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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House. 2011. Random House Audio. 2011. Narrated by Wil Wheaton. Listened to audiobook from library. Holiday Reads (Here at Tea Cozy, holiday reads aren’t books about holidays; they’re grown up books for grown up readers to indulge in over the holidays. And […]

Review: The Kitchen Counter Cooking School

January 13, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns

The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks by Kathleen Flinn. Viking. 2011. Review copy from publisher via NetGalley. Holiday reads. Here at Tea Cozy, holiday reads aren’t books about holidays; they’re grown up books for grown up readers to indulge in over the holidays It’s […]

Review: In The Woods

December 30, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns

In the Woods by Tana French. Viking. 2007. Library copy. Holiday reads — a grown up book to read over the holidays. The Plot: 1984, a summer day, a Dublin suburb. Three twelve year olds, Germaine (Jamie), Peter, and Adam, go in the woods to play. They don’t come home. Adam alone is found; slash […]

Review: Bobby Singer’s Guide to Hunting

December 23, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns

Supernatural: Bobby Singer’s Guide to Hunting by David Reed. 2011. It Books, an imprint of Harper Collins. Review copy from publisher. A tie in to the CW TV show, Supernatural. Holiday reads. Here at Tea Cozy, holiday reads aren’t books about holidays; they’re grown up books for grown up readers to indulge in over the holidays. […]

Review: The Map of My Dead Pilots

November 23, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns

The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska by Colleen Mondor. Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press. 2011. Reviewed from ARC from publisher. An adult nonfiction title, this is part of my “Holiday Reads” series; adult books to read and enjoy over the holiday. It’s About: The myths […]

Review: Full Dark, No Stars

October 28, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King. Scribner. 2010. Personal copy. Part of my “holiday reads” for grown ups. What better Halloween author than Stephen King? The Plot: Four stories. In 1922, a man who loves his farm decides that his wife is what stands between him and a happy life farming. He involves his son, and winds […]

Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

September 2, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffee and Annie Barrows. Dial Press, a division of Random House. 2008. Personal Copy. Another in my series of “holiday reads” for grown ups! The Plot: London, 1946. Author Juliet Ashton, thirtysomething, is looking for an idea for a new book when she gets […]

Review: Ready Player One