Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
I just can't settle in with a book right now. Maybe it's the time of year. Maybe it's all the errands I've been running on my lunch hour, so I miss that hour of reading. It doesn't happen often for me, but sometimes I just can't find the right book. Sounds...
The Spider Ring by Andrew Harwell
It may have taken me a while to get around to Andrew Harwell's juvenile fantasy, The Spider Ring, but I'm glad I kept it in the TBR pile. It's an excellent novel about a young girl who felt like an outcast, abandoned by friends, who discovered revenge wasn't quite...
The Wives of Los Alamos by Tarashea Nesbit
I actually read Tarashea Nesbit's The Wives of Los Alamos a year ago. However, it's the book we discussed last night for our book club. Knowing I wasn't home in the evening to read, it's appropriate to re-run the review of that fascinating novel. We were no longer...
Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry
What better setting for a Halloween mystery than Salem, Massachusetts? Carol J. Perry launched her Witch City Mysteries by bringing her amateur sleuth home to Salem in Caught Dead Handed. And, Salem doesn't disappoint the reader. Lee Barrett returns home from...
Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves
Sometimes, I forget how much I love police procedurals. Then I read a book such as Ann Cleeves' latest Vera Stanhope mystery, Harbour Street. Cleeves makes me regret every book I'm reading that is not a procedural. Just before Christmas, Detective Joe Ashworth...
Favorite Gift Books
When I received all of these books yesterday, I joked on Facebook that they were all presents from Santa. Well, they weren't really from Santa. But, I do appreciate the books from publishers, authors, and agents. Over the years, I've received wonderful gifts from...