When Elizabeth Lerner was fifteen, something horrible happened to her: she was kidnapped by a serial killer. She was held hostage for nearly 6 weeks. She was beaten and raped. But she wasn’t killed. He killed girls before he kidnapped her, he killed girls after he kidnapped her. He did not kill Elizabeth. She has never known why. Walter Bowman… Read more
First, thanks to the kind folks who inquired about my whereabouts. December was very, very busy for me — work, family, lots of travel, some personal stuff — and I just found that I wasn’t able to keep up. January brought the realization that I wasn’t having much fun on the website lately. I found myself reading furiously, trying to… Read more
Welcome to another Teaser Tuesday! You know how this works – take your current read, choose 2 teaser sentences, and don’t spoil the ending! This week, I’m reading I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman. I haven’t always been a huge fan, but this one is getting off to a very good start. I chose only one sentence for my… Read more
I picked up Writing Out The Notes: Life in Great Big Sea at a Great Big Sea concert in Kent, Ohio a few months ago. I confess: I am a folk music fan. I have a tremendously eclectic taste in music; my iTunes library has everything from the Sex Pistols and Einsturzende Neubauten to Bobby Golodsboro and Glenn Gould and… Read more
Happy Wednesday! It’s time for more new words. You know how this works: tell us about new and interesting words you’ve found in your recent reading. Check out Bermuda Onion’s Weblog for other new vocabulary words. My new words this week come from Writing Out the Notes by Bob Hallett. Bob is a founding member of one of my favorite… Read more
Happy Wednesday! I have got some words this week – all from my latest read, Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows by Nick Drake. A lot of interesting words in this one. For more new-to-you words, check out BermudaOnion’s Weblog. 1. Execration – the act of cursing “And why, strangely, did all this remind me of an old ritual of execration,… Read more
Welcome to another edition of Teaser Tuesdays! You know how this works – take your current read, open it to a random page and give us a couple of teaser sentences. Be sure to give us the info on the book (so we can add it to our TBR list) and also No Spoilers, Please! Then head over to MizB’s… Read more
This is a really special review and giveaway! Concrete Operational is a collaborative media project — a novel, art book and music cd — wrapped up in a fascinating package, each complementing the others. At the end of this post, there will be a chance to win a copy of the full set, so read a bit about the project… Read more
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, my favorite local bookstore, is closing its doors. I imagine that its hard to keep such an amazing space open in the days of Amazon and eReaders. But Joseph-Beth! This place drew in some amazing authors – I met writers, celebrities, and book lovers of all sorts. I went to book signings, book clubs and midnight Harry Potter… Read more
Is it Tuesday again already? I can’t believe the week has flown by so quickly. This week I’ve got a new mystery — one I have been waiting to get to for some time — that I am very excited about. I’m reading Storm Prey by John Sanford – his 20th Prey novel! I’ve read almost all of them and… Read more