2010 May

#257 ~ Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman Published by: Pamela Dorman Books (Penguin) Published on: 2010 Page Count: 320 Genre: General Fiction / Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover sent by the author’s publicist Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and audio book ~ will be available in paperback in October of 2010 Giveaway: Inkwell Management has graciously [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: Beth Hoffman, crazy Southern mother, Georgia, Savanah, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

#256 ~ Legends of a Suicide

27 May By Jennifer 5 Comments

Legend of a Suicide by author David Vann Published by: HarperCollins Published on: March, 2010 Page Count: 240 Genre: General Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent from the publisher Available Formats: Paperback, eBook To Keep In Mind: There is a section in one of the stories that contains extremely graphic imagery that may make [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author Tagged With: Alaska, David Vann, Legend of a Suicide, parental suicide, suicide

Tuesday’s Temptation ~ May 25

25 May By Jennifer 6 Comments

Despite how wonderful my current reads might be (or, this week, how incredibly disturbing), I really enjoy being able to look over my shelves and drool over the as-of-yet unread goodies. I don’t know about you, but I could spend a half hour or more just touching the spines and, because I have to double [...]

Filed Under: About Literate Housewife, female author, fiction, Post-Partum Depression, Tuesday's Tempatation Tagged With: Algonquin Books, Heidi W. Durrow, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

#255 ~ Cleopatra’s Daughter

24 May By Jennifer 13 Comments

Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran Published by: Crown Publishing Group Published on: September, 2009 Page Count: 448 Genre: Historical Fiction My Reading Format: audio book purchased through Audible.com. Available Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, audio book, eBook ~ Note: Apaperback version to be released on July 13, 2010 Book Trailer: See the end of this review for a [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction, Historical Fiction Tagged With: Ancient Rome, Cleopatra's Daughter, Michelle Moran

Waiting for Simon Vance

21 May By Jennifer 10 Comments

Next week Tuesday is a day I’ve been waiting for since, oh, I don’t know… the minute I finished Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Played with Fire narrated by Simon Vance. The final novel featuring Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander is released on May 25th and I’m chomping at the bit to sit and listen [...]

Filed Under: About Literate Housewife, Audiobooks Tagged With: Simon Vance, Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

#254 ~ The Brothers of Gwynedd (Pt 1) ~ Sunrise in the West

20 May By Jennifer 6 Comments

When Danielle from Sourcebooks announced her book club around the upcoming release of Edith Pargeter’s four novels about the first true Prince of Wales in one single edition, I jumped at the chance to take part of the four month discussion and to host one of the monthly discussions. Given recent events, this might not [...]

Filed Under: book review, book tour, female author, fiction, Historical Fiction Tagged With: Edith Pargeter, Sourcebooks, Sunrise in the West, The Brothers of Gwynedd

Getting By with A LOT of Help from My Friends

19 May By Jennifer 17 Comments

Last week Monday, I was in full on book blogging crisis mode. You may have noticed I wasn’t around much since the beginning of April and had been posting only the bare minimum required to meet my previous commitments. Nothing about my life as the Literate Housewife was appealing to me in any way. I [...]

Filed Under: About Literate Housewife, Books Tagged With: ARC Overload, book blogging, Book Blogging Blues, Tuesday's Tempation

Tuesday’s Temptation ~ May 18

18 May By Jennifer 17 Comments

Despite how wonderful my current reads might be, I really enjoy being able to look over my shelves and drool over the as-of-yet unread goodies. I don’t know about you, but I could spend a half hour or more just touching the spines and, because I have to double park my books for lack of [...]

Filed Under: female author, fiction, Historical Fiction, Tuesday's Tempatation Tagged With: Hugh le Despenser, Susan Higginbotham, The Traitor's Wife

#253 ~ The Hand That First Held Mine

13 May By Jennifer 5 Comments

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Published on: April, 2010 Page Count: 341 Genre: Literary Fiction My Reading Format: ARC and hardcover review copy sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: hardcover, audio book Synopsis from Barnes & Noble: Lexie Sinclair cannot stay. Enclosed within her [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: Bohemian London, Maggie O'Farrell, Post-Partum Depression, Soho, The Hand that First Held Mine

#252 ~ The Threadbare Heart

9 May By Jennifer 5 Comments

The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash Published by: Berkley Trade Published on: May 4, 2010 Page Count: 304 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher in conjunction with the author’s Mother’s Day contest Available Formats: paperback My Review Lily has an empty nest and she’s taking on fewer responsibilities [...]

Filed Under: book review, contest, female author, fiction Tagged With: Jennie Nash, The Threadbare Heart