***** Divergent Author: Veronica Roth First Edition: 2011 Original language: English Awards: Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book of 2011 and for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2011), ALA Teens’ Top Ten Nominee (2012), Children’s Choice Book Award Nominee for Teen Choice Book of the Year (2012), DABWAHA (Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award […]
Category Archives: Reviews
January
22
The Last Chinese Chef, Nicole Mones
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***½ The Last Chinese Chef Author: Nicole Mones First Edition: 2007 Original language: English Summary: It has been a year since Maggie’s husband passed away, but she has been unable to rebuild her life after his sudden death. She has sold their house and moved into a small house boat, and her work as an […]
January
10
Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
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***** Choke: A Novel Author: Chuck Palahniuk First Edition: 2001 Original language: English Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/palahniuk/ Author Website: http://chuckpalahniuk.net Twitter: @chuckpalahniuk Summary: Sex addict Victor Mancini works in Colonial Dunsboro by day. In the afternoon he cruises sex addiction meetings for dates. By night he pretends to choke at restaurants so that a stranger can save […]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
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***** The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky First Edition: 1999 Original language: English Summary: Written in the form of letters to an anonymous “dear friend,” The Perks of Being a Wallflower recounts a young boy’s freshman year in high school in 1991-1992. Charlie is a sensitive boy, intelligent, with a “normal” […]
Tell No One, Harlan Coben
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** Tell No One: A Novel Author: Harlan Coben First Edition: 2000 Original language: English Awards: Barry Award Nominee for Best Novel (2002), Macavity Award Nominee for Best Mystery Novel (2002), Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (2002), Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2008) Summary: Dr. David Beck is still suffering from the murder of […]
Top Ten Books Read In 2012
posted by lasesana
WASHINGTON DC, December 28, 2012- I read a few books this year. I don’t know how many exactly, but probably not as many as I would have liked. I did read Fall of Giants, Shogun, and Tai Pan– all really long novels. It was a little difficult to pick my favorites, and since I have […]
Shogun, James Clavell
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***** Shogun Asian Saga #3 Author: James Clavell First Edition: 1975 Original language: English Summary: It is 1598 and John Blackthorne is the English pilot of the Dutch vessel, Erasmus. Running from enemies in South American waters, Blackthorne becomes the first English pilot to reach Japan after a seemingly hopeless two-year voyage across the Pacific. […]
December
18
10 Historical Novels
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From my column at the Washington Times Communities There are several definitions of “historical fiction.” The Encyclopedia Britannica defines a historical novel as “a novel that has as its setting a usually significant period of history and that attempts to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions of a past age with realistic details and fidelity […]
December
07
10 Disturbing Novels
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From my column in the Washington Times Communities WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2012- You know that book that you simply cannot put down? The one that you keep thinking about when you do put it down and way after you’ve finished reading it? The one that makes you just a little bit uncomfortable when you think […]
We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver
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**** We Need to Talk About Kevin Author: Lionel Shriver First Edition: 2003 Original language: English Awards: 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction Summary: We Need to Talk About Kevin is an epistolary novel, written as letters from Eva Katchadourian to her husband Franklin in the wake of their son’s killing 11 people at his school. […]
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