I don’t recall requesting this one, but I am really looking forward to reading it. This will be turning up fairly soon in my reviews — The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson: Already optioned for film, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is Peter Swanson’s electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent… 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! This week, my teaser is from a book I finished… Read more
Something bad has happened to Estrella. That much Luz knows for sure – something bad has happened to her older sister and her father is in jail for it. The problem is that 11 year-old Luz is not talking to anyone, not a word, and she is the only one who knows what really happened. In Mario Alberto Zambrano’s Loteria, Luz… Read more
“For the sake of my bookish reputation I upgraded to Tolstoy and Steinbeck before I understood them, but my dark secret was that really, I preferred the junk. The Dragonriders of Pern, Flowers in the Attic, The Clan of the Cave Bear. This stuff was like my stash of Playboys under the mattress.” – Julie Powell, author of Julie and Julia… Read more
Oooh…this sounds like a good one. I love a good murder mystery, and although I am not familiar with John Burley, this one looks like it will be worth checking out: John Burley’s The Absence of Mercy is a harrowing tale of suspense involving a brutal murder and dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of a placid, tight-knit Midwestern town. When… Read more
I have a secret love for Steampunk. I love the clothes, I love the styles, I love the way its fans dress the part and get swept up in it. Don’t think I could get away with steampunk fashion at the office, but who knows? Still, I knew as soon as I saw the description of Copperhead b by Tina… Read more
Okay, with everything I have going on in November, I know that I am insane to take on the challenge, but I’m determined to see it through. I will write 50,000 words in November, even with work and travel and a million other things that I need to do! I have a great story idea – one that has been… 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! This week, my teaser is from The Forgetting River:… Read more
Now, this is one that I was very excited to get! My cousin, Ann, actually squealed when she saw it. I had a poster of Robert Plant on my wall as a teenager — you know the one — and I memorized Every. Detail. of that crotch shot. You did, too – admit it. Anyway, this is getting fast-tracked to the… Read more
“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice… and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a… Read more