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Happy Sunday everyone! This is one of the few Sundays that I actually get to lay around the house and do nothing. Usually I am running off to brunch, or bocce, or going to spend time with my family – who knows, some of that could still happen…but I haven’t planned for anything to happen. [...]
In October, I read and reviewed only titles that I deem to be Harrowing Historicals, and I guess the mood for those creepy reads has stuck with me, because I couldn’t resist the opportunity to giveaway two sets of Rick Yancey’s The Monstrumologist & The Curse of The Wendigo. The books are set in the [...]
Two years ago, In Hovering Flight was my first introduction to Joyce Hinnefeld and Unbridled Books. Getting to know each was a wonderful treat. Hinnefeld is a rich and observant writer and Unbridled seems to take great care in choosing its authors. I have found that their books, even if they don’t go on to [...]
Evie is a lonely girl, who hangs on the fringes at school, making up stories about Jonah Luks, an older guy on whom she has a crush and encounters every weekend on her paper route. Evie’s life takes a different turn when Zabet McCabe, an elementary school acquaintance is found murdered in the woods, and [...]
Set in 1960′s Nashville, The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, follows the aforementioned Bezellia as she navigates her sometimes treacherous adolescence. Burdened by the weight of her illustrious family name, and the heft of traditional southern society, which she at times finds onerous, Bezellia is one trying to find her own way. Her relationship with [...]
In So Cold The River, by Michael Koryta, Eric Shaw is a failed filmmaker, newly separated from his wife, and in the process of establishing himself as a videographer of the deceased- creating short pieces to show at their funerals. He has always had the knack for sussing out hidden truths, and that talent calls [...]
Sign-ups are underway for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap. To participate in all the Secret Santa fun, head on over to the blog to see how it all works and sign-up. For more extensive information check out the Frequently Asked Questions page. I did this last year and I had a lot of fun choosing [...]
Frankenstein, for me, fell short of fully realizing the ideas that it set out to explore in the story told by Mary Shelly. In Frankenstein’s Monster, however, Susan Heyboer O’Keefe builds on the foundation set forth by Shelly in Frankenstein, and in being free from the creation/education of monster story, is able to delve more [...]
Though mentioned only briefly in Stranger Here Below, by Joyce Hinnefeld, spoon bread is mentioned a few times and it caught my attention as possibly being either southern in origin (from the sound of the name), or maybe a dish native to Kentucky. As it turns out, it is both Southern and a point of pride [...]
I think it was this series, 5 Paintings in Edinburgh That Might Make Ian Rankin Pull Off A Heist, on the Reagan Arthur Books Blog that finally pushed me to track down a copy of his book and give it to read. Though normally not a seasonal reader, late summer and fall have seem me [...]
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