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The Adventuress by N.D. Coleridge

July 5, 2013

The Adventuress

  Vanity Fair is William Thackeray’s cutting look at the foibles and caricatures of Victorian England, as manipulated by the very tenacious and unscrupulous Beck Sharpe. In The Adventuress, author ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, contemporary life, England, Thomas Dunne Books

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

March 27, 2013

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

The lifestyle of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda have intrigued readers for generations as arbiters of the Jazz Age. Many of their antics were public knowledge thanks to a press that hounded ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1920s, book clubs, historical fiction, St. Martin's Press

Reeducation of Cherry Truong

February 8, 2013

The Reeducation of Cherry Truong

In Communist countries “reeducation” is a euphemism for prison camp, forced labor, deprivation, and sometimes, torture. In Aimee Phan’s new book The Reeducation of Cherry Truong there is none of these ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, literary, St. Martin's Press, Vietnam

Jemma Kidd Make-Up Secrets

November 23, 2012

Jemma Kidd's Make-up Secrets

Jemma Kidd is an international make-up artist and creator of a make-up line sold in stores as diverse as Neiman Marcus and Target. Her latest book, Jemma Kidd Make-Up Secrets is a compilation of not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: self-help, St. Martin's Press

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

July 14, 2012

leftovers

Was it The Rapture or not? This is the launch point for Tom Perrotta’s new novel The Leftovers and his take on the possibly apocryphal event is so well done it’s one more reminder to me that I’ll ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary fiction, dystopia, fantasy, literary, religion

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