . Summary:  To five-year-old Jack, Room is the world.  It's where h…

The Girl Who Could Fly - Victoria Forester

Read Mindy's review here . Summary:  SHE CAN FLY! Piper McCloud lives with her normal ma and pa on a normal farm i…

The Scorch Trials - James Dashner

Lara Hays Zierke is my former next door neighbor, an adoptive mama, and an aspiring writer who has graciously consented…

Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara

Another fine guest review from the lovely Elizabeth Marsh .  I get the feeling you might be seeing a lot more of her ar…

Tears of a Tiger - Sharon M. Draper

Summary:  In one horrifying night, Andy's life changed forever... Andy Jackson was driving the car that crashed on…

Push (aka Precious ) - Sapphire

Summary:  Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible to the father who rapes her a…

"HEAVEN IS HERE" WINNERS!!

Congratulations to all six  Heaven Is Here winners: (Before you get too excited,  click on the name and make sure I…

Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich

Three to Get Deadly  is the third book in the popular Stephanie Plum crime series by Janet Evanovich.  We've alread…

Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok

Summary:  When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret…

Blue Asylum - Kathy Hepinstall

Summary:  Put on trial by her slaveholder husband and convicted of madness by a Virginia judge, Iris Dunleavy is sent …

Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind

This book is the first book in the Sword of Truth series. Summary:  In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his fathe…

The Maze Runner - James Dashner

This guest review comes to us from someone who probably knows much more about my  family than she probably should --  L…

The Land of Decoration - Grace McCleen

d Summary: A mesmerizing debut about a young girl whose steadfast belief and imagination bring everything she once hel…

The Pregnancy Project - Gaby Rodriguez

Here's another lovely guest review from Elizabeth Marsh , stay-at-home mother of three, bibliophile, and fitness gu…

HEAVEN IS HERE - SIX BOOK GIVEAWAY

In August 2008, Stephanie Nielson was living the dream with her sweetheart, Christian, relishing her role as wife, moth…

Heaven Is Here - Stephanie Nielson

Summary: When Stephanie Nielson began writing about her life in 2005, in what soon became the very popular blog Nie Ni…