Critter Chronicles
Fiction
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
Book Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
>So far this year, The Art of Racing in the Rain has been the best book I’ve read. To sound cliche, I couldn’t put it down and while I wanted to hurry up and finish is so I knew how it would end, I also didn’t want the story to be over because the very … Continue reading
Book Review: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M Auel
>Nine years ago, for my college graduation, my father gave me the fifth book in the Earth’s Children series. I had been waiting at least six or seven years to read it, as the previous four had long since captured my attention and heart. Since then I’ve re-read the five in the series multiple times, … Continue reading
Book Review: The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
>The Scarpetta Factor was the last remaining book in the Kay Scarpetta series that I had not yet read. Back in January I read and reviewed the most recent in this series, saying I was happy to see that she’d returned to her original format of first person narration after a long streak of third … Continue reading
Book Review: The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
>It’s no secret that I’ve read and highly enjoyed the Twilight series. Just like every other housewife and teenage girl out there. The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner is a novella that spins off of the third book in that series, Eclipse. A very minor character, who has a short cameo as a newborn … Continue reading
Book Review: The Atlas of Love by Laurie Frankel
>How much did I enjoy reading The Atlas of Love? Let me count the ways… Laugh out loud funny. There are lines in this book that made me stop to read aloud to Tony, and it’s not often that a book will cause me to do this. Cry big, fat crocodile tears. Oh, it’s heartbreaking … Continue reading
Book Review: Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
>I have read every book published thus far by Emily Giffin, and as with all the others that have fallen into my lap, I enjoyed this book as much as the others. Heart of the Matter is the story of a suburban housewife who has recently given up her career as an English professor at … Continue reading
Book Review: Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret
>What a beautiful and haunting book. It’s not often that the reading of a book will bring me to tears, but Mothers and Other Liars did, several times over. This is a novel about what it means to be a mother, and the sacrifices we make for the sake of our children. Ruby is a … Continue reading
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
>If you follow my personal blog and have been for any amount of time, you may recall I wrote an open letter this past fall to Patricia Cornwell about how she was, for a very long time, my favorite author. That she had written many books in her Kay Scarpetta series that I read and … Continue reading
