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
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Book Reviews x 5 by Ted Feit
Electric Barracuda Tim Dorsey Wm. Morrow, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-061-87689-9 Hardcover Attempting to review a Serge A. Storm novel is no small chore, it is a monumental task, because there is no possible way to provide even a modicum of a synopsis. Â But one can always provide one conclusion, and this 13th novel in the [...]
December 15, 2011
Tags: California, criminal informant, criminal protagonist, drugs, Dutton, England, Florida, forensic archaeologist, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, humor, Knopf, mystery, noir, Norway, police procedural, political corruption, prison life, profiler, serial killer, SilverOak/Sterling, Sweden, thriller, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Book Review: Gone with a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West
Gone with a Handsomer Man Michael Lee West Read by Marguerite Gavin Tantor Audio, May 2011 (Minotaur Books) ISBN 978-1-4526-0207-3 Unabridged Audio Book Teeny Templeton did the unthinkable—she decided her life was heading in exactly the direction she always wanted. She was about to get married to a wonderful, wealthy Charleston man and, being a [...]
November 3, 2011
Tags: audio book, Charleston SC, humor, Minotaur Books, mystery, romance, Southern, Tantor Audio Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews
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Book Review: Dumpster Dying by Lesley A. Diehl
Dumpster Dying Lesley A. Diehl Oak Tree Press/Dark Oak Mysteries, 2011 ISBN 978-1-61009-006-3 Trade Paperback Dumpster Dying by Lesley A. Diehl, is a smartly-paced page turner, with more attractions than a three-ring circus. Ms. Diehl, who must be a juggler in her spare time, keeps many plates spinning in the air, in the form of [...]
October 29, 2011
Tags: cozy, Florida, humor, mystery, Oak Tree Press/Dark Oak Mysteries Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
A Dog’s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron Read by George K. Wilson Tantor Audio, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4001-1645-4 Unabridged Audio Book Also available as a Forge trade paperback A puppy plays in the woods with his mom and his siblings but this is not an entirely idyllic scene. The puppy and his family are feral and the [...]
October 22, 2011
Tags: animals, autobiography, Forge, general fiction, humor, reincarnation, Tantor Audio Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews
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