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This month, I chose Scandalizing the Ton by Diana Gaston, an author I have read and enjoyed before. Events from a previous book, The Vanishing Viscountess set up the plot, but it’s not necessary to have read it as an early explanation is made.
Lydia, Lady Wexin is very recently widowed and due to the scandalous circumstances surrounding her […]
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THE HUNGER GAMES (2008 Scholastic) by Suzanne Collins is a YA novel, available in hardcover for list price of $17.99. There are two digital copies available from B&N (Nook) and Amazon (Kindle) for $9.00 at the time of this writing.
THE HUNGER GAMES is the first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. The story centers around a futuristic […]
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Shift is the penultimate book in the Shifter series by Rachel Vincent. The action picks up shortly after the events of the previous book; the Sanders Pride is still banged up from and in mourning from the attack and its aftermath.
Pride council member Paul Blackwell has arrived to ask that the Pride […]
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The Little Death [2010] by PJ Parrish is apart of an ongoing mystery series featuring private detective Louis Kincaid and the story is set in Florida. Out of maybe 8 or 9 titles by the writing team that make up the PJ Parrish pseudonym of Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichol there are only three titles available digitally. […]
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I Know It’s Over by C. K. Kelly Martin (Random House 2008), listed $7.99 for paperback with 272 pages, and is currently available as an ebook with the lowest price of $6.39 at both Amazon (Kindle) and Barnes and Noble (Nook). This was yet another impulsive purchase that I actually finished this time.
I Know It’s Over is […]
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage 2009) by Stieg Larrson (author) and Reg Keeland (translator) is the first book in the Millennium Trilogy, set in Sweden.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was the biggest bestseller last year. The original, Swedish title was “Män som hatar kvinnor” which translates to “Men That Hate […]
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Mission Flats (Dell 2003) by William Landay is a crime fiction novel that I read and enjoyed several years ago. I recommended this book to Maili some time back and asked her if she read it, would she mind doing a review for me? So, here we are…enjoy.
Missions Flats opens with the narrator’s vivid description of a pregnant woman […]
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Continue Reading ES Eternal Sabbath (Del Rey 2006) written by Fuyumi Soryo (Mars), paperback, 240 pgs, list price $10.95. Rated OT for older teens +16. Story completed at 8 volumes and are currently available. This author also wrote Mars.
Wow, this is a fascinating story about human experimentation gone awry. Ryousuke Akiba, the main protagonist, is a hacker. He’s a genetically […]
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Continue ReadingManhunting (1993) by Jennifer Crusie, 288 pages, list price: $6.99 (B&N). That cover is of a reprint. I have in my hands the original, Harlequin Temptation #463 from September 1993. Just what is up with boxer shorts on the cover,huh?
Crusie’s contemporary romances are quite good. I say that only because I’ve had success with quite a few of […]
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Continue ReadingŌoku: The Inner Chambers(Viz Signature 2009) is written & illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga, 205 pages, paperback, rated M for mature audiences (18+ for explicit content). Fact: the author has been nominated for the Eisner award in 2008 for best writer and artist. This review covers volume 1 in a planned 10 volume series.
I first read about this […]
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Continue Reading Nemi Vol.3 by Lise Myhre (Titan Books 2009) is a collection of comic strips featuring Nemi Montoya and her misadventures in dating and life in general.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this! Supposedly, Nemi’s very popular comic back in Norway and I can understand why. Her deadpan, often witty humor is very dry and […]
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Continue ReadingThe Ghosts of Belfast (Soho Crime 2009) by Stuart Neville which is also known as “The Twelve” in the UK, is the first in a brand new series set post-Troubles.
Mr. Neville’s Irish crime novel debut has been praised all over the place and there’s a reason for that. The novel is well plotted, taut with tension […]
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Continue ReadingIkigami: The Ultimate Limit (vol.3) (Viz Media Sig 2009) is written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. This series is taking off nicely, I must say. Are you interested in a story arc about government sponsored murder? Where random citizens are selected to die between the ages of 18 and 24 for the better good of humanity?
In “Ikigami: […]
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