First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at I’d Rather Be At The Beach. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'll be sharing the first chapter of Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris. I'll be posting my review as part of the blog tour in April. CHAPTER 1 Clerkenwell, ...
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Mini Review: The Storm King by Brendan Duffy
The Good: Cover - It's one of the most beautiful covers I've seen in a long time. Atmosphere - Greystone Lake is the perfect setting for this book. The atmosphere is picturesque and immediately ominous. Writing - I found Brendan Duffy's writing style to be straightforward and easy to read. It was smart without being pretentious and very descriptive without being flowery. Pacing - For ...
Throwback Thursday: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I’m often distracted by all of the shiny, new books I see every day and don’t make it back to the ones that have been sitting on my shelves. My pick of the the week is: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by ...
Review: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy is a delightfully fresh literary mystery. It was just the thing to get me out of a the little slump I'd been in. I wasn't in the mood for something terribly heavy or terribly morbid. I'm always up for quirky characters. No matter that the quirkiest character was deceased prior to Chapter One. (Of an apparent suicide. In a hot tub. With a string of Christmas ...
February Wrap-Up 2018
IRL Thanks to so many of you who have asked about my Lab, Jerry, and sent us well wishes. He's doing very well and started back on his regular diet of kibble today. He inhaled it in record time so it seems his jaw has healed nicely. He'll get his last melanoma vaccine and some X-rays in a couple of weeks. We had a great vacation in Whistler. The kids love the ski and snowboarding ...
Blog Tour Review: Promise by Minrose Gwin
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Promise by Minrose Gwin! I'm fascinated by stories of the many natural disasters which have occurred throughout history. I had no familiarity with the 1936 tornado that devastated the town of Tupelo, Mississippi so I was very much looking forward to learning about this event in American history. Promise begins in with a very atmospheric, foreboding ...
Throwback Thursday: When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I’m often distracted by all of the shiny, new books I see every day and don’t make it back to the ones that have been sitting on my shelves. My pick of the the week is: When the Moon Was Ours by ...
First Chapter/First Paragraph: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues
First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at I’d Rather Be At The Beach. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'm going to share the first two paragraphs from The Last Equation of Isaac Severy. The mere fact that this book has been mentioned in the same sentence as The ...
Blog Tour and Giveaway: The French Girl by Lexie Elliott
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The French Girl by Lexie Elliott! I love an unreliable narrator and one that come with a whole host of suspect friends is even better! Add an old missing persons case and a newly found body and we have the makings of an engaging read, indeed! This book is somewhat unique in that there are several suspects and they all know one another. They're Oxford ...
Spotlight and Excerpt: The Longest Silence by Debra Webb
Welcome to my stop of the excerpt tour for The Longest Silence! Without further ado, here it is: Chapter Five Milledgeville Wednesday, April 11, 7:50 a.m. Jo reached for her coffee but curled her shaking hand into a fist rather than risk picking up the mug. She wasn’t supposed to come back here. Ever. In fact, she hadn’t set foot in the state of Georgia since she left eighteen years ago. ...
