3 Star Reviews

How Reading Changed My Life, by Anna Quindlen

January 5, 2012

Title: How Reading Changed My Life Author: Anna Quindlen Pages: 84 Originally Published: 1997 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Ballantine Books Rating: ____________________________ This was my first introduction to Anna Quindlen. I’ve heard her name bounced around for years but hadn’t had a chance to read anything of hers. And then, some blogger, who I [...]

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Bright Blue Miracle, by Becca Wilhite

May 16, 2011

Title: Bright Blue Miracle Author: Becca Wilhite Pages: 173 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Shadow Mountain Rating: ____________________________ In case you didn’t hear, May is Utah Author Month! Becca Wilhite, author of Bright Blue Miracle and other books, is a Utah author. I read this little book a few months ago at [...]

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Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine

February 17, 2011

Title: Mockingbird Author: Kathryn Erskine Pages: 224 Originally Published: 2010 Format I Read: Hardback Publisher: Penguin Rating: ____________________________ Mockingbird won the 2010 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. So, I snabbed it over the holidays and polished it off. Here’s the publisher’s synopsis: Caitlin has Asperger’s. The world according to her is black and [...]

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The Stone Diaries, by Carol Shields

January 13, 2011

Title: The Stone Diaries Author: Carol Shields Pages: 361 Originally Published: 1993 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Rating: ____________________________ The Stone Diaries won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was also short-listed in the same year for the Booker Prize. I can’t think of another book that was recognized by both awards. (I’m [...]

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Mini Reviews

December 26, 2010

Sadly, I’ve been neglectful of my blog of late. And, so, as we approach the end of the year, I still have several reviews to write for books I read this year. Though they all deserve their own posts, in an effort to do some housekeeping and to start the new year fresh, I’m going [...]

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The Queen’s Thief Series, by Megan Whalen Turner

October 14, 2010

We read this series as a “summer assignment” for my book club. And I’m really glad we did. It’s a delightful series, though some books worked better for me than others. Warning, some minor spoilers in the latter book summaries appear due to the nature of reviewing a series. Title: The Thief Author: Megan Whalen [...]

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Finny, by Justin Kramon

August 19, 2010

Title: Finny Author: Justin Kramon Pages: 366 Originally Published: 2010 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Random House Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Justin Kramon’s TLC blog tour for his debut novel, Finny. We first meet Finny as a pert 14-year-old who feels misunderstood by her peacemaker mother, pompous father, and people-pleaser brother, Sylvan. [...]

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The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson

June 25, 2010

Title: The First Part Last Author: Angela Johnson Pages: 132 Originally Published: 2003 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Simon Pulse Rating: ____________________________ I’m checking these Printz Award winners off of my list! My goal is to read them all – and thereby complete the Printz Project – by the end of the year. This one [...]

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