If you’re tired of the current glut of wimpy, sparkly-shiny vampires, this book is the perfect antidote. Del Toro’s vampires are brutal, disgusting, ravenous monsters. No romance here, folks. Ephraim Goodweather heads up the Canary Project, a “rapid-response team of field epidemiologists organized to detect and identify incipient biological threats.” These could be biological weapons, man-made outbreaks or naturally occurring… Read more
Happy Wednesday! I have some great words this week – most of them about books and printing. I’m currently reading Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein, a murder mystery involving the New York Public Library. I’m learning lots of interesting things about the library and about collecting books and maps The first word on the list is from an email I… Read more
Good morning! I am getting a late start today (early morning conference call – one of the hazards of having coworkers in Europe), but I am looking forward to getting caught up and reading all of the Teasers! I am finishing up Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein, and this little snippet struck home. You see, I am a packrat. I… Read more
I received this book and read it last year, and somehow managed to overlook it when I was getting my reviews posted. I hope that readers won’t make the mistake of overlooking this book – I enjoyed this one very much. Mr. White’s Confession is the story of a series of murders in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1939. Dime-a-dance girls… Read more
I have no words today! I’ve gone over the two books I’m reading and not a single new vocabulary word has jumped out at me. That’s not entirely surprising, because I know I have a pretty extensive vocabulary, but there is usually something that’s new. Instead, I’m going to introduce you to one of my favorite new websites: Save the… Read more
I have been a very bad blogger this week. I have at least three reviews, half-written and saved as drafts. I have finished one book (The Disappearance, by Efrem Sigel) and I haven’t even started that review. I have picked up and put down half a dozen new books in the last 2 days, but I’ve gotten no reading done.… Read more
Today’s question, from Wendi’s Book Corner: Were you aware of the Member Giveaways Program? Have you posted any books in the giveaway? If so, what are your thoughts on the program? Have you requested any books, and if so, did you win any? Yes, I was aware of the Member Giveaway Program. I have requested a couple of books, but… Read more
Okay, you all know the rules. Take your current book and pick out a quote – two sentences that are interesting andcompeling and make us want to read it. (Does anyone really pick a random sentence?) No spoilers, please! Today, my spoiler is from The Disappearance by Efrem Sigel. It is the story of Joshua and Nathalie Sandler and the… Read more
Five years ago, Amy Dickinson was tapped to replace the late Ann Landers as advice columnist for the Chicago Tribune. (Ann Landers had taken over the job from Chicago nurse Ruth Crowley.) Her syndicated column appears daily in more than 150 newspaper and is read by more than 22 million people. You would expect a woman who gives advice to… Read more
I loved this book so much that I posted a pre-review review, urging you all to go out and buy the book. It has been a long time since a book made me want to shout out loud and dance around my hotel room, but this book did. It is the story of the survivors of the Go-Away War, a… Read more