Oxford Messed Up

Click on the link below to sample Oxford Messed Up: A Novel by Andrea Kayne Kaufman.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/oxford-messed-up/

Prince of the City

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of The Darlings: A Novel by Cristina Alger, which will be released on Monday, February 20, 2012.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/prince-of-the-city/

Fairy Tale Interrupted

Click on the orange link below to read the opening pages of Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss by RoseMarie Terenzio.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/fairy-tale-interrupted/

Spin

Spin: A Novel by Catherine McKenzie will be released by William Morrow in the U.S. on February 7, 2012. But you can read Chapter One now by clicking on the orange link below.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/spin/

Heading Out to Wonderful

Click on the orange link below in order to see a sneak peek of Heading Out to Wonderful: A Novel by Robert Goolrick, which will be released in June.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/heading-out-to-wonderful/

Where It Began

Where It Began: A Novel by Ann Redisch Stampler will be released by Simon Pulse on March 6, 2012, but you can read the first 23 pages now by clicking on the orange link below.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/where-it-began/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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 Author's Perspective

Click on the orange link to see a guest post from writing instructor/coach Roy Peter Clark (Help! for Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces).

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/the-authors-perspective-4/

The Author's (Humorous) Perspective

Click on the orange link below to read an interview with author Jeff Shelby, who sometimes thinks he's Jeffrey Small.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/the-authors-humorous-perspective/

The Stranger You Seek

Click on the link below to read the first two chapters of The Stranger You Seek: A Novel by Amanda Kyle Williams, which will be released on August 30, 2011.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/the-stranger-you-seek/

America

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/america/

Strange Days

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Northwest Corner: A Novel by John Burnham Schwartz.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/strange-days/

Laugh, Laugh

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of the forthcoming YA novel, Populazzi by Elise Allen.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/laugh-laugh/

Lonely Days

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of The Upright Piano Player: A Novel, which will be released on June 7, 2011.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/lonely-days/

(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of Exposure: A Novel by Therese Fowler.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/just-like-romeo-and-juliet/