Title: The Mermaid’s Mirror Author: L.K. Madigan Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages *I received this book as an eGalley free from the Publisher. When I read the synopsis before requesting this book, I was really excited to read it. Contemporary Fantasy is always something that tugs at me. And […]
Divine by Mistake by P.C. Cast
September 3, 2010 by ·
Title: Divine by Mistake Author: P.C. Cast Publisher: Luna Publication Date: August 2009 Paperback: 576 pages It was a dark and stormy night… Well, it was! Or at least dark and raining, if not storming. The husband and I had just finished a wonderful dinner and we decided to stop in Borders to check out […]
Don’t Cry by Beverly Barton
September 2, 2010 by ·
Title: Don’t Cry Author: Beverly Barton Publisher: Zebra Books Publication Date: August 2010 Mass Market Paperback: 468 pages I do love a good mystery. A -good- mystery. Not a flaky, predictable, loosely written mystery with loose ends flapping all over the place. I like it when I don’t already know what’s going to happen by […]
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard
August 27, 2010 by ·
Title: Cage of Stars Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: August 2007 Paperback: 336 pages I picked this book up for 29 cents on the clearance rack at our local Borders. My husband and I had already been in the store for several hours with very little luck in finding anything we […]
The Last Child by John Hart
August 26, 2010 by ·
Title: The Last Child Author: John Hart Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 432 pages Well! This was certainly more of an intense read than I anticipated. The prose was wonderful, the story complex, rich, and intriguing. Johnny Merrimon is the protagonist. He lives with his mother, Katherine, a once-beautiful soccer mom type, […]
Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
August 25, 2010 by ·
Title: Children of the Night Author: Dan Simmons Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: June 2003 Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages Set in post-Ceausescu Romania, this unique take on vampirism was most definitely a yummy read. I have an avid interest in genetics and an even more avid interest in Vampires (notice I capitalize the […]
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
August 22, 2010 by ·
Title: The Book of Lost Things Author: John Connolly Publisher: Washington Square Press Publication Date: October 2007 Paperback: 480 pages My husband requested this book on his Christmas list last year and being the loving devoted wife that I am, I bought it. Then I promptly forgot about it until he handed it to me […]
Mini-Reviews
August 22, 2010 by ·
Title: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Author: Anthony Bourdain Publisher: Ecco Publication Date: Updated edition (January 9, 2007) Paperback: 312 pages Racy, raunchy, ridiculously accurate, and a purely fun read. Anyone who has ever been in or around a restaurant kitchen for any length of time will recognize that Anthony Bourdain is speaking […]
