The Best Book of 2010-2011

Click on the orange link below to see what one reader has selected as the best book of the last 24 months.

Here Come Those Tears Again

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Come to the Edge: A Love Story by Christina Haag.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/here-come-those-tears-again/

It Wa A (Very) Good Year

Click on the orange link below to read one person's perspective on the year in books.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/it-was-a-very-good-year/

Chapter One

Click on the orange link below to read the first chapter of The End of the Wasp Season: A Novel by Denise Mina.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/chapter-one/

Gift yourself

Click on the orange link below to see how to get a free e-book version of Hurt Machine: A Moe Prager Mystery by Reed Farrel Coleman.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/gift-yourself/

Lucky Man

Click on the orange link below to read a review of JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed A President by Ryan Tubridy.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/lucky-man/

The Unforgiven

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Stuff That Never Happened: A Novel by Maddie Dawson.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/the-unforgiven/

Sunshine Superman

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You've Ever Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ is Wrong by David Shenk.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/sunshine-superman/

Be True to Your School

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Practical Genius: The Real Smarts You Need to Get Your Talents and Passions Working for You by Gina Amaro Rudan.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/be-true-to-your-school/

Gotta Serve Somebody

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion by Herman Wouk.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/gotta-serve-somebody/

The Last Worthless Evening

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Last Blind Date: A Real-Life Love Story by Linda Yellin.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/the-last-worthless-evening/

Shootout in Chinatown

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Red Jade: A Detective Jack Yu Investigation by Henry Chang.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/shootout-in-chinatown/

The Book of Jobs

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Steve Jobs, the biography by Walter Isaacson.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/the-book-of-jobs/

Read Roam

Animal and dog lovers can click on the orange link below to read the first chapter of Roam: A Novel with Music by Alan Lazar.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/read-roam/

Come and Get It

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of Happiness We Can't Buy by James Roberts.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/come-and-get-it/

If You Could Read My Mind

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Cat Telling Tales: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/if-you-could-read-my-mind-2/

The Nook Color Review

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the Nook Color e-reader from Barnes & Noble.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/the-nook-color-review/

The Wheels on the Bus

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Burnt Mountain: A Novel by Anne Rivers Siddons.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/the-wheels-on-the-bus/

Win a Copy of Huck!

Click on the orange link below to see how you can win one of six (6) giveaway copies of Huck: The Remarkable True Story of... One Lost Puppy by Janet Elder.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/win-a-copy-of-huck/

All I Have to Do is Dream

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Sniffles for Bear: A Bear and Mouse Children's Book by Bonny Becker; illustrated by Karly MacDonald Denton.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/all-i-have-to-do-is-dream/

Hill Street Blues

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of The Drop: A Harry Bosch Novel by Michael Connelly.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/hill-street-blues-2/

Coming Up Next...

A preview-review of The Drop: A Harry Bosch Novel, which will be released on November 28, 2011.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/coming-up-next-162/

Indiana Wants Me

Click on the orange link below to read a review of 13 Million Dollar Pop: A Frank Behr Novel by David Levien.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/indiana-wants-me/

Chain Gang

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire by Robert Perkinson.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/chain-gang/

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Click on the orange link below to read a review of A Lonely Death: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery by Charles Todd.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/when-johnny-comes-marching-home/

God Bless the Child

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Chosen: A Novel by Chandra Hoffman.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/god-bless-the-child/

A (Near) Perfect Read

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Perfect Reader: A Novel by Maggie Pouncey.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/a-perfect-read/

Helplessly Hoping

Click on the orange link below to read a review of two novels: The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks, and The Violets of March by Sarah Jio.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/helplessly-hoping/

The Pick of the Litter

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family - and a Whole Town - About Hope and Happy Endings by Janet Elder.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/the-pick-of-the-litter/

Pieces of April

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Between Here and April: A Novel by Deborah Copaken Kogan.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/pieces-of-april/

I'm Looking Through You

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Silver Girl: A Novel by Elin Hilderbrand.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/im-looking-through-you/

Robert Redford

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Robert Redford: The Biography by Michael Fenney Callan.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/robert-redford/

The Big Cat Book

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the children's book, Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/the-big-cat-book/

Read the First Chapter

You won't be able to buy a copy of the recommended book, Proof of Heaven: A Novel by Mary Curran Hackett until November 1, 2011. But you can read the first chapter of it now by clicking on the orange link below.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/proof-of-heaven/

Expecting to Fly

Click on the orange link below to read a review of My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir by Mark Whitaker.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/expecting-to-fly/

Crossed

Ally Condie's YA Novel (the first in a trilogy) Matched was recommended, and became a New York Times Bestseller. Her next book in the series, Crossed, will be released on November 1, 2012. But you don't have to wait, you can read the first two chapters by clicking on the link below.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/crossed-a-ya-novel/

The Man Who Couldn't Eat

Click on the orange link below to read about the newly-released book, The Man Who Couldn't Eat: A Memoir by Jon Reiner.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/the-man-who-couldnt-eat-event-notice/

Lies, Lies, Lies

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Requiem for a Gypsy: A Jana Matinova Investigation by Michael Genelin.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/lies-lies-lies/

My Little Red Book

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Sal Mineo: A Biography by Michael Gregg Michaud.


http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/my-little-red-book-2/

Puttin' on the Ritz

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Defensive Wounds: A Novel of Suspense by Lisa Black, author of Trail of Blood.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/puttin-on-the-ritz/

Heaven

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of Proof of Heaven: A Novel by Mary Curran Hackett.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/0/heaven/

Coming Attractions

This is a look at five new and soon to be released books.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/coming-attractions/

The Language of Secrets

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Language of Secrets: A Novel by Dianne Dixon.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/the-language-of-secrets/

Hold the Line

Click on the orange link below to read a review of On the Line: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel by S. J. Rozan.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/hold-the-line-2/

The Cat's Rules

Click on the orange link below to read My Book Review Rules, all 13 of them.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/my-book-review-rules/

A Small Prayer

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the animal lover's memoir, A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life by Steven Kotler.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/a-small-prayer/

Complicated

Click on the orange link below to read an article about a question that a book review may struggle with.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/the-conundrum-of-context/

Deed to Death

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Deed to Death: A Novel by D. B. Henson.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/thunder-on-the-mountain/

My Best Friend

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Do You Have a Cat?, a children's book by Eileen Spinelli.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/my-best-friend/

All These Things That I've Done

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the YA novel, All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/all-these-things-that-ive-done/