Archive for September, 2010

Kitty Doings

Cats have been much on my mind in recent times.  I lost my Molly back in June  ( http://www.cncbooks.com/blog/2010/06/20/the-loss-of-an-old-friend/ ) and have been bonding more with my other two furry friends, Sugar and Spice, who had, I’m ashamed to admit, taken something of a backseat to Molly.  Then, there was the relocating of Annie’s two [...]

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September 5, 2010   Posted in: Hamilton, Tales of a Bookseller  No Comments

Book Review: Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper

Homer’s Odyssey Gwen Cooper Read by Renee Raudman Random House Audio, 2009 ISBN 0307704114 Unabridged Audio Book A tiny homeless kitten is left with a veterinarian, a kitten with a terrible eye infection that could be successfully treated only be removing his eyes.  Being blind is one thing; being eyeless is quite another and the [...]

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September 4, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews  No Comments

Better Book Discussions

L.J. Sellers is an award-winning journalist and the author of the Detective Jackson mystery/suspense series based in Eugene, OR. The first three books, The Sex Club, Secrets to Die For, and Thrilled to Death have been highly praised, and the fourth Jackson novel, Passions of the Dead, will be published in 2011. L.J. also has [...]

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September 3, 2010   Posted in: Guest Blogs  9 Comments

Book Review: The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary

The Alchemy of Murder Carol McCleary Forge, 2010 ISBN 076532203X Hardcover Born Elizabeth Cochran in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania, the real life protagonist adopted the name Nellie Bly when she began working as a journalist. In the late 1880s, it was improper and unladylike for a woman to write for a newspaper, therefore, her true identity [...]

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September 1, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments