Archive for December, 2009
Buh-Bye 2009!
This is one of those years when I have to say, “Thank heavens it’s over”.В There were some bright spots, chiefly the return to Virginia of my daughter and grandson, who had been living in Michigan the past several years, but 2009 really has not been a good year in many ways.В Most personal to [...]
December 31, 2009
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Book Review: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention. [...]
December 30, 2009
Tags: Ace, dark fantasy, mystery, romance Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Wild Mood Swings
Steven Rigolosi, a resident of Northern New Jersey, is the author of the Tales from the Back Page mystery/suspense series.В Each book takes a quirky advertisement on the back page of a New York City newspaper as its starting point, exploring who placed the ad and why, as well as who responded and what happened [...]
December 29, 2009
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Book Review: Entombed by Linda Fairstein
Entombed Linda Fairstein Simon & Schuster Audio, 2005 ISBN 0743538455 Abridged Audio Book Read by Blair Brown Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper and her detective partners, Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, are involved in the case of the Silk Stocking serial rapist.В At the same time, workers have uncovered a body entombed behind a [...]
December 28, 2009
Tags: audio book, legal thriller, mystery, police procedural, Simon & Schuster Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol Dan Brown Random House Audio ISBN 0739319175 Unabridged Audio Book Read by Paul Michael There have been countless reviews of this book, including synopses, so I’ll confine myself to my reactions rather than spitting out another synopsis. Is Dan Brown a great writer?В No, but I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code (also [...]
December 26, 2009
Tags: action adventure, audio book, conspiracy, Random House, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
A Christmas Hope
May Christmas for you and your family and friends be all that you could wish for.
December 24, 2009
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Book Review: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention. [...]
December 23, 2009
Tags: Ace, dark fantasy, mystery, romance Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
The Weather Outside…
The snowstorm this weekend was epic and beautiful.В I had 12 inches on top of my grill, considerably less than some areas to the north of Richmond, but still pretty much unheard of for this area in December.В When I was a kid, a white Christmas happened occasionally but not in great depths and has [...]
December 22, 2009
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Book Review: I Can See You by Karen Rose
I Can See You Karen Rose Grand Central Publishing, 2009 ISBN 0446538345 Hardcover (ARC) Shadowland: “Sometimes you want to go where no one knows your name” Eve Wilson is a graduate student studying psychology who also tends bar at Sal’s, a favorite hangout for police officers. She is a survivor of a life threatening attack [...]
December 21, 2009
Tags: computer gaming, Grand Central, mystery, police procedural, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
A New Life for Some Great Shelves
One of the hardest things about closing the store was watching our beautiful solid oak shelving leave, a little bit at a time, knowing most of it would never do service in a bookstore again.В It was physically painful, almost as much as watching the books go.В Then, one day in mid-November, I got an [...]
December 20, 2009
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