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“One day, a man of average height stood on a station platform holding a very heavy bag. That man was me, but it was not my bag.” When a book starts thusly, one can only imagine what is to follow. Although I could anticipate the possibilities, I at least knew the ride with Christian Oster would [...] For most of us, the wilderness of Alaska is shrouded in a beautiful mystery. We picture pristine forests, clear rivers and all manner of wildlife. Its culture is diverse and unique from much of the lower 48, and it is these two elements – the land and the culture – that give Garth Stein’s novel [...] Click Here for More Giveaways Number 2 of the Charlie Chan Series, The Chinese Parrot: A Charlie Chan Mystery lands our master detective in the California desert. But this time, he not only must find a murderer, he must discover who’s been murdered! Helping Bob Eden deliver a string of pearls to a buyer started out [...] Click Here for More Giveaways If you’ve been visiting this blog long enough, perhaps you remember one of my favorite books from 2008, Locke 1928 by Shawna Yang Ryan. I love being able to follow up on authors whose works I’ve reviewed, and it’s such a great feeling to discover a book I favored is going [...] Click Here for More Giveaways One of my favorite genres is mystery. I like a good pulpy, noir mystery classic; a page turner if you will. I used to read them all the time. I still own stacks of old Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen magazines that I can’t seem to part with, but since starting [...] Click Here for More Giveaways If you’ve ever read a book based on the story of King Arthur, you probably have a pretty good idea on the story line. Perhaps you remember the sword in the stone, his love Guinevere, or the magical Merlin. Helen Hollick gives readers a fresh new look at a magnificent tale [...] Click Here for Giveaways & Coupon Codes Tax-Free Retirement by Patrick Kelly is reviewed by our guest writer Dan Ruger. What could I possibly stay away from, given my pretty busy day, to read about retirement? Tax-Free Retirement seemed like a boring lecture at first glance, but given the shroud of laudatory snippets that haloed the book [...] Powerful and written in a solid voice, Pavel Brycz’s “I, City”is a book told from the perspective of the city itself. The book’s narrator is actually the city of Most in the Czech Republic; having watched its inhabitants through omnipresent eyes, the city tells us stories, gives us short glimpses into the lives of the [...] |
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