Book Reviews and a Little More…
So did I mention that I’ve officially decided to participate in the 24 Hour Read-a-Thon? This will be my first Read-a-Thon, so I have no expectations. It’s on October 24th, which is the perfect Saturday for it to fall on. There’s no VT football game that weekend, and the trip we were originally planning to Baltimore is happening the next weekend instead. The timing couldn’t
Read moreHER ONLY OPTION IS DEATH
Sue Quentin has reached the end of her rope-she’s desperate, and there’s only one way out. Her plan doesn’t include falling for Tony, the mysterious hit man she hires. He listens when she speaks and somehow convinces her that maybe her problems aren’t entirely insurmountable. He even thinks her little potbelly is sexy. So he’s a werewolf–everyone has flaws!
Sue enjoys being coddled by Tony, and, for his part, Tony likes the way Sue moans when he touches her. She begins to think she and Tony might have a shot at a future together, despite his unorthodox profession . . . and even though she doesn’t know his real name.
But when Tony’s enemies-not all of whom are fully human-decide Sue makes a perfect target, will Tony risk letting his darker side out during the day to save her?
Read moreHey, it’s a brand new challenge brought to us by S. Krishna! This challenge is all about reading your own books. In particular, anything that wasn’t received as a review copy! Here are the details: When? This challenge will run from October 1, 2009 – November 30, 2009. This means that it does coincide with Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon, and any books that qualify for
Read moreInspector Erlendur returns in this gripping Icelandic thriller When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of ReykjavÃk, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. Was the skeleton a man or a woman, a victim or a killer, and is this a simple case of murder or a long-concealed act of justice? As Erlendur tries to crack this cold case, he must also save his drug-addicted daughter from self destruction and somehow glue his hopelessly fractured family back together.
Like the chilly Nordic mysteries of Henning Mankell and Karen Fossum, Arnaldur Indridason delivers a stark police procedural full of humanity and pathos, a classic noir from a very cold place.