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Title: Everything We Ever Wanted Author: Sara Shepard Genre/Pages: Fiction/336 Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: October 11, 2010 Rating: DNF (Did not finish–read 37%) Source: Publisher via netGalley Natalie’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: Everything We Ever Wanted by Sara Shepard has earned the dubious distinction for being the first DNF of my book blogging career (and only the fourth DNF book of my whole [...]
Title: Drinking Closer to Home Author: Jessica Anya Blau Genre/Pages: Fiction/368 Publisher: Harper Perennial Rating: 3.5 Bookmarks Source: Pubisher via netGalley Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: Not a typical dysfunctional family novel, Jessica Anya Blau infuses Drinking Closer to Home with humor, drama, and great dialogue. Many months ago, I received (and promptly read) Drinking Closer to [...]
Title: Dracula In Love Author: Karen Essex Genre/Pages: Fiction/ 384 Publisher: Doubleday; August 10, 2010 Rating: 2.5 Bookmarks Source: Publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: Part re-imagining and part re-telling, Karen Essex puts a new spin on Bram Stoker’s classic. Before I started reading Dracula In Love, I took a short refresher course in Dracula by re-reading sections [...]
Title: The Book of Peach Author: Penelope J. Stokes Genre/Pages: Fiction/ 304 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group; August 3, 2010 Rating: 1.5 Bookmarks Source: Publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: Though Stokes’s writing is serviceable and her characters dynamic and well-developed, this southern fiction novel about coming home again didn’t reach out and grab me. Priscilla Bell Posner Rondell, Peach to her friends, [...]
Note from Nat: Every so often, I receive unsolicited books for review that I don’t have the time or inclination to read. The Vera Wright Trilogy arrived in my postbox, but I didn’t have the wherewithal to undertake a novel of this magnitude right now. I’d seen it around the blogs and didn’t want to [...]
Welcome aboard, I'm Natalie! I'm 37, married to a dream boat, and live in New Jersey. It's all about books here! I read, recommend, review, and revel in them. Have a book you'd like me to review? Visit my Review Policy for details. Want to drop me a line? February 9, 2012
The Girl with the Crooked Nose
by Ted Botha
courtesy of Penguin Publishers
February 25, 2012
The Book Club Cookbook
by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
courtesy of Tarcher Publishers (Penguin USA)
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