Book Reviews
Fiction
All the Lights That Have Shone
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fiction, Short Stories •
IR Staff •
Jun 18, 2013
Paul McCormack’s All the Lights That Have Shone is a quietly ambitious collection of short stories. Read On
A Gift of Wings
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fantasy, Fiction, IR Approved, Young Adult •
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Lucinda “Lucky” Monroe has just had to put her grandmother — the woman who raised her after her mother died giving birth — in an assisted care facility because the older woman’s Alzheimer’s has made looking after her too difficult. Read On
The Eye-Dancers
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fiction, General Fiction, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
Jun 17, 2013
The Eye-Dancers begins with a shared dream—a nightmare involving a little girl with weirdly compelling eyes, that occurs separately to three twelve-year-old boys, all misfits in one way or another. Read On
Too Dark to Sleep
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fiction, IR Approved, Mystery/Thriller •
IR Staff •
Jun 13, 2013
Maggie Quinn is a strong, complex character. A former Chicago detective pushing hard to solve a case, although she has had to turn in her gun and shield. Read On
Madman’s Monster
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fiction, IR Approved, IRDA Winners, Paranormal, Popular Fiction •
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The second book in The Hidden Amongst Us series, it picks up several years later and in a totally different world. Read On
2084
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fiction, Graphic Novel, IR Approved, IRDA Winners •
IR Staff •
Jun 12, 2013
Sleek, stylish, realistic and ominous, “2084″ is an Orwellian world on steroids. Read On
The Hunger Year
Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Fiction, IR Approved •
IR Staff •
Jun 11, 2013
In this picturesque historical novel, author Lee Conrad Kemsley depicts life and its hardships during an especially arduous time in American history. Read On
Watch Me Disappear
Book Reviews, Chick-Lit, eBooks, Fiction, IR Approved, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
Jun 10, 2013
A wry, entertaining portrayal of modern teenage life through the eyes of Lizzie Richards, a senior starting a new life at yet another school. Read On
The Boston 395
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fantasy, Fiction, IR Approved •
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“The Boston 395″ is a fantasy novel set primarily on a mysterious train that takes people on a trip through their memories. Read On
Hunting with Lawn Darts
Book Reviews, eBooks, Fiction, Humor, IR Approved, Popular Fiction, Romance •
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Thirtysomething Chad Jordan suffers from a terrible affliction: he’s a good Catholic boy suffering from terminal sensitivity and old-fashioned values. Read On
