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
Okay, this one is just weird. Bizarre, a little gory, pretty funny. You’d sort of like to have a drink with the sort of guy who comes up with an idea like this, but you’re a little afraid the drink might be grain alcohol, or maybe absinthe. in Eirik Gumeny’s Exponential Apocalypse: Dead Presidents, Thor, the former Norse God of… Read more
Shake Bouchon was livin’ the dream. For years, he’d been a wheelman for the Armenian mob, but he’d gotten away clean. He bought restaurant on the beach in Belize, where he hoped to start fresh. The location was postcard-perfect, sea breezes and tiki torches and tourists with credit cards. Should have been everything he needed for a perfect retirement in… Read more
I got a great batch of books the other day — they all showed up at the same time, and I can’t wait to get a chance to start reading! People of the Black Sun by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear: Dekanawida has become known as “The Sky Messenger,” a prophet of immense power, and Hiawento is his… Read more
Gonna be a busy week! I’ve got some interesting things to share this week. Here’s a snapshot of what’s coming up: Monday: I’ve got a bunch of new books that came in this week. This afternoon, I’ll tell you all about them. Also? It’s my birthday! I wish I could spend it on the couch with a book, but sadly,… Read more
This is a quote I really love, because it is so true in my own life. It is so often the case that one book leads to another — I often read a book for review and find that I have to go out and acquire all the books in that series, because I enjoyed the first so much. And… 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
This is an interesting post. I have all sorts of questions that I like to ask new authors, and since Lisa Bouchard, author of The Shattered Door brought up editing in her original email to me, I thought I’d ask her about that. Personally, I think a good editor is priceless. And I think a few more new authors should consider… Read more
Yesterday, I reviewed 1222 by Anne Holt, the first book in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series. Blind Goddess jumps back in time, back before the shooting the left Hanne in a wheelchair. This gives us more background on Hanne and what she was like as a detective, before she became the bitter woman we met in the first book. There’s an interesting mystery… Read more
The first thing I thought when I read the blurb for 1222 was, “Oh! It’s a Norwegian And Then There Were None.” I love a good mystery, and a good locked room mystery? Even more fun. Put that locked room in a snowed-in resort high in the mountains? Love it. The interesting thing about this is that Anne Holt’s detective, Hanne… Read more