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Review: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

January 29, 2018 by Ann Marie 26 Comments

Wife Between Us

As my Aunt Betty would have said, "HOLY MARY, MOTHER O' GOD!" Just when I thought I understood what was going on, along came Part 2 and I'm begging for confirmation that my head is spinning in the right direction. The Wife Between Us was exactly what I needed to get me out of my two-book DNF reading slump. It started out a bit slowly which concerned me for the first few chapters but I now ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: Best Thrillers of 2018, book blog, Book Review, Book Worm, Fiction, Greer Hendricks, Psychological Thriller, Sarah Pekkanen, suspense

Review of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

September 14, 2017 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

Sing Unburied Sing

"Knowing that tree of ghosts is there makes the skin on my back burn, like hundreds of ants are crawling up my spine, seeking tenderness between the bones to bite." It is not very often that I read a book that leaves me feeling completely gutted. Sing, Unburied, Sing drew me in very slowly, but ultimately, very completely. This is a book that will stay with me for a long, long time. At its ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, Book Expo 2017, Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Great for Book Club, Jesmyn Ward, Literary Fiction

Blog Tour: The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes

September 1, 2017 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

Sworn Virgin

As a avid reader of historical fiction, I was first attracted to The Sworn Virgin because it introduced me to a subject I knew nothing about - the sworn virgins of Albania. While I've read many novels with strong female characters that dared to reject their traditional societal roles, I had never read one set in Albania so that was also a big draw. When I began the book and learned that ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, bookworm, Family Dynamics, Historical Fiction, Kristopher Dukes, romance, Sworn Virgin, Women's Fiction

August Book Club – The Vegetarian and Blossom Restaurant

August 29, 2017 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

For our August book club, the NYC Ladies of Fine Dining and Fiction read The Vegetarian by Han Kang. We held our discussion at Blossom on Columbus, a popular vegan destination on the Upper West Side. As for the book, I will say that I was in the minority, but not alone, in simply not liking it. Truth be told, I hadn't even finished it in time. Though it was a very short book, I found myself ...

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Filed Under: Book Club Meetup, Fiction, Literary Fiction, NYC, NYC Restaurant Review, Uncategorized Tagged With: Blossom NYC, Blossom UWS, book blogger, book club, Book Review, books I didn't love, bookworm, Fiction, great book club read, han kang, Man Booker Prize, NYC Restaurant Review, restaurant review

Review of The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas

May 5, 2017 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

Darkest Corners

Though I managed to get through The Darkest Corners fairly quickly, I must say it didn't quite live up to my expectations. I've questioned whether or not that might be because I don't read a lot of YA fiction. I did my best to think about how my teen or YA self would have perceived the book. In the end, I really believe I would have struggled with the issues I had regardless. First, the ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized, YA Tagged With: Book Review, Kara Thomas, YA mystery

Review of We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

April 7, 2017 by Ann Marie 13 Comments

We Were the Lucky Ones

We Were the Lucky Ones is the fictionalized account of the true story of the Kurc family and their experiences during WWII beginning in their home town of Radom, Poland in 1939. The book spans eight years as we follow the Kurc family members to several countries and continents including Austria, Italy, Argentina, South America, and Siberia, Russia as the war continues and finally ends. As many ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: based on a true story, Book Review, Family Dynamics, georgia hunter, great book club read, recommended for book club, WWII Fiction

Throwback Thursday: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

April 6, 2017 by Ann Marie 10 Comments

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It's Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I only started blogging about a year and a half ago. Therefore, I have lots of old favorites to talk about. While I may not remember all of the details needed to write a complete review, I'm happy to share ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Book Review, Diana Ackerman, The Zookeeper's Wife, Throwback Thursday, WWII Fiction

Giveaway and Review Of Christodora by Tim Murphy

December 22, 2016 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

My Review Christodora contains all of the elements you'd expect to find in an epic novel. There's 40 years worth of history, tragedy, triumph, and human drama. Surprisingly, it's well laid out in only 428 pages. I mention this because I can only imagine the difficulty in finding the balance between providing enough context and detail without adding unnecessary length. This novel essentially ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Tagged With: book about HIV/AIDS, Book Review, NYC books, Tim Murphy

Review of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” by Iain Reid

November 8, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I read I'm thinking of Ending Things a few weeks ago while my blog was being redesigned. As you will read below, I had a strong  negative reaction to it. I wrote this review for Goodreads and was hoping I might have warmed a little to this book with some time and a few good reads in between. This has not happened and so the review stands as originally written: This was a very quick read and it ...

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Filed Under: Book Review, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, Book Review, Fiction, Iain Reed, NetGalley, Thriller/Suspense

Review of Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir by Amber Tozer

July 29, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

  Amber Tozer is super-funny, brutally honest comedian who has bravely chosen to share her story of alcoholism and recovery with the world. If you're thinking this is another super-heavy memoir that will leave you feeling  nothing but depression and pity, just take a look at the cover. That sick figure version of Amber makes frequent appearances throughout the book... In a very real ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Memoir, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amber Tozer book, ARC, Book Review, Family Dynamics, NetGalley, Nonfiction, one-day read, overcoming alcoholism book

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