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

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

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

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

I’ve got some great new ARCs – first up this week, Tiger Shrimp Tango by Tim Dorsey: Determined to save a damsel in distress, the Sunshine State’s favorite serial killer and encyclopedia of Florida lore Serge Storms dances a tango of death and mayhem in this funny and dementedly entertaining crime caper from Tim Dorsey, author of the New York Times bestseller The Riptide,… Read more

A friend alerted me to this one, which was a 99-cent Kindle deal. Some of the Best From Tor.com, 2013 Edition: A Tor.Com Original has some great stuff! We are thrilled to announce the 2013 edition of Some of the Best from Tor.com, an anthology of twenty-one of our favorite stories, selected from the sixty-plus stories we published this year. This anthology… Read more

I was fortunate enough to meet Richard Montanari, author of The Echo Man a few years ago at a book club meeting. What a great event! Not only did we get to read a great book that month (The Rosary Girls) we got to talk with the author about it! I am really looking forward to this new one: It is… Read more

Today’s new book is the next installment in the Family History Mystery Series, Death in Reel Time by Brynn Bonner: In this second Family History mystery, a professional genealogist realizes the family history she’s tracing may be repeating itself after her client’s son-in-law turns up dead. When genealogist duo Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier are hired to trace the family tree… Read more

I do love the bargains I can get on new books for my Kindle Fire – how did I ever live without one of these? Recently, I picked up Only The Innocent by Rachel Abbott: Every moment of Sir Hugo Fletcher’s life has been chronicled in the British press: his privileged upbringing, his high-profile charity work to end human trafficking—even his… Read more

Now, I’ve got a new Charles Todd novel – Hunting Shadows. I got my first Inspector Ian Rutledge novel as a review copy and I have been hooked ever since. A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge inHunting Shadows, a gripping and atmospheric historical… Read more