TV Review: SMASH
February 2, 2012 – 10:05 pm | 7 Comments

Yeah, yeah, it’s exec produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, has big musical numbers…but is it any good? Well, it’s technically impressive, but after finishing the pilot episode of Smash (premiering Monday, …

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Winners of Elvis Cole Detective Agency Business Cards
February 2, 2012 – 12:12 am | 7 Comments
Winners of Elvis Cole Detective Agency Business Cards

I entered everyone’s names into Random.org and it selected the following 5 to receive an Elvis Cole Detective Agency business card signed by Elvis’s and Joe Pike’s creator, Robert Crais:
Rich Miner
Shell Sherree
Kelly V
Paulette
Rhonda Hicks

Congrats! Please …

World Book Night 2012
February 1, 2012 – 8:56 am | 3 Comments
World Book Night 2012

You’ve probably heard/read a lot about the World Book Night that’s happening on April 23. It’s an event involving volunteer givers who will go out into their communities and give away 20 copies of a …

Book Review: THE RETRIBUTION by Val McDermid
January 30, 2012 – 9:20 pm | 5 Comments
Book Review: THE RETRIBUTION by Val McDermid

This originally ran in Shelf Awareness and is reprinted here with permission.
For her seventh thriller featuring profiler Dr. Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan, Val McDermid unleases not one but two serial killers. …

PCN’s Banished Words
January 26, 2012 – 10:06 pm | 39 Comments
PCN’s Banished Words

At the start of the year, Lake Superior State University published its annual list of words and phrases it feels should be banished. I perused the list and found that several are not that offensive. …

TAKEN by Robert Crais: Q&A and Giveaway
January 23, 2012 – 2:24 am | 47 Comments
TAKEN by Robert Crais: Q&A and Giveaway

Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate it! Today is the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, which sounds like it should be my year but it’s not. I’m actually Year of the …

Book Review: RAYLAN by Elmore Leonard
January 10, 2012 – 6:36 pm | 6 Comments
Book Review: RAYLAN by Elmore Leonard

This review is by contributor Eric Edwards, a cowboy in his own way.—PCN
Raylan Givens, a U.S. Marshal whose no-nonsense way of upholding the law is viewed by his higher-ups as too reminiscent of the Old …

Reading Challenge for January
January 3, 2012 – 2:27 pm | 13 Comments
Reading Challenge for January

I never sign up for reading challenges because I’m pretty sure I will fail. Not that I’m afraid of failing (you should’ve seen me bowling last week!), but it stresses me out trying to keep …

Snapshot of a Nerdy Mind
January 2, 2012 – 9:55 pm | 10 Comments
Snapshot of a Nerdy Mind

I sat down this morning to write a new blog post, but kept getting distracted throughout the day by things I had to do after returning home from a two-week trip. Oh, who am I …

Favorite Books and Movies of 2011
December 31, 2011 – 12:47 am | 13 Comments
Favorite Books and Movies of 2011

I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth, just traveling still and wrapping up my magical, mystery tour. During the past two weeks, I’ve often been uncertain of what day it was, but I’m …

I’ve been TAKEN
December 6, 2011 – 5:35 pm | 12 Comments
I’ve been TAKEN

If my blog activity slows down a bit in the next week or so, it may not be due to my crazy-ass work schedule or Christmas shopping. After all, Christmas came early this year.
No, I …

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