All the books I write about here are books I've either bought or borrowed from a library. This blog is just a record of my weekly reading.
I don't accept ARCs for review, though I appreciate those who do because their blogs clue me in to new books.
Still Baffling
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This week marked the 37th anniversary of the Moorgate tube disaster. At
8.46am On February 28th 1975 a southbound, Northern Line train from Drayton
Park ...
Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Murder Ink, Revised
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In June 1972, Dilys Winn opened the first specialty bookstore devoted to
mysteries and crime fiction. Titled Murder Ink, the store stood on its
original sp...
Friday's Forgotten Books, March 2, 2012
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Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar- and Macavity-nominated author of the Poke
Rafferty Bangkok Thrillers and the Junior Bender Mysteries. His next Poke
Raffer...
April's Hot Titles
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Oh, April looks absolutely wonderful. If your TBR (To Be Read) pile isn't
too large already, it might be after this selection of forthcoming books.
I reall...
Reminders
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Some deadlines are coming up, so I just wanted to post a few reminders for
today.
First, the deadline to nominate your favorite heroes and villains is Mar...
"The Healing"
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Jonathan Odell is the author of the acclaimed novel The View from Delphi, which deals with the struggle for equality in pre-civil rights Mississippi, his hom...
Villains—by Joan Swan
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*by Joan Swan, @joanswan*
[image: joan.swan.small]Villains are people too.
Memorable, compelling characters—that's what good fiction boils down to.
And,...
Bullet Points: World Book Day Edition*
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*• The March edition of Mike Ripley’s* *Shots* column, “Getting Away with
Murder,” has been posted in a most timely fashion. With his usual good
humor, Rip...
Elmore Leonard's first-person in disguise
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*A*n interviewer once noted Elmore Leonard's tendency to get inside his
characters' heads without, however, resorting to first-person narration:
"So, when...
Plans, plans, plans
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In general I tend to read as the mood takes me, from the books I have
available.
Every now and then though I take a look at the reading challenges I have
...
Pre-Code Movie Posters Uncovered in PA attic
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*Flavorpill *has a wonderful post with comments and illustrations on *30 +
Pre-Code Vintage Movie Poster*s that were uncovered in an attic in Berwick,
PA....
The Big Click Issue #1 is live
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Following on the heels of the first issue of Blood & Tacos last night we
get the first issue of The Big Click this morning. The Big Click is brought
to us ...
Oh No! The Rug Is Sinking!
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I’ll admit it, this Sima Pashtun rug illusion, created by Mauricio Lara and
Sebastián Lara, took me a little while to see. At first I thought it was
just s...
Sandbagging
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This week's blog brings back some memories from 2011 and a few shots taken in the last week or so.
The first group of photographs are from our trip to ...
Guest Author Livia Quinn/Marcella Rose with Giveaway
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I’m pleased to welcome my friend and fellow author – Livia Quinn! Livia
Quinn writes paranormal and contemporary romance and sensual romance as
Marcella Ro...
New UK paperbacks for March 2012
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From The Bookseller's March Paperback Preview (in the 25th November
edition), crime titles published in paperback this month include:
"Euro-Crime" Authors
...
LISA GARDNER ON D.D. WARREN
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[image: gardnerlisa_]Lisa Gardner has introduced readers to a variety of
characters in her 16 novels.
But her latest *Catch Me* gave the author an opport...
March New Mystery Releases!
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I may be stitching up a storm, scrubbing down the house in preparation for
a greatly anticipated house guest, and enjoying this great weather, but
that ...
Review: Defending Jacob by William Landay
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Links: Amazon, Amazon UK, Book Depository UK I decided to read this
following a ringing endorsement by Joseph Finder hailing it as one of the
best books of...
HIGH ADVENTURE by Donald E. Westlake
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Pilot Kirby Galway is having a bad week. He has two different customers
(for the Pre-Columbian artifacts he smuggles) show up at his home in Belize
at the...
Just One Thing to Say
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At the James River Writers Conference this year, Robert Goolrick (and I had
a totally fangirl reaction to him! What a writer!) said most writers have
just ...
2 comments:
Happy New Year! Looking forward to your posts and reviews.
Michel
Michel,
I'm looking forward to getting back to posting (and reading) too.
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