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    Title: The Swedish Gypsy

    Author: Mary L. Paulson

    ISBN: 978-1-60693-200-1

    Publisher: Eloquent Books

     

    In her debut novel, The Swedish Gypsy, Mary L. Paulson draws on her extensive research in unlocking the world of Sweden between the years 1897 and 1911 wherein two distinct cultural societies, the unique world of the Swedish Gypsies and the Swedes lived- side by- side. Paulson interweaves the complexities of these two unique cultures describing their beliefs, prejudices and hierarchies that are set against the background of the political, social and economic climate that prevailed in Sweden at the time.




    Author: Marina Endicott
    ISBN:  978-0-06-182589-7

    The writing from this award-winning author is top-notch, but I found the story like walking through a thick puddle of mud – very slow, very time-consuming, and really, unfortunately, rather boring





    Author: Calvin Barry Schwartz
    Publisher: Earthood Media, LLC Publishers
    ISBN: 978-0-578-03858-2


    Vichy Water
    is rich in character and detail as Schwartz skillfully choreographs his principal characters, moving them into a variety of fresh configurations, giving each a turn as the central actor, as they confront a variety of challenges




    Author: Al Riske
    Publisher: Luminis Books
    ISBN-13: 978-1-935462-32-3

    Definitely a book I will keep returning to


    Author: Richard Doster
    Publisher: David C. Cook
    ISBN-10: 1434700100

    Richard Doster reminds us of how far we have come, and how far we still need to go. And how nice it would be to embrace our differences—of race, color and creed




    Author: Peter Shianna
    ISBN: 978-1-935517-50-4

    I'm sure that there are a lot of families that have gone through similar situations and this book is extremely realistic.  Good luck to the author

    Editor: Christopher Nosnibor
    ISBN: 978-0-9556939-2-2
    Publisher: Clinicality Press

    Be warned, this is not a book for the squeamish or faint hearted


    Author: Noel Hynd
    Publisher: Damnation Books, LLC
    ISBN: 978-1-61572-064-4

    A Tale of “Mysticism, Ghosts, Supernatural, Intrigue and Romance”



    Author: Tom Gauthier
    ISBN: 978-1-4327-4843-2

    Even though Mead's Trek is listed as fiction, these characters are very real and you can imagine them going through the horrible things that they saw



    Editor: Christopher Nosnibor
    Publisher: Clinicality Press
    ISBN: 978-0-9556939-2-2




    Author: Patrick Taylor
    Publisher: Forge Books
    ISBN-10: 0765320711:  ISBN-13: 978-0765320711

    The writing is absolutely imaginary and, quite literally, beautiful

    Author: Jackson Taylor
    ISBN:  978-1-4165-9294-5

    This is a powerful story full of love, heartbreak, redemption – everything that makes up a human life.  I recommend all readers to pick this up and experience a writer who took a very personal journey into the unknown, and discovered humanity at its worst and at its finest



    Author: Kristin Harmel
    ISBN:  978-0-385-73476-9

    There are so many of us who have had that day; that absolutely perfect day that, in one second, turns into the most horrendous nightmare we could possibly imagine


    Author: Robert Troy
    ISBN: 978-1-4327-5126-5
     
    An exciting and informative debut novel by this author.  A very alarming story involving the chance for double-dealing and deceitful practices by powerful countries of the world who are looking for leadership over an alternative energy source

    Author: JoEllen Heath
    Publisher: Xlibris
    ISBN: 978-1-4415-1278

    A snaky thriller that will keep you tuned in until the last page with, however, some notable shortcomings





    Author: Nancy Deville
    ISBN: 978-0-9841284-0-2
    Publisher: Heavenly Clouds Publishing

    Spell binding and breathtaking, Karma is at once brutal and beautiful much like the cultural landscapes of Istanbul and Mumbai



    Title: The Money God
    Author: Zena Livingston
    ISBN: 978-1-84386-518-6
     
    A story of very damaged relationships between mothers and daughters starting in the 30's in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York and ending during the 60's in New York City

    Author: Nastya Polikarpova
    Outskirts Press
    ISBN: 978-1-4327-3590-6




    Author: Chris Casey
    ISBN: 978-1-4343-8126-2

    This is a tale of a puzzling character, Paul Bruin, who is an adventurous soul who trudges from place to place in the deep south but, is determined to end up where he started out, in Memphis, TN

    Author: Kristin Hannah
    ISBN: 978-0-312-36412-0


    Author: Wayne Pletcher
    ISBN: 9781934938836
    Publisher: Bascom Hill Books

    You won’t believe the ending it will leave you guessing and wanting more. Definitely a must read


    Author: Marvin D. Wilson          
    Publisher: Cambridge Books
    ISBN: 978-1-59431-563-9

    Owen Fiddler could literally be any one of us. The lessons learned are simple, yet profound. It was a moving and entertaining journey for me, and one I would recommend for everyone



    Author: Louise Erdrich
    ISBN: 978-0-06-153609-0

    Louise Erdrich is such a good writer, that she was on a short-list for the Pulitzer with her last offering


    Author: Corvis Nocturnum
    Publisher: Dark Moon Press
    ISBN: 978-1448658947

    Vampires throughout history were perceived as blood-drinking monsters who resided in the shadows of people’s darkest nightmare


    Author: John Young
    ISBN:  978-1-4327-4967-5
    Well-though out plot and story

    Author:  R.C. Ryan
    ISBN: 9780446548618
    Publisher: Forever (Hachette Book Group)

    A great book about life, love, dreams, and coming home again. Recommended!


    Author: Syrie James
    ISBN: 978-0-06-164837-3

    The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brönte is a well-crafted book and an absolute delight for those Charlotte Bronte fans who can never get enough biographical facts of Jane Eyre’s alter ego


    Author: Ruby Dominquez
    ISBN: 978-1-4327-1782-7
    Publisher: Outskirts Press

    The book is highly recommended for any that can appreciate the script in this form. For all others, wait until the movie comes out. This reviewer loved the script and will watch for the release of the production with bated breathe


    Author: Chris Coppernoll
    ISBN: 978-1-4347-6482-9

    The interweaving of stories with Broadway and love matches; friendships that stand the test of time and the peace and love that comes from faith, is a wonder to behold.  The author does all this with ease and, we, as the readers, end up with a gem of a novel that we will read again and again.


    Author: Miguel Vargas-Caba
    ISBN: 978-0-595-42558-7
    Publisher: iUniverse

    A novel that hurtles the reader toward a chillingly climax





    Author: Steven Nedelton
    ISBN: 978194337561
    Publisher: Asylett Press

    What if you had the ability to control someone’s actions and thoughts from a distance and they would be none the wiser?



    Author: James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
    Publishers: Little, Brown and Company
    ISBN: 978-0-316-09210-4


    Author: Anton Chekhov
    Translated by Peter Sekirin.
    ISBN: 978-1-933648-86-6

    The stories collected in A Night in the Cemetery aren’t necessarily the work of a master craftsmen but it’s obvious that their author was well on his way to becoming just that. This collection is a fascinating read to anyone interested in the evolution of a literary master and also provides a close-up (if extremely wry) glimpse of Imperial Russia


    Author: Susan Alcott Jardine
    ISBN: 978-1-4327-3757-3

    The Channel: Stories From L.A. sit inside a triangle framed on one side by the old Alfred Hitchcock Presents series, on the second side by Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction, and on the third by fiction written for young adults


    Author: Cynthia Rogers Parks
    ISBN: 978-0-615-32893-5
    Publisher: Leigh Walker Books

    You may never have heard of Cynthia Rogers Parks, author of Houses winner of the 2008' Good Read novel competition sponsored by A Woman's Write, but you will wonder why, when you've read this novel

    Author:  Robert Jordan (Brandon Sanderson)
    ISBN:  978-0-7653-0230-4

    There comes a time only once or twice in a human being’s life where a series of books comes out that makes time literally stop.  J.K. Rowling, of course, comes to mind.  So should Robert Jordan.  The Gathering Storm is book twelve of The Wheel of Time series and is, in this reviewer’s opinion, one of the absolute best ever produced


    Author: Donna VanLiere
    Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
    ISBN:  978-0-312-55836-9

    You’ll probably read this one in one gulp and rush to the library or bookstores for VanLiere’s others, ready to enter her world again


    Author: Brian Cohen
    Publisher: iUniverse
    ISBN: 978-1-4401-5025-8

    Cohen has a great story to tell in his first novel. As his writing matures, I believe we will see some very good literature from him. Cohen is not a John Grisham or a Jane Austen. He is Brian Cohen, a writer who has found his own unique voice. I’m looking forward to his next novel, and the one after that




    Author: Richard Edward Noble
    Publisher: Noble Publishing
    ISBN: 978-0-9798085-6-2

    What do you have when you take a bunch of guys in their late teens and early twenties in the early 1960s, who pride themselves on just “hanging out” on whatever corner they aren’t chased off of in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the hometown of Richard Edward Noble?



    Author: Richard Edward Noble
    Publisher: Noble Publishing
    ISBN: 978-0979808562

    A book which claims to make you cry should really live up to expectation. Sadly for me this did not

    Author: Ed Griffin
    ISBN: 9781425114398
    Publisher: Trafford Publishing

    This is a book to be read by any one with an interest in political drama, as well as those that are interested in the UN and its potential


    Author: Fred Tribuzzo
    ISBN: 978-160844-014-6

    St Nick is an interesting twist on a familiar old tale. It’s worth reading even if only to remind us that the future is not predetermined and that change is always possible.




    Author: J.B.Bergstad
    ISBN: 978-0-615-28406-4

    What makes this collection of short stories memorable is their wide range of subject matters and their diversified tones. In addition, Bertrand has a sharp eye for the outlandish as well as a keen ear for dialogue.




    Author: Anna Barcos
    ISBN: 978-1425108281
    Publisher: Trafford Publishing


    Author: K.J. Fraser

    Publisher: O Books

    ISBN: 978-1-84694-206-8

    A novel about the power of love, healing and atonement



    Author:  Peter Ferry
    Publisher:  Mariner Books
    ISBN:  978-0-15-603392-3

     Travel Writing by Peter Ferry follows the author as narrator throughout a series of intertwined stories that seems to combine fact and fiction.

     



    Author: Luke Lively
    ISBN: 978-0-8253-0521-4

    My apologies to Mr. Lively and I do wish you good luck.  I'm sure there are many out there who could commiserate with you about Jack, as there were so many takeovers of small businesses this past year by huge conglomerates




    Author:  Lisa Dale
    ISBN: 9780446406901
    Publisher: Forever (Hachette Book Group)

    An engaging and bittersweet story- not to be missed!





    Author:  David Michael Slater
    ISBN:  978-1-933-767-00-0

    You know how at the dreaded age of thirteen, we all go a little "flooey?"  We go from depressions to anger in a second flat.  Our parents are no longer the people we love, they're the "old codgers" who just don't remember what it was like to be a kid?  Oh yeah...you know what I mean.  Well...if you think YOU had it tough, you will be amazed at the ancient mystery full of horrifying creatures and strange languages that are thrust upon the main characters of this Young Adult page-turner.
     


    Author:  David Michael Slater
    ISBN:  978-1-933767-02-4

    "Thinking is suffering."  I love that line because it's absolutely true.  Thinking...gathering knowledge...becomes an obsession rather quickly for the ones like us who not only want to know but, NEED to know why people do the things they do?



    Author:  Donna VanLiere
    ISBN: 978-0-312-55836-9

    This is not a weepy book.  This book is filled with hope, faith, belief, love, magic, mysticism, anger, fear – you know, every facet of life (if you have a good one).  I’ve never read the other books in this series, but I pray that I can hunt them down in my small town.  Don’t be fooled by the title.  This is not a Christmas book only.  This is a book that absolutely everyone in the world should read and understand


    Author: Kimberly Stuart
    Publisher: David. C. Cook
    ISBN: 978-0-7814-4892-5

    Be warned though, the frequent – and very fond - references to food scattered through the book are quite likely to have you bingeing as you read!




    Author: Carolyn Hart
    ISBN: 978-0-06-087437-7

    It's a wonderful Christmastime tale and I can't wait to see the next one.  So have a good read

    Author:Denise Skelton
    ISBN: 9780979087738
    Publisher: First Chance Publishing

    This book just failed to deliver and wasn’t for me



    Author:  Ginger Garrett
    ISBN:  978-0-7814-4888-8
    Read this.  Love this.  Be thrilled by the adventure and gasp at the pain.  But, more importantly, understand everything the author says. 




    Author: Mike Mason
    ISBN: 978-1-4347-6526-0

    The Blue Umbrella (and the books that will follow it) is an excellent example of the genre. Kids will enjoy the series immensely, and so will their parents




    Author:  Tom Edwards
    Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
    ISBN: 978-0-89733-587-4




    Author: Maureen Sherbondy
    ISBN: 978-159948-186-9

    This is a delicious feast of the writer’s craft. It is highly recommended for any reader. I only hope that there is much more to come from Sherbondy’s pen





    Author: Mike Mason
    ISBN: 978-1-4347-6526-0

    The Blue Umbrella is THE story that will reach into your heart and make you cry every tear and laugh every laugh that you've ever had.  It is a true and complete gift    





    Author: Sheldon Greene
    ISBN: 978-1439226278
     
    The setting for this novel is Munich, Germany 1940.  In occupied West Germany Horst Vogle, a former German soldier, is working as a curator for the city's museum to accumulate lost art works that were formerly in the collection

    Author: Mary Hutchings Reed
    Publisher: Ampersand, Inc.
    ISBN:- 978-0-9761235-6-9

    With its intelligent writing, fast pace, and brilliant humorous observations, Courting Kathleen Hannigan is as delightful as reading your favorite episode of Sex in the City. Honestly, I started this book and couldn’t (or more accurately wouldn’t) put it down until I was finished




    Author: Andy Andrews
    ISBN: 978-0-7852-2921-6
    Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

    Author: Tom Davis
    Published by David C Cook
    ISBN: 978-1-589191-02-0


    Author: Wanda St. Hilaire
    ISBN: 978-1-4401-3294-0
    Publisher: IUniverse

    I enjoyed the book but it was slightly confusing.  It was written as a letter to an old friend and Wanda refers to people and events that Monique must know but the reader doesn’t understand.  I also would have liked to have more details about the country itself, but it is an interesting read and I do recommend it


    Author: Ginger Garrett
    Publisher: David C Cook
    ISBN: 978-0-7814-4888-8

    Its historical fiction kicked up a notch and infused with mysticism.  Great stuff and a wonderful read





    Author: Peter Ferry
    Publisher: Mariner Books
    ISBN: 978-0-15-101436-1


    Author: Dennis Batchelder
    ISBN: 978-0-9798056-2-2
    Publisher: NetLeaves

    Not only is this novel powerful and compulsively entertaining, but also thought provoking, as it involves the reader totally while at the same time presenting it in an economic style that doesn't overwhelm






    Author: David Michael Slater
    Publisher: Abbey &Co.
    ISBN: 0781888842562

    Read this outstanding, thought provoking and mind-stimulating book and you decide whether all of these characters are in someway Selfless or none



    Author:  Kate Perry
    ISBN: 9780446541015
    Publisher: Forever (Hachette Book Group)

    Chosen by Desire is another winner by Kate Perry, and one not to be missed by paranormal romance fans!




    Author: Jim Ciullo
    Publisher: Mainly Murder Press
    ISBN: 0-615-29012-4

    Action and Intrigue in South America




    Author: Patricia Gussin
    ISBN: 978-1-933515-19-9Publishers: Oceanview Publishing

    Dr. Patricia Gussin has shown her readers how to excel as a novelist in The Test

    Author: Kat Martin
    ISBN: 978-1-59315-547-6
    Publisher: Vanguard Press

    If your are longing for a heartwarming holiday story for the upcoming season, you will not be disappointed with The Christmas Clock, by Kat Martin. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and I can envision myself curled up in a favorite chair, on a snowy day, reading it again. Complete your Christmas shopping by purchasing The Christmas Clock for everyone on your list.




    Author: Jake Packard
    Publisher: Bascom Hill Publishing Group          
    ISBN: 978-1935-098058

    A novel so unique-so far unparalleled and so frightening and thought provoking, the Manhattan Prophet by Jake Packard


    Author: Marilyn Brant
    ISBN: 9780758234612
    Publisher: Kensington Books

    Mostly, Jane Austin fans will revel in this modern day unique twist on a classic, as well as learning interesting facts about Jane herself. There is just enough mystery of ‘why’ to keep you guessing, and the ending is thoroughly satisfying. This was a truly, irrevocably inspiring novel


    Author: Donald E. Westlake
    Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
    ISBN: 978-0-446-17860-0

    Readers might like to turn back the pages, so to speak.




    Author: Erika Robuck
    ISBN:  978-0-9822298-0-4
    Publisher:  Elysian Fields Press

    Receive Me Falling is an excellent debut novel from Erika Robuck.  It chronicles the plight of Meg, whose parents die in a tragic car accident while on their way home from her engagement party.  As Meg sifts through her parents’ belongings, she discovers that she is heiress to a former sugar plantation, named Eden, which is found on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean. 


    Author: Dale Brown
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    ISBN:  978-0-06-156087-3

    Rogue Forces from Dale Brown is an explosive bomb of a book!

    Author: Rudy Dunningan
    Publisher:Argus Enterprises International
    ISBN:  978-098230505-8

    The evolution of the book is jagged, more and more violent, and full of surprise.  We are scared, astonished, and wondering what else they going to do, especially Junior.  This book leaves you with a lot of questions about the future of the characters in mind




    Author: Ernest Dempsey 
    ISBN: 978-1-932-690-92-7 
    Publisher: Modern History Press 

    Ernest Dempsey opens his short story collections with a moving dedication to his Aunt Farahana, who passed away in November 1992. Her passing had a profound effect on Dempsey, as familiar to him today as it was 17 years ago. His description of her influence on his life literally moved me to tears



    Author: Alani M’echel Weathers
    ISBN: 9780741453280
    Publisher: Infinity Publishing.

    This is a great book to read on Halloween night, around the campfire, after a cookout when it gets dark, under the covers with a flashlight or to teach children family values and the importance of relationships, loyalty and trust. 





    Author: Christina Baker Kline
    Publisher: William Morrow (an imprint of Harper Collins)
    ISBN: 978-0-688-17724-9

    A novel which is enjoyable and will appeal to fans who are into this type of fiction, especially if you have liked Kline’s other books



    Author: Melody Carlson
    Publisher: David C Cook
    ISBN: 978-1-5891-9108-2

    What I really love about this novel is the unique and creative way the author allows the reader to get to know and understand each character and how that character grows and evolves throughout the novel






    • Reading level: Ages 4-8
    • Audio CD
    • Publisher: Friedman & Danziger; 3rd in a series edition (July 1, 2009)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 0979086736

    Opening the Way to the Woman in Us All: Ennobling Stories of Female Heroism


    Author: Luke Jackson
    Publisher: Zany Books
    ISBN: 978-1441477736

    It is a fascinating read because it gives a unique and truthful look at the war we thought we knew





    Author: Sheldon Goldfarb
    Publisher: UKA Press
    ISBN:  978-1-905796-08-3

    In general, this book has potential but fails to reach the mark of an interesting read




    Author: Phillip Good
    ISBN: 978-1-43826-012-9     

    In Search of Aimai Cristen delves into father daughter relationships or lack thereof: relationships that, more or less, typify families around the globe





    Author: Karen Weinreb
    Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
    ISBN: 0-312-37925-4






    Author: E.E. Smith
    ISBN: 0979859913
    Publisher: Hannover House

    The title of award-winning playwright, E. E. Smith's new book, Boardinghouse Stew, may have you thinking it is some sort of cookbook. However, as the author relates, it is part of a phrase describing the uncertainty of World War II -- "as unpredictable as boardinghouse stew."





    Author: Campbell Jefferys
    Publisher: Arima Publishing,
    ISBN:  978-1-84549-333-2



    Author: Guy Stevenson
    Publisher: Clear Fountain Press
    ISBN:  978-0-9805698-1-0

    Dreams of the Fifth Dimension spins us a tale of warning about the life yet to come



    Author: Nicolas Winer
    ISBN: 978-1-84923-126-8
    Publisher: YouWriteOn.com

    On the surface, the novel may seem like another chilling mystery with an African slant. If you dig a little deeper, however, you will find a complex portrait painted by someone with an informative hand who has probably experienced some of the scheming mischief of the various players in the area 


    Author: Delaney Henderson
    Publishers: A-Argus Better Book Publishers, LLC
    ISBN:  987-09819075-7-4

    The plot and setting of The Travelers work together to create a story that will thrill the most jaded palate and gives the reader excitement without the risk of living out life in an African jail






    Author: Leon de Winter
    ISBN: 978 1 59264 265 6

    The suspense leaves your heart broken and breathless. This is a book that cannot be put down once started, even though it is so forlorn





    Author: Jimmy Root Jr.
    ISBN: 13: 978-1-58982-553-6: 10: 1-58982-553-5

    Depending on your religious beliefs, Jimmy Root Jr.’s Distant Thunder is either likely to dazzle you or affront you


    Author: Karen Weinreb
    Publisher: St. Martins Press
    ISBN: 978-0-312-37925-4






    Author: Sally Parmer
    Publisher: Book Surge
    ISBN: 978-1-4392-2982-8

     If you love honest autobiographies about the sixties and the music scene this is certainly a book you can try. It is original and compelling and leaves you feeling like you’ve just been back in time.  Wonderful!





    Author: Brian Duren
    Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press
    ISBN: 978159282875


    The inevitable twist toward the end of the book is slightly predictable, yet the change of voice and mood is jarring enough to be entertaining.



    Author: Sean Dixon, Author
    Publisher:Other Press
    ISBN: 978-1-59051-312-5



    Author: Bich Minh Nguyen
    Publisher: Viking Publishers
    ISBN: 978-0-670-02081-2

    Very like The Joy Luck Club, it is a tale of two women who are trying to be American while struggling against their mother’s memory and the expectations of their Vietnamese heritage




    Author: Ed Chung
    ISBN: 978-0-576-02448-7

     From the very first chapter, this fictional account of one family’s life in China, Hong Kong, USA and Canada grabs you, and over the course of 309 pages, it hardly ever lets up



    Author: Kevin J Anderson
    Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins
    ISBN: 978-0-06-166255-3

    In Kevin J. Anderson’s newest book, Enemies & Allies, we are given fly on the wall viewing of his version of Superman and Batman’s first meeting.


    Authors: Captain Jeff Struecker with Alton Gansky
    ISBN: 978-0-8054-4853-5
    Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

    I shared Certain Jeopardy with my wife, who has lived the life of a Special Forces wife. She and I agree that it is a fine work of fiction that comes quite close to reality.




    Author: Angela Lam Turpin
    ISBN: 9781926704104
    Publisher: Eternal Press

    I appreciate what the author tried to do with this book, having a vampire clueless to the human way of life, and only knowing the forest as home





    Author: Dr. Janet Cunningham
    ISBN: 978-0964002654
    Publisher: BookSurge

    The Upward Spiral is an educational, uplifting, and entertaining book of fiction. It is about three women who go through loss and tragedy and learn how to find true happiness in their lives. They go to a retreat together and learn new things about themselves and how to be happy.



    Author: Homa Pourasgari
    Publisher: Linbrook Press
    ISBN: 976-0-9779780-1-4

    Until you read this powerfully compelling book, you are not likely to truly understand the hardships many Saudi women endure at the hands of radical Muslims.





    Author: G. Gray Garland
    ISBN:  978-1-4389-3359-7
    Publisher: AuthorHouse

    The story is strong and will keep the reader interested. 


    Author: Lev Grossman
    ISBN:978-0-670-02055-3
    Publisher: Viking

    One could write that The Magicians is a coming-of-age novel set in a sort of university for magicians.  It is that, but so much more.  The book follows Quentin Coldwater and several of his fellow aspiring magicians through several stages of their lives, finally achieving a dream and then finding that even then, all their desires are not fulfilled.



    Author: Lev Grossman
    Publisher:Viking Books
    ISBN: 978-0-670-02055-3

    The last Harry Potter book came out two years ago, we can only hope the Twilight series is finished, and the generation who became adults with Harry, Ron, Hermione need something else.  That book has arrived in Lev Grossman’s The Magicians




    Author: Jennifer Weiner
    ISBN: 9780743294294
    Publisher: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster, Inc.)

    Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, is a riveting portrayal of friendship, love, family, loyalty, and betrayal. A guaranteed laugh and cry! 






    Author:
    Bich Minh Nguyen
    Publisher: Viking
    ISBN: 978-0-670-02081-2

    A compelling read and  a finely detailed study of the ties that bind us, confound us and make us who we are. 




    Author: Gary Morgentein
    Publisher: Times Square Press and Elite Associates
    ISBN: 978-1441492241

    Jesse’s Girl will make you laugh, let you cry and twist your guts with pure terror.  There is never a dull moment.  Need a fast-paced romp of a read.  Go pick up Jesse’s Girl.  You’ll be glad you did.




    Author: Kia DuPree
    Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ( Hachette Book Group)
    ISBN: 978-0-446-54775-8

    A very intriguing, disturbing but realistic novel from the Fiction Honor Book Award winning author, Kia DuPree.





    Author: Paul Martin Midden
    ISBN:10: 1-58982-492-X
    Publisher: Millennial Mind Publishing

    The book’s bloody action is frequently reminiscent of Greek Tragedy in which the violence is off stage


    Author: Anna David
    Publisher: Harper
    ISBN: 978-0-06-166918-7         

    Although Bought: A Novel is chick lit, it nevertheless is something to muse over as it does presents several thought provoking themes that revolve around the complexities of human character and interpersonal relationships.  

    Author: Piers Paul Read
    Ignatius Press
    ISBN:  978-1-58617-295-4

    Despite the need for tenderness, The Death of a Pope, takes common elements, throws them together, and out comes an interesting, intriguing, and exciting story that will capture a reader and not let go to the end.



    Author: Stephenie Meyer
    Publisher: Little Brown
    ISBN: 978-0-316-06792-8
     

    In book four of this stunning saga we join Bella once again as she struggles with the problems life throws her way.


    Author: Jack Adler
    Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books
    ISBN: 978-1-934041-40-6

    Something to ponder about. The dark side of Internet chat rooms

    Author: Charrie Hazard
    Publisher: Spoonbill Cove Press
    ISBN: 978-0-9815410-2-0

    A clever, gripping and almost memoir-like novel which will keep you talking about it for years to come


    Author: Gail Graham
    Publisher: Jade Phoenix Publishing

    ISBN: 978-0-692-00100-4

    Sea Changes is a very poignant, moving novel about love, loss and life. Anyone can pick this up and enjoy it but do have those tissues on hand!





    Author: Alan Cheuse
    Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
    ISBN: 978-1-4022-1516-2


    Well-crafted, insightful and often profound, a book about finding not just beauty and newness, but also oneself in the journeys that invariably define us - even those of us travelers that are strictly armchair-bound.





    Author: Krista Tibbs
    Publisher: Friction Publishing
    ISBN: 978-0-9818803-0-3

    A fascinating realistic novel focusing on the pharmaceutical industry as she accurately depicts the dilemmas and conflicts that arise among all of the major players



    Author: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
    ISBN: 978-0-316-01877-7

    While disappointing on some levels, Swimsuit is a good choice for travel reading. It will help while away long airport waits and interminable airplane flights.



    Author: Zoey Dean
    Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

    ISBN: 978-0446697194

      A bright, breezy novel to read on a warm summer’s day to help pass a couple of hours


    Author: Colin Harvey
    Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books
    ISBN: 978-1-934041-66-6

    A very unusual, scary and at the same time un-put-down-able book to delight fans of the paranormal and the grizzly!



    Author: Davis Aujourd’ Hui
    Publisher: Outskirts Press
    ISBN: 978-1-4327-3047-5

    For a non-stop tickle on your funny bone this religiously inspired book is a fun, quick, and easy read! 



    Author: Chloe Niell
    ISBN: 978-0-451-22625-9
    Publisher: New American Library (NAL)

    A perfect combination of a fast-paced mysterious urban fantasy filled with twists and entertainment



    Author: Clem Chambers
    ISBN: 978-1-84243-297-6

    Could this really happen?




    Author: Max Frei 
    Translator: Polly Ganon
    ISBN: 978-1-59020-065-0
    Publisher: Overlook Press

    The Labyrinths of Echo, a successful Russian series, makes its English debut with The Stranger. Written under the pseudonym Max Frei, the books chronicle the adventures of a young man of the same name in a mysterious world of magic that he visits in his dreams.



    Author: Kelly Moran
    Publisher: Lulu
    ISBN: 10: 057800593X: 13:978-0578005935

    Most of us have spent at least a little time considering the afterlife. Regardless of your belief system, none of us really knows what we'll find after death. According to Kelly Moran's fictional novella Idle Thursday, we're mostly the same in death as we are in life.



    Author: Alberto Ferreras
    Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
    ISBN: 978-0-446-69789-7             

    My first thought was: what an odd book. What are these lessons we are supposedly meant to learn? The author clearly wants to teach us something but what?





    Author:Michael Lloyd Gray
    Publisher: Sol Books
    ASIN: BOOl806L80

    The infiltration of war into the daily lives of Americans which was experienced during the Vietnam War is, in many ways, an ideal backdrop to explore the theme of justice.


    Author: Arnaldo Ricciulli
    ISBN: 978-1-4415-0389-5

    A Category 6 hurricane? Impossible says everyone. It can’t happen. Yet Kelly Delaney is convinced a Category 6 hurricane is not only a possibility, but an eminent reality.





    Author: Shulamit Lapid
    Translated from the Hebrew by Philip Simpson
    ISBN:
    13 978 1 59264 230 4
    Publisher: Toby Press


    Thanks to Philip Simpson's excellent translation, I was able to easily read Shulamit Lapid's Valley of Strength, the fascinating saga of Rosh Pina.




    Author: Charlotte Greig
    Publisher: OTHER PRESS LLC
    ISBN:978-1-59051-317-0


    Greig's fiction re-creates the high impact that can result from relations between people. And in the vein of traditional British storytellers, she uses vibrant, lush language that draws you into her tale.





    Author: Stephen Boerer
    Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
    ISBN: 13: 978-1-933515-24-3

    A novel that will ruffle a few feathers


    Author: James Alexander Protzman
    Publisher: Kitsune Books
    ISBN: 978-0-979200-7-9

    Protzman’s writing is original and satirical although quite thoughtful. He encapsulates the essence of life perfectly in his writing. 




    Author: Kate Brady
    ISBN: 9780446541527
    Publisher: Forever (Hachette Book Group)
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    One Scream Away, by Kate Brady, is one heck of a break-out book from a talented emerging author.





    Author: Michael R. Brown
    Publisher: Petrarca Press
    ISBN: 978-0-9820402-0-1

     An autobiography written with much poetic flare and a good helping of emotion.



    Author: Vanora Bennett
    ISBN: 978-0-06-168984-0
    Publisher: William Morrow (HarperCollins)


    A splendid blend of romance and history as the author takes one into the world of silk making.

    Review: No Mad


    Author: Sam Moffie
    ISBN: 978-1-4392-0461-0

     
    No Mad is Sam Moffie’s third novel and after reading it I can easily understand how one can become addicted to this promising author.





    Author: Jeff Roberts
    ISBN:  978-1-4327-2727-7
    Publisher: Outskirts Press

    Intended as snapshots of life, each short story aims to capture a scene that reveals an emotion or event that reflects our humanness.  Most of these stories hit their mark but some are a little off-center in this debut collection of fiction by Jeff Roberts.



    Review: Sea Changes




    Author:  Gail Graham
    ISBN: 978-0-692-00100-4


    Sea Changes is filled with a sweet naiveté that is rare in our world of brash reality and conditioned acceptance of the loss of innocence.




    Author: James Patterson

    Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

    ISBN: 978-0-316-03759-4



    Maximum Ride and her flock of bird kids return in this fifth installment of James Patterson’s popular series. It is no surprise that Max’s mission is still to save the world, no less. With only slight chagrin she says it herself: “I’ve been told that my mission in life is to save the world. No pressure or anything.”






    Author: Bruce Cooke
    Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books
    ISBN: 978-1-934041-44-4


    Be warned: not a book for the easily disturbed but a fairly good tale if you can take it.



    Author: Kyle Mills
    Publisher: Vanguard Press
    ISBN: 978-1-59315-499-8

    When Josh Hagarty interviewed for employment with New Africa, a U.S. charitable organization purporting to manage various foreign aid projects, little did he know that in reality this so-called focused charity was in fact connected to some very nasty accomplices including an American con man, a Russian Mafia thug and the country’s brutal dictator Umbito Mtitsi.




     

    Author: Bob Blackman
    ISBN: 978 0 9555927 0 6

    The Horsepower Whisperer by Bob Blackman is a rollicking romp through time, space and history from the age of the dinosaurs to the far flung future filled with irreverent but delightful humor, quirky characters and non-stop action.   It also makes one pause, and think, and look at this non-stop world of ours in a different light. 




    Authors: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    ISBN: 978-0-316-01876-0
    Publishers: Little, Brown and Company

    “The killing of a street person has zero to no priority in Homicide,” says San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer. Therefore, when Lindsay’s friend, journalists Cindy Thomas, discovers a murdered homeless man—Bagman Jesus—she takes it upon herself to investigate the killing and to persuade the San Francisco Police Department to pursue the case as well.



    Review: Illegal


    Author: Paul Levine
    ISBN: 978-0-553-80673-1
    Publisher: Bantam Dell

    Illegal could have simply been an ordinary adventure story, but Levine has given it greater depth as he brilliantly captures the plight of illegal immigrants and the sickening conditions that they are subjected to including slavery, brutal punishments and even murder at the hands of their master employers who try to pass themselves off as good Samaritans.

    Author: Alan Gratz
    ISBN: 978-0-8037-3666-5
    Publisher: Dial Books

     
    Alan Gratz has done it again. Something Wicked, a modern version of Shakespeare's Macbeth is a treasure. This companion piece to Something Rotten (Hamlet) makes Shakespeare fun. This book has it all -- mystery, murder, romance, a cool hero, and a sense of humor. Gratz does a great job of drawing you into the story quickly, keeping you entertained, your curiosity peeked, and occasionally, making you laugh right out loud. Most importantly, Gratz doesn't expose the murderer until the right time.




    Author: Shirley A. Roe
    ISBN: 978-1-906806-51-4
    Publisher: Real Time Publishing   Limerick, Ireland

    An intense, yet somehow elegant thrill ride from beginning to end




    Author: Ted Dekker
    Publisher: Center Street
    ISBN: 978-1-59995-195-9


    A really enjoyable novel that will grab your attention from the first page and not let you go till the very last.








    Author: Michael Kasenow
    ISBN: 978-1-4401-2001-5

    Although Michael Kasenow’s The Last Paradise was at times not easy to stay with as it dwells so profoundly upon appalling racist behavior, sadness and anger, all taking a heavy emotional toll, nevertheless it still was a great read.  In addition, Kasenow’s cast of rich and vivid characters particularly the two main protagonists and their stories make it possible for the reader to navigate a landscape that is at times appalling but nonetheless illuminating. In fact, you want to keep reading just to find out what becomes of them.












    Author: Jeffrey D. Schlaman Publisher: Synergy Books
    ISBN: 978-0-9815462-5-4

     If you are after a book that handles the current economic crisis, look no further. Subprime Factor has everything on this subject that you will possibly need plus a conspiracy or two.




    Author: Teisha Bourne
    Publisher: Belletristic Press
    ISBN: 978-0979659485

     
    There are two especially impressive elements about Teisha Bourne’s debut novel Motif- the author’s strength in characterizations and her storytelling talent. In fact, the suspense of the story fundamentally lies in the character development, which often proves to be quite a tricky thing to pull off in a novel, particularly if you are a novice author.




    Review: New Moon




    Author: Stephenie Meyer
    Publisher: Atom
    ISBN: 978-1-905654-35-2

    New Moon is the poignant sequel to Twilight and again an absolute delight to read.





    Author: Stephenie Meyer
    Publisher: Atom
    ISBN: 978-1-905654-34-5

    I’m pretty sure most readers don’t need an introduction from me to know what an absolutely amazing, unforgettable and alluring tale this is if they have read any of the author’s other novels. It simply is a book you must read.



    Author: Lady Annabel Goldsmith
    Publisher: Sphere (an imprint of Little Brown)
    ISBN: 978-0-7515-3820-5

     
    Copper - a wonderful tale about a mongrel recounting his adventures that took him all over the place.




    Author: Brian L. Doe
    ISBN: 9780982205679
    Publisher: All That Matters Press


     A Heart-Felt Offering

    The Grace Note, by Brian Doe, explores the themes of love and loss from a man’s perspective. Alex Brogan, a gifted violinist with the New York Philharmonic, has found happiness in his life’s calling as a composer and musician and in his relationship with his fiancée, Charlotte. But, like the butterfly that flits through this novel, happiness is fragile and a tragedy soon shatters the happiness in Alex’s heart.









    Author: Jack Woodville London
    Publisher:Vire Press
    ISBN: 978-0-9815975-0-8

    Author Jack London has given his readers a great opening salvo in “Virginia’s War,” something to sink their teeth into--a town worth exploring, interesting and complicated relationships, power struggles, and overshadowing it all, a World War. If London can keep up the pace of “Virginia’s War” into volume two, he will surely have a winning trilogy on his hands.