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The Martian: A Novel

May 29, 2015

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If you’re an astronaut there is only one goal in life: make it onto a space mission. There is also one greatest fear: get left behind on a space mission. For Mark Watney, this fear has just come true on the planet Mars in Andy Weir’s debut novel, The Martian. When a dust storm arises while the crew is on the surface it means the mission has to be aborted. While trying to get ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, Random House, science fiction, suspense

The Knockoff

May 27, 2015

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It’s no secret that I love fashion and all things related to it. The September issue of the major magazines is one of my favorite purchases of the year so a novel about the world of fashion publishing is bound to be a big bowl of happy for me. In The Knockoff Imogen Tate is the long-time editor of Glossy magazine. When she returns to the helm after six months of medical leave ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, contemporary fiction, debut, Doubleday

It’s Monday, May 25th: What are You Reading?

May 25, 2015

I decided that since so many of you would be enjoying one more day in a long weekend, it might be nice to check in and ask: what are you reading? Because even though it is probably beautiful and sunny where you are, you are reading on your day off, right? Right?! It's OK, I'm probably not reading right now either. I'm most likely working on putting a home back together or ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: lists

Housebreaking: A Novel

May 22, 2015

  Benjamin is forty-four and finds himself kicked out of his house and life by his wife for cheating on her yet again. With nowhere to go he moves in with his father only to discover that his high school crush Audrey just moved in down the street with her husband and their teenage daughter. Because nothing is ever as it seems Benjamin’s not-so-subtle efforts to reconnect ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, debut, Simon & Schuster

Luckiest Girl Alive

May 20, 2015

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Ani FaNelli opens Luckiest Girl Alive by being just that: Perfect hair, perfect body, perfect fiancé and the perfect prima donna attitude to go with it all. Except that underneath, Ani is really TifAni from the far end of Main Line Philadelphia—Main Line being where the upper echelon of Philadelphia society lives and TifAni does not. However, her mother is determined her ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, Simon & Schuster, social issues, suspense, women

Neverhome: A Novel

May 18, 2015

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There comes a point in a reading life where, short of science fiction, it gets harder to be surprised by a novel’s premise but I have never before read a Civil War novel where the protagonist is a female… soldier. I’ve seen articles and photos of real-life women who fought disguised as men but had not come across it translated into fiction. How marvelous then that an author has ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Back Bay Books, book clubs, historical fiction, literary, Southern life, war

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