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The Empty Glass

January 22, 2014

empty glass

  Marilyn Monroe is one of the most iconic stars in American history. Numerous non-fiction books detail her life but it is the fiction that provides more fodder for the rumors about her death; namely ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Blue Rider Press, book clubs, Marilyn Monroe, mystery

Mercy Snow

January 15, 2014

mercy snow

  I’m not a mystery/thriller aficionado so I can’t pretend to know all of the various plot types but from my limited experience there are two ways to go: the-questions-keep-coming, working up to a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, Grand Central Publishing, mystery, New England

The Visionist

January 13, 2014

visionist

In The Visionist: A Novel, Polly Kimball, her brother Ben and her mother are running for their lives. After her drunken father passed out on his bed, Polly accidentally dropped an oil lamp in his room ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, Little Brown and Company, mystery, religion

In the Blood

January 6, 2014

in the blood

We telegraph our inner lives with what we choose to eat, how we eat it, what we wear, how we carry ourselves, the words we use and don’t use. We tell about ourselves in a million small and large ways. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, suspense, Touchstone

The Abominable

December 13, 2013

abominable

  Our valley is in darkness, but Everest blazes far beyond and above us in a cold, powerful, self-contained isolation. That strikes me as terrifying.  In 1924 the British alpine climbing community ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Little Brown and Company, Mount Everest, mystery, suspense

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