Pre-Owned Bantam Discovery: The Year of Fog (Paperback)

from fogcitybean

Lately I'm compelled to read books set in San Francisco. Now that school is over, I feel like I can finally participate in my city and for me, that definitely includes books set in the city or by SF authors.This one is particularly good, although it relies a bit on coincidence in the third act bu...

from sharlene_w

This book was named book of 2011 for Silicon Valley Reads, so of course I had to read it. It was interesting reading a book that takes place in my neck of the woods, so to speak. The author had an interesting concept--woman distracted and loses track of fiancee's young daughter at beach. My bigge...

from BlackSheepDances

I almost missed the treasure of The Year of Fog, simply because the wording on the book cover made it look like the sibling of every other 'chick lit' book I've seen. It had the words "for fans of Jodi Picoult or Jacquelyn Mitchard". Since I have never cared for their books, I nearly passed on th...

from liberry

I enjoyed the way Michelle Richmond writes, but I don't know if I liked this story or not. I read frantically, desperate to know how it ended. But the ending wasn't satisfying in some aspects-- too easy, anticlimactic. But I think that was the effect the author was working toward. the writing is ...

from Sukisue7

A little drawn out in places. The narrative doesn't flow, and many of the chapters are very repetitive. I was expecting more from this. I didn't warm to the characters, and felt that things were a little too drawn out at times. There was no real mystery here, and for me, the ending was a big letd...