Month: July 2015

Love Lies Beneath by Ellen Hopkins

Posted July 30, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 7 Comments

Love Lies Beneath by Ellen Hopkins Review by Lauren Source: copy from Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Tara is gorgeous, affluent, and forty. She lives in an impeccably restored Russian Hill mansion in San Francisco. Once a widow, twice divorced, she’s a woman with a past she prefers keeping to herself. Enter […]

Penn’s Woodland by David Connor

Posted July 29, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 9 Comments

Penn’s Woodland by David Connor Review by Lauren source: copy from netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Years ago, Penn’s lover was attacked in the woods, and most think Penn is to blame—including Penn. Ever since, he’s been a prisoner in his home and his mind. When world renowned architect Ewan Parish arrives […]

Rooks and Romanticide by J. I. Radke

Posted July 28, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 12 Comments

Rooks and Romanticide by J.I. Radke Review by Lauren Source: copy sent for review; all opinions are my own Official Summary: In an alternate world, Romeo and Juliet are gunslingers. Verona gives way to a steampunk Victorian London. The victims of turf wars are dumped in an alley they call Lovers’ Lane, and the moment […]

Author Guest Post: J. I. Radke

Posted July 27, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 10 Comments

 Guest Post by J. I. Radke, author of Rooks and Romanticide There’s no avoiding it—Romeo and Juliet is a classic. The forbidden love/star-crossed lovers theme is one that occurs time and time again, whether in the traditional Shakespearean sense or in new relevant fashion. And of course there’s reboots like the movie Romeo + Juliet […]

Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

Posted July 23, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 13 Comments

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin Review by Lauren Source: copy from Blogging for Books; all opinions are my own Official Summary: The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, tackles the critical question: How do we change? Gretchen Rubin’s answer: […]

Armada by Ernest Cline

Posted July 22, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 15 Comments

Armada by Ernest Cline Review by Lauren source: copy sent for review; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he’s spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, […]

Focus On Me by Megan Erickson

Posted July 20, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 20 Comments

Focus On Me by Megan Erickson Review by Lauren Source: copy from author; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Colin Hartman can now add college to his list of failures. On the coast-to-coast trek home from California, Colin stops at a gas station in the Nevada desert, and can’t help noticing the guy in […]

Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Posted July 15, 2015 by shooting in Uncategorized / 17 Comments

Yes Please by Amy Poehler Review by Lauren Source: copy from library; all opinions are my own Official Summary: Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central’s Upright Citizens Brigade? Do you want to spend some time with the lady who made you howl with laughter […]