I often get book recommendations from friends – we all do, I suppose. You generally know whose taste in books is in line with your own and you sort the recs out that way. In the case of Haruki Murakami, my reading friends are at different ends of the spectrum. On the one hand, a friend with excellent taste (but… Read more
Creepers by David Morrellafter the quake by Haruki Murakami Read more
So the question this week is- how many books do you have cataloged in your LibraryThing account? How do you decide what to include- everything you have, everything you’ve read- and are there things you leave off? I currently have 462 books catalogued at LibraryThing and I’ve been pretty thorough – my cookbooks, my reference books, even my erotica is… Read more
I hate the cold. I really, really, really hate to be cold. Still, I have always loved tales of exploration and adventure, and I have several books about the exploration of the Arctic Circle in my library. The Terror combines a bit of history and a bit of mystery with excellent descriptions of the frozen north and a little Eskimo… Read more
Lori’s Reading Corner is hosting a Pay It Forward giveaway and you can win 5 free books! Read more
Time Bandit by Andy and Jonathan Hillstrand, the fellas from “The Deadliest Catch.” I picked this up at a book signing at my favorite bookstore, Jospeh Beth Booksellers. These guys know how to do a book signing! Andy and Jonathan were terrific – very funny and very patient. The lines started at about 7:20 for the signing and it was… Read more
This week’s topic: Discussion groups. Do you belong to any (besides Early Reviewers)? Approximately how many? Are there any in particular that you participate in more avidly? How often do you check? On LibraryThing, I belong to/watch/post to What Are You Reading Now?; Early Reviewers; 50 Book Challenge; The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group); Crime, Thriller & Mystery; Midwestern… Read more
This is the best thing I’ve read from Stephen King in years. Nothing he’s written since The Green Mile kept me as consistently interested and engaged. (Cell was close, but possibly because I liked the idea of all those folks walking along, jabbering on their phones, being slaughtered in one fell swoop; I’m mean that way.) The early King books… Read more
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff. This is the latest Advanced Reader Edition I’ve received through the Early Reviewer program at Library Thing. I hope to have a review posted here soon, but this one is a hefty 579 pages. Read more
I love Angela Carter’s writing. The stories in this collection are full of atmosphere – dark and moody, sensual, sometimes playful. Here, she takes an assortment of fairy tales and reworks them with a ‘sexier’ and more ‘feminist’ slant. If you know your fairy tales, that might be very effective. Personally, I thought her retelling of Puss-in-Boots was adorable, but… Read more