Source: Library

Review: Rapunzel

August 23, 2013 Whitney Review 3 Comments
Review: Rapunzel

I really enjoyed Rapunzel.  It had all the makings of a great story, with a really interesting take on one-night stands.  There was danger, intrigue and a bit of romance.  I had only read the watered-down version when I was little and found it interesting to see what Disney left out.  Next to the likes […]

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

July 26, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

This was a very odd book. The beginning was ok, it talked about her/his grandparents Desdemona and Lefty, who were also brother and sister living in the old country and emigrating to America and eventually getting married. When Callie was born who is Desdemona and Lefty’s granddaughter that it started to get a little unbelievable […]

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Review: Little Bitty Lies

July 24, 2013 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: Little Bitty Lies

This may sound a little snobbish but as a general rule I don’t read novels that have a cartoonish drawing on the cover; I typically take that as a warning sign for being a trashy novel. Please don’t ask why I picked it up. Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews centers around Mary Bliss […]

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Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

July 5, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

I picked this up at my most resent visit to the library and was excited that it wasn’t checked out for once. As this was considered a “new release” at the library I could only check it out for a week.  A first was worried that I wouldn’t be able to finish it in time. […]

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Review: You Are One of Them

July 3, 2013 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: You Are One of Them

You Are One of Them is steady, keeping an even pace, but it wasn’t necessarily the thriller I thought it was going to be — for some reason I was picturing espionage.  This is not to say that I was disappointed, not by a long shot. You Are One of Them was suspenseful, I assumed […]

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Review: The Obituary Writer

June 28, 2013 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: The Obituary Writer

An obituary exhibits surviving family members, degrees, slight accomplishments, but never a full story of the decease’s life.  Both Vivien Lowe and Ann Hood showcase this in The Obituary Writer. I almost dropped The Obituary Writer twenty pages in.  When we are first introduced to Claire the reader is indulged to her thoughts on sex […]

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Book Review: The Other Typist

June 26, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Book Review: The Other Typist

I did something I hardly ever do, I read The Other Typist in one day. A few weeks ago a fellow blogger, Elizabeth at Silver Reviews warned me that The Other Typist was a book I would have to talk about, and she was right!  It was incredible.  The ending was a complete twist that I […]

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Review: Waiting to Be Heard

June 19, 2013 Whitney Review 10 Comments
Review: Waiting to Be Heard

First and foremost, I would like to note that I checked out Waiting to Be Heard from the library.  I did not buy or receive a free copy, but I did read the book. Why the disclaimer?  Because anything negative said about Waiting to Be Heard (particularly on Amazon) gets bombarded with accusations and automatically […]

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The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon

June 12, 2013 Whitney Review 1 Comment
The One I Left Behind by  Jennifer McMahon

“Put the lotion in the basket.” Why did I quote Silence of the Lambs?  Because when found, each of Neptune’s deformed women’s right stub had been properly cleaned and clotted.  Like Buffalo Bill he took “care” of his victims. The One I Left Behind is told in two parts, flashing from 1985 during the summer […]

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Review: The Fault in Our Stars

May 15, 2013 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Is it wrong to laugh while reading a book about Cancer?  Because I was.   John Green took a serious topic and made it uplifting, inspirational and eventually heartbreaking.  Hazel has cancer of the lungs.  Her mother, feeling that Hazel is depressed over her condition forces her to go to a support group, with Hazel going […]

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