Iron Houseby John HartSt. Martin’s PressPublished: July 12, 2011ISBN Hardcover: 978-0-312-38034-2 ($25.99)ISBN eBook: 978-1-4299-9031-8 ($12.99)432 pagesI read an Advance Readers’ Edition received from the publisher. Iron House sucked me in fast and it was hard to put down. I was… Read More ›
First edition cover The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts RinehartBobbs-Merrill, September 1908 ebook via Project Gutenberg While browsing around Project Gutenberg, I came upon books by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958). Her name sounded vaguely familiar. Does it to you, too? Upon… Read More ›
The Boo Pat Conroy New York: Open Road, 2010 eBook edition ISBN: 9781453206409 My life as a PatConroy fan is complete, or at least up to date. I can now say I’ve read everything that the man has published. I’ve… Read More ›
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law SchoolScott TurowPenguin, December 2010First published in 1978 ISBN13: 9780143119029288 pages I never, ever had a desire to go to law school, but for some reason this book… Read More ›
The library copy I read The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson is a wonderfully creepy story. Are houses haunted by nature or nurture? In the case of Hill House, it just might be both. Add some human… Read More ›
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s BerlinErik LarsonCrown Books, May 2011ISBN: 978-0-307-40884-6464 pages [FTC disclosure: I read an uncorrected proof that I requested from the publisher] Like millions of other readers out there,… Read More ›
Ashley Juddwith Maryanne Vollers All That is Bitter & SweetBallantine Books, April 2011ISBN 978-0-345-52361-7432 pages Autobiographies and memoirs by “stars” are not my cup of tea. I’m pretty sure the last one I read was Barbara Mandrell’s Get to the… Read More ›