There is something I find really intriguing, at least in novels, about a female criminal. Their motivations seem so different from most male criminals — it never seems to be just about greed or power. It’s something more subtle. In The Face Thief by Eli Gottlieb, Margot is a promising young journalist. It doesn’t take long for her to realize that… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my first words are from Burnedby Thomas Enger. Since this takes place in Norway, I was expecting… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! Today, my teaser is from the… Read more
Today, I’ve got a great interview with author John J. Smith about his newest novel, Finding Katie. It’s a comedy, a bit of a departure from his earlier work, and I got a chance to ask him a few questions about his writing, his books and living the author’s life… How hard is it to balance working full time and… Read more
Coming to you from Houston! This may be a quiet week, but I hope to have a few things of interest for you. Monday: No books came in while I was gone last week — can you believe it? But I have an order in for the new book by Nick Harkaway, Angelmaker. I talked with Nick on his website some… Read more
I haven’t posted a Quotable in a while, but this came to me by email, and I really wanted to share it. Book bloggers take a lot of crap sometimes. We’re amateurs, we’re cliquish, we don’t have the education or background to truly evaluate….you get the picture. The fact is, we are generally people who love to read and who… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes… Read more
We get warning labels on all sorts of things. There are warning labels on food, on appliances. The salad bar I go to for lunch has a warning label that your salad may have come in contact with a peanut product. There are warnings on tv shows for violence and on movies for language and sexual content (those are always… Read more
Every now and then, the hype surrounding a book does not lie. That is certainly the case with Defending Jacob by William Landay. I had been hearing a lot of buzz about this one, but I was a little late on the Request button and didn’t get my copy right away. Once I picked it up, I could hardly stand to… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my words are from Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham. Great book — keep your eyes open for… Read more