Last night, I started White Sleeper by David R. Fett and Stephen Langford, about a white supremacist sect that may be spreading a deadly virus. Gee, that doesn’t sound plausible at all! (Eeek!) You know the rules for Teaser Tuesday: Grab your current read, open to a random page, share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, BE… Read more

I am about two-thirds of the way through Blood Trust, the third book in Eric van Lustbader’s Jack McClure series. Loved the first 2, loving this one, even though (or maybe because) it’s hard to see my way through the puzzle to a good ending. Gonna be a wild ride! You know the rules for Teaser Tuesday: Grab your current read,… Read more

More Boy Than Girl by Tony Lindsay is the story of a young woman who reaches out and takes what she wants — even if it isn’t hers. Dai Break Jones pushes her way into a man’s role and demands respect from those around her. It helps that she comes from a position of privilege as the daughter of a… Read more

It’s Wednesday and I have some words! New words have been sort of scarce the last few weeks, but I did find one or two to share. From When the Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley, I found these: 1. Passepartout – Jean Passepartout is a character in Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. He is the French valet to the… Read more

It’s apparently Jane Austen month here at Alive on the Shelves — which is sort of funny, because I am not a huge Austen fan, myself. I am interested, though, in the on-going fascination with Jane Austen and her storylines. She’s a little like Shakespeare in that respect — her themes turn up over and over in books and movies.… Read more