Update: Due to be released in paperback on September 23, 2014 with new cover! [simpleazon-image align="left" asin="B00BXKY6VA" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N3ExPJfxL._SL160_.jpg" width="106"][simpleazon-link asin="B00BXKY6VA" locale="us"]The Banks of Certain Rivers[/simpleazon-link] by Jon Harrison My rating: 4 of 5 … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Banks of Certain Rivers by Jon Harrison
Book Review: The Natural by Bernard Malamud
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="0374502005" locale="us" height="500" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A0lhBmB7L.jpg" width="332"]>[simpleazon-link asin="0374502005" locale="us"]The Natural[/simpleazon-link]> by Bernard Malamud My rating: 4 of 5 stars From a literary standpoint, The Natural is a fine novel. The imagery sets the dark, unsettling tone that … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Natural by Bernard Malamud
Rewind to You Book Blast and $75 Giveaway
Rewind to You One last summer before college on beautiful Tybee Island is supposed to help Sienna forget. But how can she? This is where her family spent every summer before everything changed, before the world as she knew it was ripped away. But the past isn’t easily left behind. Especially when Sienna keeps having episodes that take her back to the night she wants to … [Read more...] about Rewind to You Book Blast and $75 Giveaway
Jubilee’s Journey Book Blast and $100 Giveaway
Jubilee’s Journey by Bette Lee Crosby JUBILEE’S JOURNEY…FPA PRESIDENT’S BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER When tragedy strikes a West Virginia coal mining family, two children start out on a trek that they hope will lead them to a new life. Before a day passes, the children are separated and the boy is caught up in a robbery not of his making. If his sister … [Read more...] about Jubilee’s Journey Book Blast and $100 Giveaway
Book Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I hate science, but thanks to Bill Bryson, I devoured a 500 page book about it. Humorous anecdotes, eccentric scientists, fascinating footnotes, and a delightful way with words and images that engage and amuse. Bryson writes to the reader who comes to the table with no aptitude for science just a … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson