Title: The Pain Eater Author: Beth Goobie Published: Second Story Press Pub. Date: 13 September 2016 Genre: Contemporary Fiction, YA Maddie Malone has been a train wreck since that terrible day last March. She tries to control her nightmare pain so it does not consume her, but the only method she has found…
The Girl From the Sea
Title: The Girl From the Sea Author: Shalini Boland Publisher: Adrenalin Books Pub. Date: 9 June 2016 Genre: Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Mystery, YA Mia washes up on a beach. She cannot remember who she is or what happened to her. After she is identified and begins to resume her supposed life, she begins having…
Can’t Forget
Title: Can’t Forget Author: Colleen S. Myers Publisher: Champagne Books Pub Date: 6 Jun 2016 Series: Solum #2 Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Teen/YA This is book 2, and though reading book #1 is a good idea, this book can be read as a standalone. I have included the blurb for book 1 ‘Must…
The Guineveres
Title: The Guineveres Author: Sarah Domet Publisher: Flatiron Books Pub. Date: 4 October 2016 Genre: Lit. fiction, coming-of-age, YA Four very different girls arrive at the Sisters of the Supreme Adoration convent school from four very different circumstances. Regardless, each have a history shadowed by loss and betrayal, a bond enhanced by also sharing…
Everything You Want Me To Be
Title: Everything You Want Me To Be Author: Mindy Mejia Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books Pub. Date: 3 January 2017 Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Contemporary, YA Question: How many secrets can be exposed during an investigation into a young girl’s murder? Answer: As many as it takes to make a gripping and satisfying mystery….
All Our Wrong Todays
Title: All Our Wrong Todays Author: Elan Mastai Publisher: Dutton Pub. Date: 7 February 2017 Genre: Science Fiction, recommended This is the what-if-I-could-go-back-and-fix-it story you probably never imagined. It is also time travel as raw as the naked heart–especially once it goes soooo wrong. The characters are people who live on the page,…
The Girl From Venice
Title: The Girl From Venice Author: Martin Cruz Smith Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub Date: 18 October 2016 Genre: Historical Thriller, Venice, WW2, Romantic *Recommended What a lovely world to escape into for a couple of rainy afternoons! Venice during WW2 is fertile ground for romance and other thrilling underworldly goings-on and Martin…
Carousel Court
Title: Carousel Court Author: Joe McGinniss Jr. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 2 August 2016 Genre: General Fiction Okay. I finally finished reading it after putting it down twelve…yep, twelve…times. This is a story of misery and dissatisfaction, hopelessness and worthlessness, with drugs and sex. Everyone is pretty and unhappy. Blah blah…
Queen Bees & Wannabes
Title: Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World Author: Rosalind Wiseman Publisher: Harmony Pub. Date: 26 July 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, Family, Parenting My thoughts: This book is a wonderfully readable and rigorous resource for parents. Wiseman is a formidable source of comfort and reason,…
I Am No One
Title: I Am No One Author: Patrick Flanery Publisher: Tim Duggan Books Pub. Date: 5 July, 2016 To know that we are being passively observed is such a fundamental part of our culture that we hardly notice anymore. But, what if passive became active, wouldn’t the same feelings of notional security become malignant and…
(Robert Parker’s) Slow Burn
Title: Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pub. Date: 3 May, 2016 Series: Spenser #44 Genre: Suspense, Hard-Boiled, Crime Fiction Throughout the twisted case that develops as the Boston P.I. pursues a serial arsonist, Spenser and his friends are in control and smooth as ever. In this new novel Ace Atkins…
Dodgers
Title: Dodgers Author: Bill Beverly Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 5 April, 2016 Genre: Gritty, Contemporary, Urban Fiction, Adventure, Coming-of-age This book came out in April and it has been sitting on my shelf since before then because I wasn’t sure I was going to like it enough to add to the conversation about it….
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