As a great fan of humor writing, I was eager to get this book for review. It is a collection of short pieces on politics, family, general absurdities, and some social commentary thrown into the mix. Here is what the promotional blurb has to say about this book: In Sitting on Cold Porcelain, readers will […]
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Thanks again to Carl Brookins for sharing his book reviews. Death Pans Outby Ashna GravesHardcover, 288 pages,from Poisoned Pen Press Reporter Jeneva Leopold, faced with a life-altering decision, takes a leave of absence from her job to recover from surgery. Breast cancer has claimed part of her body and she wants time to recover in
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For a change, I thought I would publish my own review. Not that I don’t appreciate the reviews Carl Brookins shares with us, but I just finished this book and liked it well enough to tell others…. Summer at Willow LakeSusan WiggsContemporary Romancee-Book version – 2010 This is a wonderful story with many layers and
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Before I do the review of this book, I want to mention that I am the guest today on the blog for Creatures & Crooks Books. The owner, Lelia Taylor, is known for being a cat-lover, so she has started a series of guest blogs about cats. Sometimes she’ll let a dog in, just for
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Since I missed my usual Sunday review yesterday, I thought I would post one today. Again, thanks to Carl Brookins for sending the reviews. Bird Lives!Author, Bill MoodyPublisher: WalkerISBN: 0-8027-3327-1pub. date: 1999248 pages, hardcover Another fine novel in the Evan Horn series. A smoothly written psychological thriller. it’s tight, fast-paced, and should greatly please fans
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AbsolutionBy Susan FleetISBN: 978-1-4357-0841-9Pub. 2008, Lulu & Kindle This brutal, dark and explicit novel has a compelling drive to the third-person narrative that makes it difficult to stop reading. In part, I suspect, readers may be drawn on by an almost irresistible desire to learn how much further the author is willing to go. Set
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I just received this wonderful review for my book and wanted to share it. “One Small Victory will draw you into one mother’s desire to fight back and make a difference. With guts and determination, Jenny heads into dangerous drug trafficking territory. Though she puts herself into a situation that gets her in way over
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Thanks once more to Carl Brookins for sharing another review with us here. Fly By Wireby Ward LarsenISBN: 978-1-933515-86-1Hard Cover, 301 pgs.,Published by Oceanview Press, 2010 An unusual and fresh plot device blends world finance, international espionage, religious zealotry and cutting edge aviation technology in a fine and mostly fast-paced thriller. It is clear that
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Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another review….. The Bone ChamberBy Robin BurcellISBN 9781590583753HC from Poisoned Pen Press2009, 378 pages Feisty independent-minded FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick is off on another case. This time she bouncing between Washington, DC, San Francisco and various Italian locations, and all the while she and her cohorts dodge international
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Thanks again to Carl Brookins for introducing another good read…. Set The Night On FireBy Libby Fischer HellmannISBN: 978-0-98406-5-7Trade Paperback fromAllium Press, Chicago, 2010346 pages. Every so often a novel comes along that connects with the reader in such a visceral way that it is like a punch in the stomach. This is such a
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