Title: Remember My Beauties Author: Lynne Hugo Publisher: Switchgrass Books Pub. Date: April 18, 2016 Genre: Literary Fiction Past the hard skin of a family torn by divisive relationships and destructive choices that have eroded hope to a bare minimum, Remember My Beauties is a visceral glimpse at a family finding the strength to transcend…
Britt-Marie Was Here
Title: Britt-Marie Was Here Author: Frederik Backman Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 3 May, 2016 Genre: Fiction Britt-Marie is odd. The entire community of Borg is a mess. Soccer is truth. Faxon is discontinued. One night of whiskey can change the world, but it is common to suffer from flu the morning after. It…
The City of Mirrors
Title: The City of Mirrors Author: Justin Cronin Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 May, 2016 Series: Book #3 The Passage Trilogy First off, anyone thinking of tackling this series should be fair-warned and fore-armed—it is loooonnnnnggg. Many think of it as ‘literary’ in the sense that it meanders and internalizes and thinks a…
The Travelers
Title: The Travelers Author: Chris Pavone Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: March 8, 2016 Genre: Thriller, Espionage I found myself telling people to pick up this book for their weekend travel read, despite my feelings that it was only 3.5 star worthy. Why? Because the reasons that brought down the rating are also the reasons…
Beltrunner
Title: Beltrunner Author: Sean O’Brien Publisher: Edge-Lite Pub. Date: February 22, 2016 Genre: Science Fiction Scavenging known space makes for a hard life, and surviving outside of the Corporations in the Belt makes it all the harder. It is not surprising that Collier and his unusual companion Sancho hit bottom, like many before them, until…
Eirelan
Title: Eirelan Author: Liam O’Shiel Series: Book 1, Saga of the Latter-Day Celts Publishing platform: CreateSpace Publication Date: November 11, 2011 Genre: Speculative Fiction, Alt-Future, Semi-Medieval Low-Tech Science Fiction, Recommended, Future Historical Fiction First off, I interrupted my reading of this book with several family emergencies, and I always itched to get…
Dreamers
Title: Dreamers Author: Donna Glee Williams Publisher: Edge-Lite Publication Date: February 1, 2016 Dew is a prisoner to her only purpose in the hot, dusty town –dreaming the future for all who live there from the isolated chamber at the center of her cool garden. Things are as they have always been, each day’s…
The Path
Title: The Path Author: Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh Publisher: Simon & Shuster, Inc. Publication Date: April 5, 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality This book is not about an abstract mystical practice filled with vague ethereal idealistic goals of self-enlightenment. Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh simply teach how small but powerful…
The Infidel Stain
Title: The Infidel Stain Author: M.J. Carter Publisher: Penguin Random House, March 29th, 2016 Series: The Blake and Avery Mystery Series Genre: Historical, Mystery, Crime, Suspense This title is a stand alone novel in the series and does not release until march 29th, so while you are waiting you should read the first in the…
Stormy Weather
Title: Stormy Weather Author: Paulette Jiles Narrator: Colleen Delaney Publisher: HarperAudio, May 8, 2007 Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical, recommended Paulette Jiles is a one of a kind talent, and in honor of her soon to be released title News of the World, (William Morrow, October 4, 2016, pre-order it now) I decided to revisit and…
Untangled
Title: Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood Author: Lisa Damour, Ph.D. Publisher: Ballantine Books, February 9, 2016 Genre: Nonfiction, Parenting, Self-Help In Untangled, Damour, obviously an advocate for teens, offers advice in a supportive and nonjudgmental tone that rejuvenates parents and reinstates their ability to be reasonable, calm, and loving in…
The Accidental Highwayman
Title: The Accidental Highwayman Author: Ben Tripp Narrator: Steve West Publisher: Macmillan Audio, 2014 Genre: Fantasy The full title of this book includes ‘Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, A Mysterious Princess, and some Magical Persons Besides,’ which gives away the epic fantasy style of this great-hearted adventure. Kit, a young man…
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