Review, Book Tour & Giveaway: The Technologists

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Ti

The Technologists By Matthew Pearl (Random House, Hardcover, 9781400066575, February 21, 2012, 496pp.) The Short of It: Mysterious and thrilling. The Technologists is the best kind of historical thriller. Learn a little, enjoy a lot. The Rest of It: Boston, 1868. The story opens with a catastrophe that no one can explain. Ships, coming in [...]

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Review: The Marriage Plot

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Ti

The Marriage Plot By Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Hardcover, 9780374203054, October 2011, 416pp.) The Short of It: Angst-ridden smart folks trying to figure it out. The Rest of It: The Marriage Plot is this big, bold forray into what it’s like to be young with options. Madeleine, Leonard and Mitchell are all graduating [...]

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2012: DNF #1 (The Stranger’s Child)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Ti

As much as I wanted to keep going with this one, I couldn’t force myself to finish it. It was long listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and it started off great and included everything that a girl could ask for in a book, but around page 100 it began to lose me, and [...]

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Review: The Odds

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ti

The Odds By Stewart O’Nan (Viking Adult, Hardcover, 9780670023165, January 19, 2012, 192pp.) The Short of It: A brutally honest look at a marriage in crisis. The Rest of It: In all my years as a reader, I’ve never read an O’Nan novel. Boy, have I been missing out. Art and Marion Fowler ditch their soon-to-be [...]

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Review: After Dark

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Ti

After Dark By Haruki Murakami (Vintage, Paperback, 9780307278739, April 2008, 256pp.) The Short of It: Mesmerizing. The Rest of It: I don’t spend  a lot of late evenings out. But, I have been known to hit a late movie once in awhile and when I do, I am always amazed at how many people are [...]

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