Title: The Woman in White Author: Wilkie Collins Genre: Fiction – Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: 1860 Purchase Price: $7.95 (paperback) Gothic Reading Challenge Finally managed to read a book that was on my original Gothic Reading Challenge list, and boy was it a doozie! Check out The Woman in White. The plot Walter Hartright’s family is…
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Next Gas: 200,000 Miles
Title: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Author: Mary Roach Genre: Non-fiction, Science Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $25.95 (hardback) Space. The final frontier. What lies beyond the earth and its moon? How does space travel affect the human body and mind? Is it possible that someday we’ll put a…
A good kind man
Title: March Author: Geraldine Brooks Genre: Historical fiction Publication Date: 2005 Purchase Price: $15.00 (paperback) In Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, very little is known about Mr. March (the girls’ father and Mrs. March’s husband). In part one of Alcott’s masterpiece, the father figure is away, working as a chaplain for the Union Army. He…
“Calla Tor has always known her destiny…”
Title: Nightshade Author: Andrea Cremer Genre: YA Fiction, Supernatural/Paranormal Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $18.00 (hardcover) I’ve had Nightshade on my TBR list for some time — but because my local library is woefully inadequate, I could only get my hands on the audio book. It’s not that I don’t like audio books—they’re great on…
“I have lived more than a thousand years.”
Title: My Name is Memory Author: Ann Brashares Genre: Fiction Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $15.00 (paperback) Daniel has an old soul. He has lived dozens of lives, from ancient Africa to modern-day Virginia. Every time that Daniel lives, he remembers another soul: the one he murdered. It is his greatest shame, and yet it…