I know I didn’t request this one – I never review romance and I didn’t read the first book in the series. But who knows? I like the cover and it might make a good beach read. Anyone have a recommendation one way or the other about Inked Armor by Helen Hunting? In this follow-up to Clipped Wings, the emotional love story… Read more
“Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom. But reading is still the path.” – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist and author Read more
Now, originally I got this confused with the movie of the same title, but Far North by Marcel Theroux is a very different story. Doesn’t mean they could make a movie out of it with Sean Bean, though. IJS. My father had an expression for a thing that turned out bad. He’d say it had gone west. But going west always… Read more
Birthdays of a Princess by Helga Zeiner: One October morning, Melissa watches a breaking news story on television. A young girl has been filmed by bystanders, committing a brutal assault in broad daylight in a downtown Vancouver Starbucks … and it looks like the girl is her daughter. From this moment on, a story unfolds, so shocking, that it will… Read more
“A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.” – Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist, critic and snob Read more
Another title from my personal library, Long Knives by Charles Rosenberg: Jenna James’s life has been smooth sailing since she left the high-powered law firm of Marbury Marfan. She’s happily ensconced as a professor at a prestigious law school, where she’s well liked by her students, coupled-up with a handsome colleague, and on track for tenure. But things take a shocking… Read more
I am really looking forward to this one – The Wicked by Douglas Nicholas. Last January, I reviewed the first book in this series, Something Red and really enjoyed it. I’m betting book two is going to be a great read. Something evil has come to reside in a castle by the chill waters of the North Sea: men disappear and are… Read more
A friend passed this link along to me from the Barnes and Noble Blog: 99 Book Nerd Problems This is great fun and obviously written by some folks who really love books – who love books the way I love books. The kind of people who aren’t surprised that I take a dozen books on vacation, just so I can… Read more
I have a not-so-secret love of dystopian fiction and a good apocalypse. This sounded intriguing and I love the way that Kindle lets me get great books for pennies! 25 Perfect Days byMark Tullius: A totalitarian state doesn’t just happen overnight. It’s a slow, dangerous slide. 25 Perfect Days chronicles the path into a hellish future of food shortages, contaminated water,… Read more
Seriously, Mark Grist – call me! Read more