Title: Young Widows ClubAuthor: Alexandra CouttsPublisher: Macmillan Children's Publishing GroupPages: 203Fromat: e-book ARCSource: NetGalleyDescription:First came love, then came marriage, and then...For seventeen-year-old Tam, running off to marry her musician boyfriend is the ideal escape from her claustrophobic high-school life on the island, and the ultimate rebellion against her father and stepmother. But when Tam becomes… Continue reading Review: Young Widows Club by: Alexandra Coutts

Title: My Second LifeAuthor: Faye BirdiePublisher:  Usborne PublishingPages: 278Format: e-book ARCSource: NetGalleyDescription:The first time I was born, I was Emma. I was beautiful. I had everything to live for. But I died.Now I have been born a second time, and my previous life haunts me. Because in it I think I did something very wrong. I must find… Continue reading Review: My Second Life by: Faye Birdie

Title: Marbles: Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretAuthor: Judy BlumePublisher: Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPages: 192Format: PaperbackSource: Personal purchaseDescription:If anyone tried to determine the most common rite of passage for preteen girls in North America, a girl's first reading of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret would rank near the top of the… Continue reading Review – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by: Judy Blume

Title: Stella DescendingAuthor: Linn UllmannPublisher: Pİcador USAPages: 256Format: PaperbackSource: Received from Turkish publisher for reviewDescription:On a warm night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, seven storeys up. Amid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella… Continue reading Review – Stella Descending by: Linn Ullmann

Title: A Ghostly DemiseAuthor: Tonya KappesPublisher: Witness ImpulseSeries: Ghostly Southern Mystery #3Pages: 275Format: PaperbackSource: Great Escapes Bk Tour & PublisherDescription:The prodigal father returns—but this ghost is no holy spiritWhen she runs into her friend’s deadbeat dad at the local deli, undertaker Emma Lee Raines can’t wait to tell Mary Anna Hardy that he’s back in… Continue reading Review: A Ghostly Demise by: Tonya Kappes

Title: A Ghostly MurderAuthor: Tonya KappesPublisher: Witness ImpulseSeries: Ghostly Southern Mysteries #4Pages: 336Format: PaperbackSource: Great Escapes Bk Tour & PublisherDescription:Emma Lee Raines knows there's only one cure for a bad case of murder!I told you I was sick, reads the heastone abouve Mamie Sue Preston's grave. She was the richest woman in Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky,… Continue reading Review: A Ghostly Murder by: Tonya Kappes

Title: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and MeAuthor: Ellen ForneyPublisher: AveryPages: 256Format: PaperbackSource: Personal purchaseDescription:Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers.Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that… Continue reading Review – Marbles by: Ellen Forney

Title: The Woman in WhiteAuthor: Wilkie CollinsPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPages: 672Format: PaperbackSource: Turkish copy received from publisherDescription:'In one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop... There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth, stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in… Continue reading Review – The Woman in White by: Wilkie Collins

Title: Musseled OutAuthor: Barbara RossPublisher: KensingtonSeries: A Maine Clambake Mystery #3Pages: 304Format: e-book ARCSource: NetGalleyDescription:The busy summer tourist season is winding down in Busman's Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden senses trouble simmering for the Snowden Family Clambake Company. Shifty David Thwing - the "Mussel King" of upscale seafood restaurants - is sniffing around town for a… Continue reading Review: Musseled Out by: Barbara Ross