This Wednesday is devoted to my favorite new word: paraprosdokian. A friend posted this on a forum where we both hang out and it was so funny, I had to share it. A paraprosdokian is defined as a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.… Read more

I had such high hopes for this book. It’s a good premise: a bitter white supremacist working with a Muslim sleeper cell to launch a bioterror attack on US soil. A CDC agent with a spotty past and one last chance to prove himself. A mysterious operative known only as Mr. Smith. It’s the backbone of a good book or… Read more

Here are some of the new additions to my bookshelf over the last few weeks: Palm Trees on the Hudson: A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland & Interior Decoratingby Elliot Tiber: In April 1968, Elliot was hired to throw an elegant dinner party aboard a luxury yacht on the Hudson River. Included on the guest list were New… Read more

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