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The Shining Girls

June 3, 2013

The Shining Girls

  There was a lot of buzz at Book Expo America about Lauren Beukes’s new novel, The Shining Girls, and for good reason. The most often heard synopsis I heard was “Time Traveler’s Wife meets Silence ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Mulholland Books, mystery, suspense

Dark: The Angel’s Game

May 27, 2013

The Angel's Game

If you love to read then there is likely to be a time in which you find yourself reading a string of books that follow a similar theme or contain a singular element. A literary synchronicity, if you ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Doubleday, mystery

Is This Tomorrow

May 10, 2013

Is This Tomorrow

In 1956 there was plenty to worry about- the Communists and nuclear missiles, but missing children were an anomaly. In Waltham, Massachusetts, people didn’t even lock their doors and children moved ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, Algonquin Books, book clubs, mystery

Gone Girl

May 8, 2013

Gone Girl

  Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl is a New York Times Bestseller. It is out in paperback now and has already been optioned for the screen by 20th Century Fox with a film adaptation to be produced by Reese ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, marriage, mystery, suspense

When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

April 26, 2013

When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

  Those of us left behind dug in. Through the fall, through the winter, it seemed we lived on the border of a real life lived elsewhere. It seemed that the absence was ours somehow, not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, debut, mystery, Riverhead Books

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