Review: Lost Lustre

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Title: Lost Lustre Author: Josh Karlen Genre/Pages: Memoir/222 Publisher: October 16, 2010; Tatra Press Rating: 3.5 Bookmarks Source: TLC Book Tours Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  Part memoir, part portal to the past, Josh Karlen’s Lost Lustre is a look back on the social and cultural scenes of a gritty New York City that is oft overlooked [...]

Review & Giveaway: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

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Title: Shanghai Girls Author: Lisa See Genre/Pages: Fiction/336 Publication: Random House; May 26, 2009 Rating: 4 BOOKMARKS Source: Review copy courtesy of Random House for TLC Book Tours Through war, death, arranged marriages, and the hardship of life, Pearl Chin and her younger sister May know that their bond as sisters is the one thing [...]

Review and Giveaway: When She Flew by Jennie Shortridge

Title: When She Flew Author: Jennie Shortridge Genre/Pages: Contemporary Fiction/352 Publication: NAL Trade; November 3, 2009 Rating: 3.5 BOOKMARKS Source(s): NAL Trade and TLC Book Tours By-the-book police officer Jessica Villareal makes a rash decision to keep a father and daughter together even though it goes against direct orders from her superiors.  Will her act of [...]

Review: The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

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Title: The Weight of Silence Author: Heather Gudenkauf Genre/Pages: Fiction/373 Publication: Mira; July 28, 2009 Rating: 3.5 BOOKMARKS Employing multiple narrators, Heather Gudenkauf weaves a suspenseful novel about two young girls who go missing from their beds early one summer morning. In the pre-dawn hours of an August morning in Iowa, seven-year-old Calli Clark is violently dragged into [...]

Review: The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances by Mark Millhone

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Title: The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances Author: Mark Millhone Genre/Pages: Nonfiction, Memoir (Humor, Relationships)/192 Publication: Rodale Books; July 7, 2009 Rating: 3.5 BOOKMARKS   Nat’s ‘In a Nutshell’:  One man’s nine month journey to hell and back with a layover in Dallas where he picks up a honey of a used car hoping it will [...]