Category Archives: Reviews

TLC Presents Being Lara: Review and Free Giveaway

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Being Lara by Lola Jaye Release date: 2012 / 256 pages Synopsis(from Amazon):  What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally … Continue reading →

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It’s Hard Not to Hate You: Review and Giveaway

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

It’s Hard Not to Help Youby Valerie Frankel Release date: 2011 / 256  pages Synopsis (from Amazon.com):  In the midst of a health and career crisis, Valerie uncorks years of pent up rage, and discovers you don’t have to be … Continue reading →

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TLC Presents This Beautiful Life: Review and Free Giveaway

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman Release date: 2012 / 256 pages Synopsis(from Amazon):  When fifteen-year-old Jake Bergamot receives—and then forwards to a friend—a sexually explicit video that an eighth-grade admirer sent to him, the video goes viral within hours. … Continue reading →

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TLC Presents Walter’s Muse: Review and Free Giveaway

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Walter’s Muse by Jean Davies Okimoto Release date: 2012 / 285 pages Synopsis(from Amazon):  It’s the first summer of her retirement and librarian Maggie Lewis is relishing the unfolding of sweet summer days on Vashon Island: walking on the beach, … Continue reading →

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King Peggy: Review

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels Release date: 2012 / 352 pages Synopsis(from Amazon):  King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana’s central coast, half a world … Continue reading →

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