Article Archive for July 2012
Book Review & Giveaway: CRIMINAL by Karin Slaughter
I originally reviewed this for Shelf Awareness for Readers, and am reprinting it here with permission.
Fans of Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series know that his boss at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Amanda Wagner, is …
First Impressions 7.27.12
I hope you all have had a good week. I was out of town, though not on vacation, and in a mostly no-Wi-Fi area. It’s good to unplug once in a while, but it’s also …
Book Review: THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I originally reviewed this for Shelf Awareness for Readers, and am reprinting it here with permission.
Fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s Cemetery of Forgotten Books series finally have another installment to enjoy with The Prisoner of Heaven, …
How Much Do Book Covers Matter?
I saw this beautiful cover for Michael Frayn’s book, Skios, this morning and was immediately attracted to it.
My trip to the Greek islands remains my favorite so far, and I have fond memories of the …
First Impressions: PULP INK 2 Anthology
I thought I’d do something different this week. Instead of featuring three openers from three books, I decided to post the openers of three short stories from a recently released crime fiction anthology called Pulp …
First Impressions: Flashback Edition
Couldn’t find three hard-hitting openers among the ARCs I received this week, so I thought I’d take a look back at some older favorites. I wanted to feature authors whose work you may not have …
Movie Review: SAVAGES
If you’ve seen Oliver Stone’s U-Turn or Natural Born Killers, and/or have read the Don Winslow novel on which this movie is based, Savages is pretty much what you’d expect it to be—violent, in your …
Book Review: THE KINGS OF COOL by Don Winslow
My review appeared in Shelf Awareness for Readers last week and is reprinted here with permission.
After Savages became a breakout hit and Hollywood movie (directed by Oliver Stone, out July 6), Don Winslow is back …
Book Review: THE NIGHTMARE by Lars Kepler
Because I was light on posts last week, it probably looked like I was slacking off, but I was actually experiencing pop culture overload. I did a marathon of the entire first season of Homeland …
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