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February 7, 2012

The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of February 6th and February 13th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers.

Week of February 13, 2012

In Lisa Scottoline’s SAVE ME, Rose McKenna volunteers as a lunch mom in her daughter Melly’s school in order to keep an eye on Amanda, a girl who’s been bullying her daughter. But an accidental explosion in the kitchen will change the course of Rose’s life.

Week of February 6, 2012

In DREAMS OF JOY, Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from SHANGHAI GIRLS, and Pearl’s strong-willed 19-year-old daughter Joy, who runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father.

In Helen Schulman THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE, 15-year-old Jake Bergamot receives --- and then forwards to a friend --- a sexually explicit video that an eighth-grade admirer sent to him. The video goes viral within hours, and the scandal that ensues threatens to shatter his family and his world.

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Reviewer (text)

Carole Turner

Billy is an 88-year-old grandfather who lives with his family on the farm where he grew up. He and his 10-year-old grandson, Jake, have a special bond so Billy calls them "kindred souls." Every day, Billy and Jake take a walk around the farm, and Billy teaches Jake about nature as he explains when the hummingbirds will leave and why a cow often gives birth during a rainstorm. There remains a bit of structure of the original sod house where Billy grew up. The old man and the young boy pass by it every day. Read More

Teaser

Jake’s grandfather, Billy, hears the talk of birds, is 88 years old, and is going to live forever. Even when Billy gets sick, Jake knows that everything will go on as always. But there’s one thing Billy wants: to rebuild the sod house where he grew up. Can Jake give him this one special thing?

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Jake’s grandfather, Billy, hears the talk of birds, is 88 years old, and is going to live forever. Even when Billy gets sick, Jake knows that everything will go on as always. But there’s one thing Billy wants: to rebuild the sod house where he grew up. Can Jake give him this one special thing?

February 3, 2012

For the record, Iceland cannot be known for their cakes. Last weekend’s Icelandic Jólakaka I made to celebrate Greg’s birthday was a disaster. I layered in chocolate pudding to try to improve it (see the photo above), and let’s just say the pudding was fine. Maybe we converted the measures wrong. Maybe I beat the batter too much, but I think for pastry we think of the French or the Italians, not the people of Iceland.

February 3, 2012 - February 17, 2012

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of February 3 - February 17.

In the past three months, how have you acquired most of the books that you read?

February 3, 2012, 225 responses

Where did you get the last book that you read?

February 3, 2012, 940 voters

Reading the Oscars

Which was better: the movie or the book?

Film fans and book lovers have just about three weeks to make the ultimate assessment, before the Oscar ceremony takes place on Sunday, February 26th.

by Elizabeth George - Fiction, Mystery

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But Lynley soon discovers a web of family secrets, lies and motives.