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Title:   The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Format: E-book Pages: 416 pages Genre: Horror I received an e-galley of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for a fair review.  Synopsis:  Vampire Henry Sturges returns in the highly anticipated sequel to  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter -a sweeping, alternate history of twentieth-century America by  New York Times  bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith. In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. Henry's will be an expansive journey that first sends him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Ke...

Title: The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik Publisher : Grand Central Publishing 336 pages Genre: Non-Fiction - family, relationships This book is set to be released in January 2011.  I received an advanced electronic copy from the publisher through netgalley.com   Synopsis : One day when Jasmin Darznik is helping her mother pack up to move, a photograph falls from a stack of old letters. The girl in it is her mother. She is wearing a wedding veil, and at her side stands a man whom Jasmin has never seen before. At first, Jasmin’s mother, Lili, refuses to share any information. Months later, Jasmin receives the first of ten cassette tapes revealing a wrenching hidden story of her family’s true origins in Iran : her mother’s troubled history of abuse and neglect, and a daughter she was forced to abandon in order to escape that life. The final tape reveals that her sister, Sara, is still living in Iran .  Review: I got a bit side tr...