It’s been almost 2 years since I reviewed Deborah Crombie’s No Mark Upon Her. I really liked the dynamic between the key characters, Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, so I am really looking forward to reading another book in this series, The Sound of Broken Glass: Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound… Read more
Last July, I reviewed William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher, and I am excited to get a chance to review the sequel, William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back: Hot on the heels of the New York Times best seller William Shakespeare’s Star Wars comes the next two installments of the original trilogy: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back and William Shakespeare’s The Jedi Doth Return. Return to the star-crossed… Read more
Have you noticed that everything is a trilogy these days? I always thought that the way things worked was that you published a book and if it did well, maybe your publisher wanted another. Maybe you could turn it into a series. That seems passé these days – now, everything is a series right out of the box. That’s not always a… Read more
This will be a bit of a departure for me, but I am really looking forward to it! That Old Black Magic is New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark’s savory and suspenseful confection filled with murder, mystery, history and voodoo, in which Piper Donovan must unmask a devious killer striking in New Orleans’s legendary French Quarter. Aspiring actress and wedding-cake decorator… 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 That… Read more
When I was a kid, my mom used to curl up under a lamp and read romances until bedtime. If work had been particularly bad that day, she’d head for her book right after supper. When I got a copy of Delilah’s Daughters, I followed my mom’s example and curled up on my side of the bed, turned the night table lamp… Read more
“Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.” – Babe Ruth, legendary American baseball player Now there’s a nightmare for you! I don’t know if I would have given up reading — or given up baseball. Read more
I was really excited to get my hands on this one! I thought I’d missed out, but Shannon at ItBooks managed to find a copy for me! It’s The $11 Billion Year: From Sundance to the Oscars, an Inside Look at the Changing Hollywood System: What changed in one Hollywood year to produce a record-breaking box office after two years… Read more
Easter Quillby makes a fine narrator, even though she is only 12 years old – maybe especially because she’s only 12. In This Dark Road to Mercy, author Wiley Cash does a great job of capturing the voice of a young girl who is already older than she should have to be. Easter doesn’t trust easily because life hasn’t given her… Read more
Another great ARC! Look for the review on this one closer to its May 2014 release date – The Kill Switch by James Rollins: From bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood, the first insttallment in an exciting new thriller series based on the Sigma Force novels featuring former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his partner, Army working dog Kane, introduced… Read more