2012: #29 – More Than You Know (Penny Vincenzi)

Title: More Than You Know Author: Penny Vincenzi Format: ARC Paperback Pages: 608 (2012 total – 7,817) Approx. Word Count: 152,000 (2012 total – 2,159,014) Release Date: April 3, 2012 Publisher: Doubleday Categories: general fiction Source: Amazon Vine Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Back of the book: It all comes down to love or money in a harrowing custody battle over a little girl, set against

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2012: #27 – The Sandcastle Girls (Chris Bohjalian)

Title: The Sandcastle Girls Author: Chris Bohjalian Format: Kindle Pages: 320 (2012 total – 6,857) Approx. Word Count: 96,000 (2012 total – 1,910,214) Release Date: July 17, 2012 Publisher: Doubleday Categories: general fiction, historical fiction Source: ARC from publisher via Edelweiss Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Back of the book: The Sandcastle Girls is a sweeping historical love story steeped in Chris Bohjalian’s Armenian heritage.

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2012: #25 – The Most Dangerous Thing (Laura Lippman)

Title: The Most Dangerous Thing Author: Laura Lippman Format: Hardcover Pages: 352 (2012 total – 6,185) Approx. Word Count: 105,600 (2012 total – 1,726,214) Release Date: August 23, 2011 Publisher: Avon Categories: general fiction Source: ARC from LibraryThing Rating: 2 out of 5 Back of the book: Some secrets can’t be kept… Years ago, they were all the best of friends. But as time passed and

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2012: #23 – Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson)

Title: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Author: Helen Simonson Format: Kindle Pages: 384 (2012 total – 5,833) Approx. Word Count: 115,200 (2012 total – 1,620,614) Release Date: November 30, 2010 Publisher: Random House Categories: general fiction Source: personal copy Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Back of the book: In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the

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