Today, I’ve got a special Q&A with Raymond Khoury, author of Rasputin’s Shadow. It’s a thriller with historical leanings, tying together the past and the future with twists and turns and plenty of intrigue. I knew this guest post was coming up, so I was especially tickled to strike up a conversation in the airport the other day with a young… Read more
This title was completely unfamiliar to me, but Nanette is a big fan of his blog and was really excited to read it. — Lisa One of the great things about reviewing is finding hidden gems—great books that aren’t bestsellers, but probably should be. Song of the Sea God is one of those books. The beginning just reaches out and grabs… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s been a long time since I had some words to share with you! 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 Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a… 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 Rasputin’s Shadow by Raymond… Read more
I have loved Dexter since I first read Darkly Dreaming Dexter. What an interesting hero for a novel! I loved watching the way Dexter struggled with his darker nature, struggled to honor his stepfather, and with the pain of his childhood. In all that, he still managed to have some fun, Dexter style. The newest novel is Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff… Read more
Extra special stuff today – the first review from my new associate reviewer, Christine Linial! She’s a long-time on-line pal who also loves books, and I am sharing some of my bounty with her (and getting more reviews on my pages at the same time). If you’re a baseball fan who loves intrigue, Hang A Crooked Number is your next… Read more
“We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.” – Kevin Smokler The best thing about that quote is the phrase “lusty bibliophiles.” I adore it. I get so tired of book lovers being called bookworms or something similarly dismissive, as though we are beneath notice, holed up with a… Read more
Four Summoner’s Tales starts with an interesting premise. If you could truly raise people from the dead, of course, there would be people willing to pay you to do it, to bring their loved ones back. But wouldn’t there also be people willing to pay you not to do it? Could you blackmail that trophy wife, whose 90-year-old husband just left… Read more
Another new book for the shelves! This really stood out as soon as I saw the synopsis. It’s a story about friendship and the way your childhood friends stay with us, for better or worse – At the Bottom of Everything by Ben Dolnick. A stunning novel of friendship, guilt, and madness: two friends, torn apart by a terrible secret, and the… 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… Read more