Fiction
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010SYNOP: The publishers of Chris Cleave’s new novel “don’t want to spoil” the story by revealing too much about it, and there’s good reason not to tell too much about the plot’s pivot point. All you should know going in to Little Bee is that what happens on the beach is brutal, and that it [...]
To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman
Friday, August 15th, 2008Book Synop:
The three girls have been inseparable best friends since the third grade — Josie, the athletic one; Perri, the brilliant, acerbic drama queen; and Kat, the beauty, who also has brains, grace, and a heart open to all around her. But their last day of high school becomes their final day together after one [...]
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Book Synop: When Daniel Stone was a child, he was the only white boy in a native Eskimo village where his mother taught, and he was teased mercilessly because he was different. He fought back, the baddest of the bad kids: stealing, drinking, robbing and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush – [...]
Vacation
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Well, I’m in day one of a much needed vacation at the shore. I picked up my first book in almost 2 months and guess what? It’s a dud. I’ve always loved the original VC Andrews books. I practically went into hiding until I was done with the Flowers in the [...]