Published 2009

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

November 19, 2009

Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Pages: 400 Publisher: Scholastic Press Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I purchased The Hunger Games months ago, but didn’t pick it up until recently because I knew, from all of you, that I wanted to have uninterrupted time to read it. So, I waited until I was on [...]

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After the Moment, by Garret Freymann-Weyr

November 9, 2009

Title: After the Moment Author: Garret Freymann-Weyr Pages: 328 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Garret Freymann-Weyr’s blog tour for her latest novel, After the Moment. After the Moment is told from Leigh’s perspective, a considerate, athletic, and intelligent teen. He lives with his mother in New [...]

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Al Capone Shines My Shoes, by Gennifer Choldenko

October 8, 2009

Title: Al Capone Shines My Shoes Author: Gennifer Choldenko Pages: 272 Publisher: Dial Books Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I read and loved Al Capone Does My Shirts, a Newbery Honor book, a while back. So, I was excited when the publisher asked if I might be interested in an ARC of the sequel! [...]

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Everyone is Beautiful, by Katherine Center

July 5, 2009

Title: Everyone is Beautiful Author: Katherine Center Pages: 256 Publisher: Ballantine Books Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I read this book for my new book club. And every single person in the group liked or loved this book. In fact, one member found it to be a life-changing experience. Lanie Coates, her husband Peter, [...]

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Love Begins in Winter, by Simon Van Booy

July 2, 2009

Title: Love Begins in Winter Author: Simon Van Booy Pages: 226 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2009 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Simon Van Booy is likely to become on of my favorite writers. His prose is heavy with meaning and yet playful. Love Begins in Winter is a collection of five short stories that are all [...]

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The Actor and the Housewife, by Shannon Hale

June 22, 2009

Title: The Actor and the Housewife Author: Shannon Hale Pages: 352 Publisher: Bloomsbury Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I feel a special bond with Shannon Hale. I’ve read most of her books. She is a local Utah author. I obsessively read her blog. And I’ve met her. So, I was ecstatic to receive an [...]

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford

May 15, 2009

Title: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Author: Jamie Ford Pages: 290 Publisher: Ballantine Books Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Jamie Ford‘s blog tour for his debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Now that I’ve read the book, I’m so sad that Ford [...]

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It Sucked and Then I Cried, by Heather B. Armstrong

May 6, 2009

Title: It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita Author: Heather B. Armstrong Pages: 272 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I’ve been an avid reader of Dooce for over a year. I’m addicted to that blog. It makes me alternately [...]

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