Book Reviews and a Little More…
In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil deeds. . . particularly because, on occasion, he commits them himself. But Dexter’s happy existence is turned upside down when he is called to an unusually disturbing crime scene at the university campus. Dexter’s Dark Passenger – mastermind of his homicidal prowess – immediately senses something chillingly recognizable and goes into hiding.
Read moreI can only handle a challenge being shoved before my eyes so many times before I cave and join in! The 999 Challenge is both on LibraryThing and on its own blog, and it’s a doozy! The rules are simple: Read 9 books in 9 different categories, all read in 2009. For an added challenge, try completing your books by 9/9/09! You pick the categories
Read moreI’m a day late here, but I figured that if I didn’t post today, I wouldn’t post another Sunday Salon until after Christmas! So here I am. Reading has been slow in these parts. I’m a little over halfway through The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry, and I’m really hoping to get it finished before Sunday, when we leave for my parents’ house for Christmas.
Read moreLuther and Nora Krank are fed up with the chaos of Christmas. The endless shopping lists, the frenzied dashes through the mall, the hassle of decorating the tree… where has all the joy gone? This year, celebrating seems like too much effort. With their only child off in Peru, they decide that just this once, they’ll skip the holidays. They spend their Christmas budget on a Caribbean cruise set to sail on December 25, and happily settle in for a restful holiday season free of rooftop snowmen and festive parties.
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