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Review: Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman

Title: Blackbird House Author: Alice Hoffman Series: None Rating: 3 Stars 238 pages Published March 29th 2005 by Ballantine Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Blackbird House is a collection of twelve short stories, all taking place in or around an old farm house at Cape Cod. The stories are barely connected, except […]

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Review: UFO in Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo

Title: UFO in Her Eyes Author: Xiaolu Guo Series: None Rating: 3 Stars 200 pages Published January 7th 2010 by Vintage Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Okay, can we just stop and consider that beautifully wrong title? I know it’s probably supposed to signify that it’s an “UFO” but only the way she […]

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Review: Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

Title: The Cuckoo’s Calling Author: Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Series: Cormoran Strike #1 Rating: 4/5 Stars 455 pages Published April 30th 2013 by Mulholland Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I liked this book. The Cuckoo’s Calling is a for me thoroughly British mystery. In my rather limited experience with the mystery and […]

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Review: The Best Book in the World by Peter Stjernstrom

Title: The Best Book in the World Author: Peter Stjernström Series: None Rating: 4/5 Stars 399 pages Expected publication September 27th 2013 by Hesperus Press ARC received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I’m not a frequent literary fiction reader, but when I do read lit fic I make sure it’s like […]

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Review: Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike

Title: Life After Theft Author: Aprilynne Pike Series: Life After Theft #1 Rating: 4/5 Stars 352 pages Published April 30th 2013 by HarperTeen Review copy received from publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Life After Theft is exactly what it promises to be: an entertaining YA book with some counter-heisting action in a high-school […]

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Review: Thin Ice by Mikael Engström

Title: Thin Ice Author: Mikael Engström Series: None Rating: 4/5 Stars 282 pages Published April 1st 2011 by Little Island Review copy received through The Book Depository Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository It’s hard for me to write a review of Thin Ice because I’m not familiar with the genre, and haven’t read a […]

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