A few weeks ago, I read Paper Fury’s post about books that don’t have conclusions, books where there’s a problem and it doesn’t get solved. She likes them even when they frustrate her. I can’t stand them even if well written. In trying to formulate why I feel that way,… Read more »
The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander Series: Lady Emily #9 Published by Minotaur Books on October 14th 2014 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: , The Adventuress Also by this author: , The Adventuress In this thrilling new addition to the… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books You Would Classify As ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS from the past 3 years. It was surprisingly hard to choose! A few of my 5-star books didn’t make the cut; they… Read more »
The Edge of Dreams by Rhys Bowen Series: Molly Murphy #14 Published by St. Martin’s Press on March 3rd 2015 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 320 Format: ARC Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Also by this author: The Twelve Clues of Christmas, Heirs and Graces, , In… Read more »
by Rhys Bowen, Tasha Alexander Published by St. Martin’s Press Genres: Historical Mystery Source: the publisher Also in this series: The Counterfeit Heiress, The Adventuress, The Edge of Dreams Also by this author: The Twelve Clues of Christmas, Heirs and Graces, The Edge of Dreams, In Farleigh Field, The Counterfeit… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures – I mean books! My Week Monday I went to book group at the my county library, where… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The 2014 Nebula Award nominees were announced on Feb 20. (SFWA) You can see the entire list here. Hitler’s Mein Kampf returns to Germany… Read more »
Spock is dead. And I am crying. When I was growing up, Spock was one of my favorite characters on Star Trek. I loved that he was smart and didn’t have to hide it, and I loved the humanity that lurked beneath the cool Vulcan exterior. I loved the usually… Read more »
Ladle to the Grave by Connie Archer Series: Soup Lover’s Mystery #4 Published by Berkley on 3/3/15 Genres: Cozy Mystery Format: eARC Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Clue in the Stew Also by this author: A Clue in the Stew By the Spoonful is Snowflake, Vermont’s most… Read more »
The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey Series: Five Hundred Kingdoms #1 Published by LUNA on July 1st 2010 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 384 Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Fortune’s Fool Also by this author: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast,… Read more »
