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Book Review : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh

[amazon_link id=”0812995201″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Weight of Blood Author : Laura McHugh Genre : Mystery Publisher : Spiegel & Grau (Random House) Pages: 320 Publish Date : March 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lucy Dane has grown up in the small rural town of Henbane, in […]

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Book Review : The Martian by Andy Weir

[amazon_link id=”0804139024″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Martian Author : Andy Weir Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Crown (Random House) Pages: 385 Publish Date : February 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 5/5 From the book blurb : Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men […]

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Book Review : Golden State by Michelle Richmond

[amazon_link id=”0385343280″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Golden State Author : Michelle Richmond Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Bantam Pages: 304 Publish Date : February 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Dr. Julie Walker is in a tough situation. She needs to get to the VA hospital where her sister […]

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Book Review : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual by Brad Barkley

[amazon_link id=”B000H2M7OI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual Author : Brad Barkley Genre : Contemporary Publisher : St. Martin’s Press Pages: 288 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Alison Durst lives with her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Bill as she attempts to recover from the death of her husband […]

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Book Review : Lake of Tears by Mary Logue (2014)

[amazon_link id=”1440571503″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lake of Tears Author : Mary Logue Genre : Mystery Publisher : Tyrus Books Pages: 208 Publish Date : January 1st, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Lake of Tears is the 9th book of the Claire Watkins series. In this, Deputy Sheriff Watkins […]

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Book Review : Corpse Flower by Gloria Ferris

[amazon_link id=”1459707125″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Corpse Flower Author : Gloria Ferris Genre : Mystery Publisher : Dundurn Pages: 408 Publish Date : December 14th, 2013 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Ex-socialite Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall was once married to attorney Mike Bains. Since then Mike has remarried and shafted Bliss […]

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Book Review : The Last Clinic by Gary Gusick

[amazon_link id=”B00DACZTX8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Last Clinic Author : Gary Gusick Genre : Mystery Publish Date : November 18th, 2013 Publisher : Alibi (Random House) Source : Netgalley/Publisher Rating 4.2/5 Reverend Jimmy Aldridge is a regular protestor outside the local women’s health clinic in the small town of Jackson, Missisipi. One day, […]

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Book Review : Fortune’s Pawn by Rachel Bach

[amazon_link id=”0316221112″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Fortune’s Pawn (Paradox #1) Author : Rachel Aaron Genre : Sci-Fi Publisher : Orbit Books Publish Date : November 5th 2013 Pages : 368 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 The main protagonist in this book is Paradoxian mercenary Devianna Morris. Devi is no ordinary merc – […]

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Book Review : The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

[amazon_link id=”0670023663″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Thinking woman’s Guide to Real Magic Author : Emily Croy Barker Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books Publish Date : August 1st 2013 Pages : 563 Source : Publisher Rating : 3/5 Nora Fischer is working on her dissertation for graduate school. Life isn’t going […]

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Book Review : Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson

[amazon_link id=”0316098078″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Shaman Author : Kim Stanley Robinson Genre : Sci-fi/Anthropological Publisher : Orbit Publish date : September 3, 2013 Pages : 464 Source : Publisher/Netgalley Rating : 3.5/5 Loon is a young adolescent of the Wolf tribe in Ice Age times. We meet him as a young orphan, being […]

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