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#428 ~ I Couldn’t Love You More

17 May By 4 Comments

I Couldn’t Love You More by Jillian Medoff Published by: five spot Published on: May 15, 2012 Page Count: 399 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by the publisher for consideration. Available Formats: Paperback and eBook Coming Soon: I will be interviewing Jillian Medoff next week. I hope you’ll come back [...]

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#427 ~ I Am Forbidden

15 May By 14 Comments

I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits Published by: Hogarth Books Published on: May 8, 2012 Page Count: 320 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by the publisher in order to participate in the author’s TLC Book Tour. Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook Giveaway: As part of this tour, I get to [...]

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#426 ~ A Wedding in Haiti

14 May By 3 Comments

A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez Published by: Algonquin Books Published on: April 24, 2012 Page Count: 304 Genre: Memoir My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook My Review Julia Alvarez and her husband Bill own and operate an organic coffee plantation in [...]

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#425 ~ Emily and Einstein

9 May By 9 Comments

Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee Published by: St. Martin’s Press Published on: March 2011 Page Count: 368 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased from Audible.com using a monthly credit for Armchair Audiess Audiobook Published by: Tantor Audio Narrator: Dan John Miller and Cassandra Campbell Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 54 minutes [...]

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#424 ~ In One Person

8 May By 25 Comments

In One Person by John Irving Published by: Simon & Schuster Published on: May 8, 2012 Page Count: 425 Genre: Literary Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook My Review Billy Dean, the son of an absent father and a mother still [...]

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#423 ~ Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale

1 May By 4 Comments

Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge Published by: Amy Einhorn Books Published on: April 26, 2012 Page Count: 304 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook My Review Faith is an elderly widow living by herself in Texas in her [...]

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#422 ~ No One in the World

30 Apr By 2 Comments

No One in the World by E. Lynn Harris and RM Johnson Published by: Simon & Schuster Published on: June 2011 Page Count: 320 Genre: Urban Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook provided to me by the Tantor Audio for review for the Armchair Audies Audiobook Published by: Tantor Audio Narrator: Alan Bomar Jones Audiobook Length: [...]

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#421 ~ The Starboard Sea

24 Apr By 10 Comments

The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont Published by: St. Martin’s Press Published on: February 28, 2012 Page Count: 308 Genre: Literary Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover copy I purchased for my personal library Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook My Review Amber Dermont’s debut novel examines the life of Jason Prosper, a privileged younger son of a [...]

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Listener’s List Poll ~ Ladies First

10 Apr By 27 Comments

When I posted my thoughts on Audible’s A-List Collection of audiobooks and countered that listeners are best able to determine who the star narrators are for new listeners, the response was incredible. Through comments here and on Twitter, we certainly amassed a wonderful list of close to 100 narrators who make listening to audiobooks a [...]

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#420 ~ The Underside of Joy

6 Apr By 6 Comments

The Underside of Joy by Seré Prince Halverson Published by: Dutton Published on: January 2012 Page Count: 320 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by a publicist Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook My Review Ella Beene found  the life she always wanted when, after divorcing her first husband, she [...]

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