June 14, 2011
The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of June 13th and June 20th that we think will be of interest to Teenreads.com readers.
Editorial Content for Best Staged Plans
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Marge Fletcher
Claire Cook, the bestselling author of such novels as SEVEN YEAR SWITCH and THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB, presents a fast, delightful read centered on the concept of home staging. "Eradicate. Eliminate. Streamline. Simplify." Sandy Sullivan is a professional home stager, whose purpose is to create an environment that appeals to the most home buyers possible. With the dual purposes of working toward retirement and stopping short of hoarding, Sandy begins staging her own home at the same time that she undertakes a project in Atlanta. Read More
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Sandy Sullivan is a professional home stager in the Boston suburbs, so getting rid of her own house, remaking it for the market, and downsizing should be a breeze. But nothing is ever as easy as it seems.
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Sandy Sullivan is a professional home stager in the Boston suburbs, so getting rid of her own house, remaking it for the market, and downsizing should be a breeze. But nothing is ever as easy as it seems.
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Claire Cook, the bestselling author of such novels as SEVEN YEAR SWITCH and THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB, presents a fast, delightful read centered on the concept of home staging.
Editorial Content for The Ranger: A Quinn Colson Novel
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Joe Hartlaub
I moved Ace Atkins onto my must-read list of authors after finishing WHITE SHADOW, a crime novel based on an unsolved Tampa, Florida murder that occurred in the 1950s. He has remained firmly ensconced upon it ever since, through three subsequent historical crime novels, each better than the last. His new one, THE RANGER, is a contemporary work that carries with it the implication of being the first of a series. I hope that it is; it's a book that explodes, crackles and hums right along from page to page. Read More
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Quinn Colson left Mississippi and never looked back. Now he must return as an Army Ranger for his uncle's funeral. An admired sheriff, Uncle Hampton supposedly shot himself, but Quinn is ready to face enemies --- old, new, and very dangerous --- to get to the truth.
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Quinn Colson left Mississippi and never looked back. Now he must return as an Army Ranger for his uncle's funeral. An admired sheriff, Uncle Hampton supposedly shot himself, but Quinn is ready to face enemies --- old, new, and very dangerous --- to get to the truth.
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It's pitch- and letter-perfect every step of the way, told in a voice that will put you in the mind of James Lee Burke (yes, it's that good) while retaining its own originality.
Editorial Content for The Ridge
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Joe Hartlaub
Here, in a hundred words or more, is the problem that I face with reviewing THE RIDGE by Michael Koryta. It was easy to run out of superlatives in the course of reviewing his previous titles, whether it was his earlier Lincoln Perry series or his subsequent stand-alone works, his standout rural crime fiction novels, or his more recent, intermittent forays into the supernatural. Read More
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In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the lighthouse has been considered no more than an eccentric local landmark --- until its builder is found dead at the top of the light, and his belongings reveal a troubling local history.
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Stephen King. Manly Wade Wellman. August Derleth. Ambrose Bierce. Edgar Allan Poe. And yes, darn it, Michael Koryta. If he never writes another word, he deserves to sit on the shelf next to those authors on the strength of this book alone.
Author Talia Carner takes readers on a behind-the-scenes look at her research for her latest novel, Jerusalem Maiden. Visit her website, www.TaliaCarner.com to learn more and learn how your group could win some special prizes from the author. The book is in stores now!
Tom McAllister’s debut, Bury Me in My Jersey: A Memoir of My Father, Football, and Philly, is pretty self-explanatory.
Robert Bloch
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
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Robert Bloch
In Mary Doria Russell’s latest novel, DOC, she seamlessly blends fact with fiction to recreate one of the most infamous gunfights in history, and to redefine two major icons of the American West: Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.
Milan Kundera, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.
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Milan Kundera, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
