[amazon_link id=”0307959945″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Dog Stars Author : Peter Heller Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Knopf Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 It’s a dystopian world out there. And there are few survivors, most of the world’s population and wildlife having succumbed to a fatal flu. Those that […]
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Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor
[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve been looking forward to reading Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”, so am pretty excited to be able to offer this book as a giveaway to my readers (courtesy publisher Viking Books)! French is a master of atmospheric mystery and suspense, and author of books like Faithful Place and The Likeness. […]
Read the rest of this entry »New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields
[amazon_link id=”067002368X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’m excited to be previewing “Age of Desire” by Jennie Fields. A review will follow shortly. Meanwhile here is a little about the book and a Q&A with the author. The Age of Desire transports the reader to Edith Wharton’s life in the Gilded Age: glamorous salons and literary banter in […]
Read the rest of this entry »New Books : Every Day Every Hour by Natasa Dragnic
[amazon_link id=”0670023507″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]This book, a translation of the original was published last month. Here is a little about it (per publisher mail): Every Day, Every Hour is a debut novel from a fresh, new international voice in literature, Nataša Dragnić with faithfully done translation by Liesl Schillinger. Every Day, Every Hour is […]
Read the rest of this entry »New Books : The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman
[amazon_link id=”0670023647″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Historical thriller “The Orphanmaster” releases June 19th. Here is an interview with the author : You’ve had considerable success as a writer of nonfiction. How did it feel to make the transition to fiction? I’ve always considered it an incredible privilege to write nonfiction, as you get to snoop in […]
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