I read a lot of books as I review books for an indie bookstore in SLC, Utah. I'm also a writer. The Mary Mac trilogy is out now.
The Nikki Doyle trilogy (Rollover, Thunderball and Ms. Scarlett) can also be found at your local indie. Excalibur - the Nikki/Mary crossover was just published.
N.B My blurbs give you just a taste of the plot. Reviews are a pretty subjective matter but the books you'll find here are books I have read and loved.
Oct 28, 2012
The Ghostman commeth
Oct 24, 2012
The reason I'm not doing Nano this year...
Today I’m concentrating on Tball
Oh and one more thing.Many congratulations to Chris and Jo Ewan on the birth of their little girl Jessica! I'm dying to read Safe House but will have to wait until November.
Thoughts on ‘Seduction’
She said, “you don’t actually believe in that stuff do you?”
That stuff being reincarnation. I told her I didn’t disbelieve it, and that after reading ‘fragrances’ I’d gone on to read about the perfumer’s art, the new bio of Cleopatra, several books based in France, what I now refer to as a book cascade.
So the book cascade from Seduction? So far it includes other works by Victor Hugo or a biography of the man and Celtic Myths and legends from the Isle of Jersey.
Oct 15, 2012
Monday roundup
I also read an arc of Sweet Tooth by McEwan, loved it. Especially fond of the descriptions of civil servants during the 70's muffled up in coats, hats and mitten while running secret agents. Having been a junior civil servant, (Inland Revenue, we called it International Rescue) and working in a drafty old building that was once used to house mental patients I can relate to some of those scenes. And look out for Millie Trimmington-nice pun.
Have set myself the target of ten pages of Tball today so I'd better get cracking.
Oct 1, 2012
Phantom, Jo Nesbo
Oslo hasn’t changed for the better, there’s a new drug on the streets known as ‘Violin’. Oleg, the closest thing Harry has to a son has admitted to shooting a dealer, and Harry wants to know the truth. His investigation into burners, ukranians, mules and killers with long sharp knives leads Harry to a showdown, maybe his last.
Stonemouth, Iain Banks
Now Stuart’s back, just for the weekend mind and he had to get permission from the head of the Murston gang just for that. He’s here for a funeral, hopefully not his own.
The Woman Who Died A Lot, Jasper Fforde
This isn’t as cushy a job as it sounds> For starters she’s got to deal with homicidal nuns (some of them male!), death threats from Jolly Hilly of the Enid Blyton supporters group, a mega budget of 300 pounds and 67 p and the threat of being replaced by an army of Goliath financed Thursday clones (known as day players).
Oh, and Swindon is due for a serious smiting at the end of the week from a very ticked-off deity. To top it all off Thursday gets involved in the search for DRM or Dark Reading Matter. Regular Fforde lovers will lap this up, if you’re new to Thursday’s adventures, start with The Eyre Affair.