Cornelia Wetnap! I want to thank everyone who entered my Shining City giveaway. I’ll be announcing another giveaway later this week, so there are still more chances to win. Read more
Yearly Archives: 2008
Will blogs save books?
I wasn’t planning to talk about this, but I’m beyond frustrated with Huffington Post right now. They ran a column I found particularly annoying, Will Blogs Save Books, and I really felt moved to comment on it. You have to register with them to post a comment. So I registered. Then I waited. And waited. Two days later, my account… Read more
Dark of the Moon by John Sanford
I have long been a fan of John Sanford’s “Prey” series, featuring Lucas Davenport of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. In this book, Sanford focuses on a different member of the BCA, Virgil Flowers, with the same excellent results. Virgil arrives in the tiny town of Bluestem in a rush of rain and fire – he’s speeding through a… Read more
Other giveaways…
You can enter to win a copy of Faye Kellerman’s new book, The Mercedes Coffin at The Optimistic Bookfool. You can win a copy of Neil Gamian’s The Graveyard Book with a little creative writing. Check it out here. Devourer of Books is giving away a copy of Queen of the Road. Bookfinds is giving a autographed copy of Sisters… Read more
I think I’ve been insulted
I was very disappointed not to get a copy of The Lace Reader as an ARC and I have been looking forward to its release. After reading the many good reviews among the blogoscenti, I took a look at the review in the New York Times by Janet Maslin and I was absolutely floored by this phrase: Women write books… Read more
Tuesday Thingers
Todays question from The Boston Bibliophile: What cataloging sources do you use most? Any particular reason? Any idiosyncratic choices, or foreign sources, or sources you like better than others? Are you able to find most things through LT’s almost 700 sources? Like most people, I use Amazon most often, simply because it comes up first and I’m not going to… Read more
Another Giveaway!
I recently posted a rave review of Shining City. The publisher, Bloomsbury USA, was generous enough to send me a nice hardbound edition to give away and I am looking forward to sharing this very funny book with a lucky reader. Here’s how to enter: For one entry…leave a comment on this post.For a second entry…link to this giveaway on… Read more
One More Year by Sana Krasikov
This is the second book of short stories I have reviewed recently, and certainly the one I enjoyed the most. This is Sana Krasikov’s first effort, and while it has its problems, it is a very promising beginning. Krasikov is a Russian writer and this collection of short stories is all about immigrants and their families and struggles. Some are… Read more
Happy Hour is for Amateurs: A Lost Decade in the World’s Worst Profession by Philadelphia Lawyer
I try to find something good to say about every one of the books I review. There is usually a story, a turn of phrase, a plotline that intrigues me, so I can provide a little something positive. Not so here. The book should be titled Another Chapter, Another Hangover. In the first 50 pages of the book, Lawyer managers… Read more
It’s an honor to be nominated!
Special thanks to Traci for nominating me as a Brillante Weblog! Once an award is received, the rules are as follows: 1. Put the logo on your blog.2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.3. Nominate at least seven other blogs4. Add links to those blogs on your blog.5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.… Read more