Posts Tagged ‘ book review ’

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Once I got sucked into Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, I was a goner myself, as in absent, checked out, MIA, not-in-attendance, out-of-commission, and lost until the final, surprising, fabulous pages. Flynn’s third novel is as smart a murder mystery as they come. The novel offers layers deeper and denser than a good chocolate torte...
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An Available Man

By bookmama

An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer (Ballantine Books, 2012). Award-winning author Hilma Wolitzer tackles dating and bereavement for the nearly-geriatric set in this sweet, funny novel set in and around New York City. Edward Schuyler is a modest, smart school teacher working at a private school in New York City who has recently lost...
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Summer Reading List

By bookmama

SJP Mama asked me to track down a few great children’s summer reading lists. While thinking about summer, I began perusing my son’s old picture books, and I discovered a serious bias. Apparently, summer to me is New England. It’s oceans and cottages and islands and hot summer nights. Below are some of my...
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The Hunger Games Trilogy

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The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2010). I had no intention of reading this trilogy until I saw the movie. After reading the back covers in book stores, I’d dismissed the series as teen fiction of the Twilight ilk. Plus, the premise is enough to turn any parent off— in the...
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Good Reads

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Dear Reader, Bookmama needs to fess up to a few things before she starts blogging about books. For starters, she doesn’t do Charles Dickens. Ulysses is not a book she’ll ever attempt, no matter how brilliant it may be. She respected the writing in Cold Mountain and Let the Great World Spin but didn’t...
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