Critter Chronicles
Fiction
Book Review: Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell 498 pages, hardcover; also available in e-book format Published 2011 Genre: Fiction Amazon.com Description: “Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but … Continue reading
Book Review: First Family by David Baldacci
First Family by David Baldacci 609 pages, paperback; also available in hardcover and ebook formats Published April 2009 Genre: Fiction Publisher’s Description: “It began with what seemed like an ordinary children’s birthday party. Friends and family gathered to celebrate. There were balloons and cake, games and gifts. This party, however, was far from ordinary. It … Continue reading
Book Review: Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson 368 pages, hardcover Published June 2011 Genre: Fiction Publisher Description: “Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle- aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must … Continue reading
Book Review: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 304 pages, hardcover; also available in paperback and ebook formats Published September 2008 Genre: Fiction Publisher’s Description: “At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in … Continue reading
Book Review: The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Passage by Justin Cronin 766 pages, paperback. Also available in hardcover and ebook formats Published 2010 Genre: Fiction Publisher’s Description: “An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy–abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a … Continue reading
Book Review: The Midwife’s Confession by Diane Chamberlain
The Midwife’s Confession by Diane Chamberlain 432 pages Genre: Fiction Published April 2011 Author’s Description: “‘Dear Anna, What I have to tell you is difficult to write, but I know it will be far more difficult for you to hear, and I’m so sorry. . . The unfinished letter is the only clue Tara and … Continue reading
Book Review: Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner 416 pages, hardcover; paperback and e-book formats also available Genre: fiction Published May 2010 Reviewer Description: “Sylvie Serfer Woodruff is stunned when her husband, Senator Richard Woodruff, is exposed by the press for having an affair with a staffer. Though Sylvie is humiliated, she agrees to stand by Richard’s … Continue reading
Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
Room by Emma Donoghue 352 pages, hardcover; also available in paperback and e-book formats Genre: Fiction Published September 2010 Author’s Description: “To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world…. It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. There are endless wonders that let loose Jack’s imagination – … Continue reading
Book Review: The Perfect Reader by Maggie Pouncey
The Perfect Reader by Maggie Pouncey 288 pages, hardcover; also available in paperback and e-book formats Genre: Fiction Published June 2010 Publisher’s Description: “Flora Dempsey is the headstrong only child of Lewis Dempsey, a college professor and world famous critic. When Lewis passes away, Flora returns to her New England hometown to act as his … Continue reading
Book Review: Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult 480 pages, hardcover; also currently available in e-book format Genre: Fiction Published March 2011 Publisher’s Description: “Popular author Picoult tackles the controversial topic of gay rights in her latest powerful tale. When music therapist Zoe Baxter’s latest pregnancy ends in a stillbirth, her husband Max decides he can’t handle … Continue reading
