Category: adult
-
Promises To Keep
By Charles De Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal Series: Newford; 20 (according to NoveList) or 21 (according to Goodreads) ISBN: 9781596061262 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 173 Setting: Newford, Canada Time period: late 1960s – 1973 Plot summary: In 1972,…
-
The Last Child
By John Hart Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Minotaur Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, thriller ISBN: 9780312359324 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 373 Setting: Rural North Carolina Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Thirteen year old Johnny Merrimon has been looking for his twin sister, Alyssa, since she was abducted a year ago. In this…
-
French Women Don’t Get Fat: the Secret of Eating for Pleasure
By Mireille Guiliano Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c2005, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, women’s health, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9781400042128 Intended audience: “Women throughout the developed world” (p. 7) Number of pages: 264 Setting: France & USA Time period: Written for the present, but includes narratives from various…
-
The Mystery of Grace
By Charles de Lint Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal ISBN: 9780765317568 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 269 Setting: Solona, Arizona (along the San Pedro River and I-10) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Grace Quintero’s grandfather died, she started smoking again. Her…
-
Dead as a Doornail
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2005, 2006 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 5 ISBN: 9780441013333 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 295 (310 including an excerpt from the next book – Definitely Dead) Setting: Bon Temps,…
-
Grave Peril
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 3 ISBN: 9780451458445 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 378 Setting: Chicago, IL and the Nevernever Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden and his knight friend, Michael, have…
-
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
By Michael Pollan Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Books, 2009 Genre: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9780143116387 Intended audience: American adults Number of pages: 140 Setting: USA Time period: The era of obesity and processed “food-like substances” Description: A practical guide for what and how to eat, written as…
-
Greywalker
By Kat Richardson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, c2006, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal, vampire, mystery, suspense, thriller Series: Greywalker series; 1 ISBN: 9780451461322 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 352 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harper Blaine is a small time private investigator who…
-
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
Story by Michael Keller, Art by Nicolle Rager Fuller Place: Publisher & Year: Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2009 Genre: Non- fiction, science, biography, history Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781605299488 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 191 Setting: Earth Time period: 1831 – 2006 Plot summary: This book is a graphic version of Charles Darwin’s On the…
Ra's Spiral Path 