Book Reviews

This is the reverse chronological archive, with excerpts, of all book reviews published here at Colloquium. An alphabetical list of all book reviews is part of the Sitemap. Or to find a particular review, search (right sidebar, bottom) by title, author or key word.

Click here to see what books I have reviewed in conjunction with the various Reading Challenges in which I have participated or am currently participating.

And if you would like to read some of the guest posts that have been graciously written specifically for Colloquium by various well-known authors, just click here!

Book Review: Moonlight Rises

October 22, 2011
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Welcome to the Partners In Crime Blog Tour for Moonlight Rises Synopsis: Dick Moonlight hasn’t had much business as a private investigator lately, so he’s been devoting his attention to his bar, Moonlight’s. That’s where he meets Peter Czech, a paraplegic who hires Moonlight to find his biological father. Czech, a nuclear engineer of Russian descent, […]

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Book Review: Along Wooded Paths

October 19, 2011
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Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for Along Wooded Paths Synopsis: Marianna Sommer reluctantly left her Indiana home to move to Montana with her family. She grew up believing that one day she would marry Aaron Zook, who has been building a home in anticipation of proposing to Marianna. But her parents’ grief over the loss […]

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Book Review: Reclaiming Lily

October 15, 2011
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Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for Reclaiming Lily Synopsis: Joy Powell is an out of control seventeen-year-old, severely trying the patience of her exasperated parents, Andrew, a pastor, and Gloria. After struggling with infertility, the Powells traveled to Eastern China in 1990 to adopt a beautiful little girl who had been named Lily at birth. […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Holy Ghost Girl

October 14, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Holy Ghost Girl Synopsis: Donna was a mere three years old and her younger brother, Gary, was barely a year old when their divorced mother left her parents’ home to travel the country with evangelist David Terrell during the 1960’s. Her children in tow, Carolyn and the other members […]

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Book Review: Little Did I Know

October 11, 2011
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Synopsis: Sam August is about to graduate from college and he has a big dream. He has found an old, rundown theater in Plymouth, Massachusetts that is available for rent where he, assisted by some of his college friends, could produce and direct five musicals — Cabaret, Funny Girl, Anything Goes, Company and The Fantasticks […]

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Book Review: Heiress

October 7, 2011
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Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for Heiress Synopsis: Esme Price and her younger sister, Jinx, have never known a life without luxury. It is 1896, and the privileged daughters of August Price, owner and publisher of The Chronicle, New York City’s most prominent newspaper, they have grown up in the family’s Fifth Avenue chateau. Jinx […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Little Goblins Ten

October 5, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Little Goblins Ten Halloween will be here soon! Around town, a number of homes have already been decorated with bright orange pumpkin lights strung across their front porches, piercing the darkness that is overtaking our little city earlier and earlier each day. The first real storm of the […]

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Book Review: Flat-Out Love

October 4, 2011
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Synopsis: Julie Seagle had just arrived in Boston to begin her freshman year in college when she learned that the apartment she rented — sight unseen — via an Internet advertisement did not exist. At the address where she was supposed to unpack and settle into her new apartment, she found a seedy restaurant in […]

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Book Review: The Language of Flowers

October 3, 2011
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Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for The Language of Flowers Synopsis: Victoria Jones does not know her actual birthday because she was abandoned by her birth parents. Court records reflect that she was about three weeks old when she became a ward of the court and Meredith Combs was appointed her […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Claim of Innocence

September 27, 2011
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Synopsis: Valerie Solara insists that she is innocent. Charged with murdering one of her two best friends, Amanda Miller, by poisoning Amanda’s food, Valerie’s trial is just beginning. But Martin Bristol, a renowned local criminal defense attorney who is lead counsel on the case, has taken ill. His granddaughter and partner, Maggie, has asked Izzy […]

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Book Review: A Lancaster County Christmas

September 23, 2011
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Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for A Lancaster County Christmas Synopsis: On the surface, it appears that Jaime Fitzpatrick’s life could not be more different from Mattie Riehl’s. Jaime is a twenty-five-year-old aspiring photographer working at a Sears Portrait Studio who dreams of career success and the ability to acquire material comforts including a nice […]

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Book Review: The Grief of Others

September 19, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for The Grief of Others Synopsis: One year ago, the Ryrie family suffered an unspeakable loss. The child Ricky was carrying was determined to have anencephaly early in the pregnancy. Simon Isaac Ryrie lived just fifty-seven short hours. He was quietly cremated, and John placed the small cardboard box […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Call Me Irresistible

September 15, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Call Me Irresistible Synopsis: Meg Koranda has come to Wynette, Texas, for the wedding of her best friend, Lucy Jorik, to Wynette’s favorite son, Ted Beaudine. He is so perfect that Meg can practically hear angels singing every time he enters the room. He and Lucy are a […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Lantern

September 14, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for The Lantern Synopsis: Eve and Dom fell in love and into a relationship practically instantaneously. He was handsome, older, and charmingly mysterious. Dom was a composer who had already made his fortune and now had the luxury of devoting his time to his musical pursuits. Eve was a […]

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Book Review: Wedlocked

September 13, 2011
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Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for Wedlocked Synopsis: Rebecca Ross wanted to be a successful actress. After graduating from NYU, she headed to Hollywood with good prospects and a connection in the business. The daughter of a rabbi and a mother who converted to Judaism and then became the penultimate “Jewish […]

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Book Review: Blue Skies Tomorrow

September 6, 2011
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Welcome to Litfuse Publicity’s Blog Tour for Blue Skies Tomorrow Synopsis: Helen is the young widow of charismatic and popular Jim Carlisle, who died in the Pacific Theater and is one of Antioch, California’s, fallen local heroes. Helen is determined that their two-year-old son, Jay-Jay, come to know the father that he will never remember through […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Before Ever After

September 5, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Before Ever After Synopsis: Shelley’s life practically ended three years ago when she was widowed. Since the terrible day when her husband Max was killed, she has been bereft, adrift. Finding out that Max left her a substantial estate made it unnecessary for her to attempt to resume working […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Let’s Take the Long Way Home

August 29, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Let’s Take the Long Way Home Synopsis: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gail Caldwell tells the story of her deep, abiding friendship with Caroline Knapp, author of Drinking: A Love Story. The two women had much in common: They were both writers, recovering alcoholics, serious athletes, dog lovers, extremely private, and […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Two for Sorrow

August 27, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Two for Sorrow Synopsis: Josephine Tey has returned to the Cowdray Club in London, a club for nurses and professional women, where she stays when in town. Her friends, the Motley sisters, are designing gowns for all of the women who will be attending the upcoming charity gala, […]

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Book Review: A Soul Less Broken

August 26, 2011
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Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s Virtual Book Tour for A Soul Less Broken Synopsis: Catherine Wilcox had nearly completed her law degree and already had a job lined up with a prestigious law firm when she was savagely attacked late one evening in the law library parking lot. Miraculously, she survived her physical injuries, […]

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Book Review and Autographed Giveaway: Little Black Dress

August 24, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Little Black Dress Synopsis: Evie and her younger sister, Anna, could not have been more different. While Evie was tall, slender, and somewhat plain, Anna was considered beautiful and vivacious. Evie was calm, reliable, and responsible, but Anna always craved adventure and excitement. She dreamed of traveling the world. Their […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Domestic Violets

August 15, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Domestic Violets Synopsis: Tom Violet and his wife, Anna, want to have another child. After all, their little Allie is seven years old already and there will be a wide enough age span between their two children. But if Tom doesn’t find a cure for his erectile dysfunction, […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Next to Love

August 11, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Next to Love Synopsis: Babe, Grace, and Millie have been friends since they met in kindergarten. The story begins in 1941 and World War II has just begun. Babe is from below Sixth Street, the wrong side of the tracks, but is fierce, determined, and loyal to her friends. She […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Remember Me

August 8, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Remember Me Synopsis: Nia and Danielle met and became friends in 1976 when Mia’s parents forced her to transfer from the public school she loved to a private all-girls’ Catholic high school. Mia was one of a minority of African-American students and did not have friends there. Danielle […]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Close Your Eyes

August 5, 2011
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Welcome to the TLC Book Tour for Close Your Eyes Synopsis: Lauren Mahdian does not remember the details of that horrible summer night in 1986 when she was just eight years old, beyond the fact that she slept in the backyard tree house with her brother, Alex, and had scary dreams involving her parents. The next […]

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