by Avid Reader on 07.03.2009
Does it matter to you if the hero or heroine ever say I love you? In Iris Johansen’s REAP THE WIND, the hero never once utters the words but there is no mistaking that he does. But then I understood why he didn’t. He’d just suffered major loss and didn’t want to be hurt again.
REAP THE WIND (the original version and not the rewritten version) was a fabulous book, btw and I don’t think that it took anything away from the relationship that he didn’t say the L word. His actions spoke more than any words ever could have done. So, what say you? As a reader, must the hero whisper the words “I love you” for completion or is the phrase highly overrated? And not the tacked on kind where the hero/heroine say I love you and you’re left trying to figure when that actually happened.
by Avid Reader on 07.01.2009
Remember Theresa Weir, the romance writer? Who wrote some of my favorite stories like Amazon Lilly, American Dreamer and Cool Shade? She also writes very good suspense under the name of Anne Frasier, too (Play Dead, Sleep Tight, Pale Immortal).
The Replacement by Anne Frasier: Paranormal Short Story
I recently read THE REPLACEMENT (Kindle version, $1.00 and Scribd). As short as this story is and according to the page count on my Kindle app - 22 pages, this was seriously good but short. Too short. [click to continue…]
by Avid Reader on 06.29.2009
The Pusher by Ed McBain (who also wrote as Evan Hunter) is the third book in the 87th Precinct series. The series is told in third person and has a large cast and diverse set of characters. In the afterword, the author sums up the premise of the series saying it is about the “conglomerate hero in a mythical city.”
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“There are, to be truthful, a lot of troubles with murder — but there’s one in particular.
It gets to be a habit.”
“The Pusher” like the others in this series, is set in the fictional city of Isola. A high ranking cop learns an ugly truth about his son and finds himself compromising his job and his principles to protect him.
Detective Lieutenant Peter Byrnes gets a call from an anonymous stranger who tells him that his son is a junkie. Like most hardworking cops, Byrnes hasn’t been around his family much. His wife Harriet has always understood the demands of his job and knows that she is a cop’s wife. [click to continue…]
by Avid Reader on 06.28.2009
Via MangaBlog, the New York Times has posted it’s bestselling graphic novels for the week of June 20th. Not a whole lot of surprises there but I am very interested in Grant Morrison’s work. I enjoyed his breathing new life into Superman in “All-Star Superman” but haven’t tried anymore of his work. Will have to rectify that as his latest from DC Comics, “Final Crisis” sits at the top of the bestseller list for hardcovers. Other titles not mentioned in the article but are worth reading: Vampire Knight, Real, Blood Alone, Vagabond and Monster, to name a few.
by Avid Reader on 06.26.2009
I’d recently read Gear Diary’s article titled, DRM Rears It’s Ugly Head and It is Ugly which serves to remind us all that as consumers we are cut off at the knees when it comes to dealing with DRM. I’ve run into it myself and from my experience with it, DRM leaves readers feeling shafted. It sucks.
The only way to work around dealing with DRM is to buy non-secured ebooks or break the law and strip it off yourself. Google is your friend. But remember, most of your favorite authors rarely, if ever, release new ebooks in a non-secure format. [click to continue…]
by Avid Reader on 06.22.2009
Ran across Blood Work yesterday afternoon and started rereading it after I went looking for another book in my library. I just started flipping through pages and decided to do a quick reread. I’d read BLOOD WORK a few years ago and enjoyed it fully. In fact, this is _the_ novel that got me hooked on Michael Connelly’s work. [click to continue…]
by Avid Reader on 06.20.2009
This is Senetra’s TBR challenge review. I was remiss in posting it on Wednesday due to real life events monopolizing my time but here it is folks.
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The book I pulled out of my TBR pile for this month is , one of my favorite Kimani authors. It’s an Arabesque novel, a line that was first published by Kensington, then bought by BET, then sold to Harlequin and now published under Kimani Press.
I mention this because this book is one of a connected series that has been been continued through all the sales of the line, and might have different publishers listed. The families involved are the Deverauxs, Cochrans, and maybe some Argonnes, but I can’t say for certain because I haven’t read all the books yet. That said, there are A LOT of people in and out of the story. Some had their stories previously, some will have their stories, and since I’ve read out of order, I’m not always sure who is who, when, or where. [click to continue…]
by Avid Reader on 06.19.2009
I am trying to make the effort to post something new everyday or every other day. Just don’t hold me to it if I happen to lapse a bit, ok? Anyway, as I was sitting at my desk, brainstorming for a new topic, I found myself staring at my Sony Reader and saw that it hadn’t been charged in more than a month. The battery was dead of course from non-usage.
Today, I charged her up because I remembered that I had a book I needed to read on that thing. But you know something? I haven’t been reading on my Sony lately. Why? My cellphone is just so much more convenient. [click to continue…]
