Published 2009

A Friend of the Family, by Lauren Grodstein

May 17, 2011

Title: A Friend of the Family Author: Lauren Grodstein Pages: 302 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Hardback Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Rating: ____________________________ I love it when the blogosphere gets me to read something that I would have missed otherwise. Jessica, from one of my all-time favorite book blogs, Both Eyes Book [...]

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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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Tinkers, by Paul Harding

October 22, 2010

Title: Tinkers Author: Paul Harding Pages: 191 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Rating: ____________________________ Okay, the first thing you should know about this book (other than the fact that it won this year’s Pultizer Prize for Fiction) is that the writing is amazing. Here, read these, if you don’t [...]

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The Financial Lives of the Poets, by Jess Walter

September 28, 2010

Title: The Financial Lives of the Poets Author: Jess Walter Pages: 290 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Harper Perennial Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Jess Walter’s TLC Book Tour for The Financial Lives of the Poets. Who can resist a title like that? I couldn’t, and I’m exceptionally glad that [...]

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When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

June 16, 2010

Title: When You Reach Me Author: Rebecca Stead Pages: 208 Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ When You Reach Me won the 2010 Newbery Medal. So, I of course had to reach for it. Pun intended. Miranda’s life sort of takes a turn for . . . the odd in sixth [...]

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Moonlight in Odessa, by Janet Skeslien Charles

March 30, 2010

Title: Moonlight in Odessa Author: Janet Skeslien Charles Pages: 339 Publisher: Bloomsbury Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ My book blogger secret santa sent me this lovely book for Christmas this year. Daria is a tough, smart, and sexy twenty-something living in Odessa, Ukraine. She managed to get a college degree in engineering but, in [...]

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The Jewel Trader of Pegu, by Jeffrey Hantover

March 13, 2010

Title: The Jewel Trader of Pegu Author: Jeffrey Hantover Pages: 227 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2009 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ I’ve had this work of historical fiction on my TBR stack for over a year. I shouldn’t have waited so long to get to it. The synopsis: Abraham, a twenty-eight-year old widower, travels from the [...]

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The Angel’s Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

December 18, 2009

Title: The Angel’s Game Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon (trans. Lucia Graves) Pages: 544 Publisher: Doubleday Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I read Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s first book (at least the first of his books to be translated into English), The Shadow of the Wind, a couple of years ago and loved it. It’s one [...]

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