2009: #66 – I Smile Back (Amy Koppelman)

In the follow-up to her acclaimed debut, A Mouthful of Air, which drew comparisons from critics to The Bell Jar and The Awakening, Amy Koppelman delivers an unrestrained statement on the modern suburban woman.

Laney Brooks acts out. Married with kids, she takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, and disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney’s composed surface is the impulse to follow in the footsteps of her father, to leave and topple her family’s balance in the process.

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2009: Mailbox Monday – Monday #19

Just one book again this week! It’s a good rate.  This week’s book was: I have been slowly amassing all of Scott Westerfeld’s book through PaperbackSwap, even though I haven’t gotten around to reading even one of them yet.  I am apparently very convinced that I’m going to like them! I hope your mailbox was good to you this week! Mailbox Mondays are hosted by

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2009: #65 – Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Carrie Vaughn)

Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station—and a werewolf in the closet. Sick of lame song requests, she accidentally starts “The Midnight Hour,” a late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. After desperate vampires, werewolves, and witches across the country begin calling in to share their woes, her new show is a raging success. But it’s Kitty who can use some help. With one sexy werewolf-hunter and a few homicidal undead on her tail, Kitty may have bitten off more than she can chew…

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