Trigger warning: graphic sexual and other violence – both in the book and in this review. Dear Loreth Anne White, One of my reviewer friends raved to me about this book and I was curious enough to give it a try. My friend also reads mysteries and thrillers and isn’t ... more >
Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series is one of my favorite YA series, novels filled with high-stakes intrigue and deception, loyal friendships, dangerous missions, and a couple of touching romantic relationships, too. Their author has won several accolades, including an LA Times Book Award, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor, a ... more >
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my Kate Daniels reading streak, which I continue to chronicle here. SPOILERS AHEAD (But please try not to reveal too much about the books I haven’t yet read): Magic Tests by Ilona Andrews This short story, found in the anthology An ... more >
Warning: As this post deals with older books I consider spoilers fair game. Recently I caught a bad cold and, since I was laid up in bed with little to do but read, I used this opportunity to catch up on the Kate Daniels series. I had previously read only ... more >
Dear Ms. St. James: I didn’t read, although I always intended to, your first book The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Janine included it in a reading roundup. Janine commented that one of the stand out parts of the book was how atmospheric it is. I found the same to be ... more >
Dear Mr. Mills, Your first novel takes place in the summer of 1947 on Long Island, in and near the Hamptons, where the wealthy have summer homes. Not far from the Hamptons is Amagansett, a working class community. The two communities coexist side-by-side, but not without tension. Through political maneuverings ... more >