Archive for the ‘My Reviews’ Category
Book Review: Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Hallowed (Unearthly Trilogy #2) Cynthia Hand HarperTeen, January 2012 ISBN 978-0-06-199618-4 Hardcover (ARC) In the second installment of the Unearthly Trilogy (after Unearthly), teenaged Clara Gardner is learning more about her abilities and obligations as an angelblood, a human who is part angel by birth. She and her mother and brother, all angelbloods, had moved [...]
February 2, 2012
Tags: angels, dark fantasy, HarperTeen, mystery, paranormal, romance, Wyoming, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 
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Book Review: Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon
Adrien English Mysteries Josh Lanyon Loose ID, May 2007 ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 Ebook This edition contains the first two novels in the series, Fatal Shadows and A Dangerous Thing. Fatal Shadows introduces us to Adrien English, who lives above his Old Pasadena bookstore and is rudely awakened one morning by a pair of detectives, Chan and [...]
January 26, 2012
Tags: bookseller, California, GLBT, Loose ID, mystery, police procedural, romance, serial killer Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: The Hollow House by Janis Patterson
The Hollow House Janis Patterson Carina Press/Harlequin, November 2011 ISBN 978-1-4268-9261-5 Ebook In 1919 Denver, a young woman from the East is in financial straits and must find a way to support herself. Choices are limited for women at that time so Geraldine Brunton takes a position as companion to an elderly widow whose wealth [...]
January 18, 2012
Tags: 1919 Denver, Carina Press/Harlequin, cozy, historical, mystery, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Incarnate Jodi Meadows Katherine Tegan Books/HarperCollins Publishers, January 2012 ISBN 978-0-06-206075-4 Hardcover Eighteen-year-old Ana has spent her entire life abused and reviled because she is a nosoul, born without a past into a world in which everyone else has been continually reincarnated for 5,000 years. Those who are reborn remember all their past lives and [...]
January 4, 2012
Tags: dark fantasy, HarperCollins Publishers, Katherine Tegan Books, romance, science fiction, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Chomp Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, March 2012 ISBN 978-0-375-86842-9 Hardcover (ARC) Teenager Wahoo Cray doesn’t live the life of the average kid. Having a dad who’s a wildlife wrangler with a private zoo, Wahoo has grown up with alligators, monkeys, birds of all sorts, giant tortoises, snakes, you name it. [...]
December 14, 2011
Tags: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Florida Everglades, humor, kids, mystery, reality TV, suspense, wildlife Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
The Dog Who Knew Too Much Spencer Quinn Atria Books, September 2011 ISBN 978-1-4391-5709-1 Hardcover (eARC) Chet and Bernie of the Little Detective Agency are on the case again, this time in search of a little boy who has gone missing from a wilderness camp up in the mountains. The boy’s mom, Anya, had hired [...]
December 13, 2011
Tags: animal sleuth, Atria Books, humor, mystery, private investigator, Western US Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Sex and the Kitty by Nancy the Cat
Sex and the Kitty Nancy the Cat Plume Books, September 2011 ISBN 978-0452-29742-5 Trade Paperback (e-ARC) Nancy’s first memoir—she’ll certainly need more as she gets older and, as she says, she’s leaving the door open for possible sequels—sets the record straight on her birth and early life in a small town as she awaits her [...]
December 7, 2011
Tags: autobiography, cats, England, general fiction, humor Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Short Story Review: Saint Nick and the Fir Tree by Nancy Adams
Saint Nick and the Fir Tree Nancy Adams Green Fern Press, November 2011 ISBN 9780984815302 Trade Paperback Also available in ebook format Tree is really a yew but likes to pretend he’s a fir. After all, yews make people think of all kinds of sad scenarios while firs bring the cheer of Christmas. Who wouldn’t [...]
December 5, 2011
Tags: fantasy, Green Fern Press, humor, mystery, short story Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: If This Is Paradise, I Want My Money Back by Claudia Carroll
If This Is Paradise, I Want My Money Back Claudia Carroll William Morrow, October 2011 ISBN 978-0-06-204515-7 Trade Paperback Charlotte lies in a hospital bed, trapped by a coma, listening to the conversations around her. Most are directed at her in attempts to bring her back to consciousness and she appreciates the efforts, really she [...]
November 28, 2011
Tags: angels, general fiction, guardian angel, humor, relationships, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Murder Half-Baked by Kathleen Delaney
Murder Half-Baked Kathleen Delaney Camel Press, May 2011 ISBN 978-1-60381-828-5 Trade Paperback Real estate agent Ellen McKenzie is in the midst of preparations for her wedding to Dan Dunham, the local police chief, and has to contend with the horror of a wedding dress, ruffled hoopskirt and all, her mother has sent to this forty-something [...]
November 22, 2011
Tags: California, cozy, domestic violence, mystery, real estate agent, softboiled Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
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