Amazon seems to have sussed out my penchant for urban fantasy tales, and therefore came to recommend “Angels’ Blood” on a recent browsing/purchasing binge… I’m glad the recommendation engine was smart enough to do so, because I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Nalini Singh is a new author to me, but seems to have taken as … Review: Angels’ Blood, A Guild Hunter Novel
I won this short novel as part of a book give-away Katja, at Coffeemugged.net, ran as part of her Great Summer Read Giveaway. The premise spoke to me: A modern Canadian man whose sister is abducted in the wilds of Cambodia and the lengths he goes to retrieve her. The oblique angle of the story … Review: the Dream Weaver
This comprises this second request I’ve received via my blog for a review, and I have to say this was a MUCH happier experience for me. The author’s representative gave me the option for either a mobi or PDF version, and was very professional generally. Then too, I have a soft spot for travel accounts, … Review: Orchids and Memories
I wanted to like this; it was the first invitation I’ve received via my blog to review a new, unknown (and indie!) author’s work. But it took me at least until 3/4ths the way through before the pay-off of dealing with characters who embody all that annoys me about the current crop of 20-somethings came … Review: Coffee at Little Angels
I had been holding off on actually picking this up and reading it, because I knew that given Carriger’s past performance I really wouldn’t be able to do anything other than finish it once begun. True to form, once I got into it, my husband wasn’t able to get through to me on small issues … Review: Heartless
To take a break from Stephanie Plum’s adventures, I betook myself to Victorian times today and read the latest of the Lady Julia Grey novels, The Dark Enquiry. I had been introduced to these by a former colleague last year, and was happy to see the latest one available for purchase as part of my … Review: The Dark Enquiry
It was a satisfying reading weekend: I got to immerse myself in big-hair, 80s, Trenton, New Jersey and its famous, fictional, dysfunctional anti-heroine Stephanie Plum. I’m starting to get vicarious heartburn from her frequent fast food and junk food binges, but at least with this installment we finally see a little action on the Joe … Review: Four to Score
I admit to being a little compulsive with getting into a given genre. But after how much I enjoyed Two for the Dough yesterday, I couldn’t NOT read the next one in the series… since it was handy. 😉 (Small side note here thanking my husband, acupuncturist Joe Cannariato, for his generosity with this year’s … Review: Three to Get Deadly
Strangely enough, I re-entered the world of mystery novels on the strength of another random Twitter conversation. I remembered Stephanie Plum fondly from five years ago, when I had read the first book in this series, as a wise-cracking, stubborn woman picking herself up from some unfortunate experiences (divorce and being laid off counting in … Review: Two for the Dough
A random, recent Twitter conversation with @ShelMKE about the rarity of the name Shelby reminded me of an author I had met while in college, Shelby Hearon. I had the honor of interviewing her as part of my duties as literary arts magazine editor, but, typically of a college student, had run out of time … Review: Owning Jolene
