Archive for the ‘Guest Reviews’ Category
Book Review: Just Deserts by Jinx Schwartz
Just Deserts Jinx Schwartz Self-published, October 2011 Ebook available on Nook, Kindle and elsewhere Needing some ready cash to get her beloved boat bottom fixed, Hetta takes a new job at a copper mine close to the Arizona border in Cananea,Mexico. In Hetta’s words, “And, presto change, I was off on another adventure, and this [...]
December 22, 2011
Tags: humor, Mexico, mystery, nautical, Self-published Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
The Winter Sea Susanna Kearsley Sourcebooks Landmark, December 2010 ISBN 9781402241376 Trade Paperback Also available in ebook format Being a big fan of historical fiction I was excited to dive right into this book. First of all, I want to say that this is a beautifully written book and I loved the atmospheric scenes of [...]
December 12, 2011
Tags: fantasy, genetic memory, historical fiction, romance, Scotland, Sourcebooks Landmark, time travel Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews
One Comment
Book Review: Uneasy Spirits by M. Louisa Locke
Uneasy Spirits M. Louisa Locke Kindle Edition, October 2011 http://tinyurl.com/88uydoc Also available in other ebook formats ISBN 978-1466373549 Trade Paperback This is Ms. Locke’s delightful sequel to Maids of Misfortune, and the second in the Annie Fuller historical mystery series. Set in the late 1800’s in one of my favorite cities, San Francisco, California, I [...]
November 19, 2011
Tags: historical, mystery, San Francisco, Self-published, spiritualism Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly
The Little Women Letters Gabrielle Donnelly Touchstone, June 2011 ISBN 978-1-4516-1718-4 Hardcover In this cleverly written novel, the author weaves letters from a fictional Louisa May Alcott character, Jo March, between the pages of a contemporary story that involves her great-great granddaughters, Emma, Sophie and Lulu. The entire family is blissfully happy, being born from [...]
November 1, 2011
Tags: contemporary, family, general fiction, historical, Touchstone Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: Little Elvises by Tim Hallinan
Little Elvises Tim Hallinan Hallinan Consulting, LLC, August 2011 E-Book I became a fan when the first Junior Bender e-book Crashed, came up on Amazon. If you like your suspense tightly constructed, the dialogue and characters hilarious, then this is a must read new series. Junior has once again caught the attention of the LAPD, [...]
September 8, 2011
Tags: burglar, fixer, Hallinan Consulting, Los Angeles, missing persons, music industry, mystery Posted in: Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: Dumpster Dying by Lesley A. Diehl
Dumpster Dying Lesley A. Diehl Oak Tree Press/Dark Oak Mysteries, 2011 ISBN 978-1-51009-006-3 Trade Paperback Emily Rhodes is, as Detective Stanton Lewis likes to think, “Not much bigger than one of Santa’s Elves.” She’s petite and blond, cute as a button, on the young side of fifty and on the wrong side of luck when [...]
September 1, 2011
Tags: cozy, Florida, humor, mystery, Oak Tree Press/Oak Tree Mysteries Posted in: Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: An Uncertain Refuge by Carolyn J. Rose
An Uncertain Refuge Carolyn J. Rose Carolyn J. Rose, May 2011 Kindle e-book Also available in trade paperback, July 2011 ISBN 0983735905 I downloaded An Uncertain Refuge, by Carolyn J. Rose for an afternoon read on the couch, chips and ice-tea at hand. I managed to move from couch to dinner table, then back to [...]
July 25, 2011
Tags: Arkansas, domestic abuse, mystery, Oregon, Self-published, suspense Posted in: Guest Reviews
One Comment
Book Review: A Hidden Affair by Pam Jenoff
A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff Atria Books, 2010 ISBN 1416590714 Hardcover Jordan Weiss is an agent with the State Department. When she discovers that her boyfriend did not drown 10 years before but faked his death in order to escape from someone who wanted to get their hands on his research, she sets out to [...]
January 31, 2011
Tags: Atria, Greek Islands, Monaco, mystery, suspense, Trieste, Vienna Posted in: Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: The Bad Book Affair by Ian Sansom
The Bad Book Affair Ian Sansom Harper Paperbacks, 2010 ISBN 0061452017 Trade Paperback Amateur sleuth Israel Armstrong is a Jewish vegetarian mobile librarian from Northern London, now living on the northernmost coast “of the north of the north” of Northern Ireland. He allows a 14-year-old girl to borrow a “bad book” (American Pastoral by Philip [...]
December 6, 2010
Tags: Harper, humor, mystery, Northern Ireland Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews
No Comments
Book Review: Wolven by Di Toft
Wolven Di Toft Chicken House, 2010 ISBN 0545171091 Hardcover A young boy, Nat, wants a puppy but ends up with a wolven named “Woody” instead. The three-year-old wolven is the last of its kind and is a shape-shifter (randomly shifting between a young boy and a wolf). While forging their friendship, they face many adventures [...]
December 5, 2010
Tags: Chicken House, kids, shapeshifter Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews
No Comments

