A book review blog. Updated sporadically as my reading record of late has been abysmal.
All reviews are written by me and are my personal views only. Comments welcome.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Comes with 2 subwoofers
My friend Sally sent me this and I found it too cute not to share.
I polish off Elmore Leonard
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*I*'ve always hated one kind of self-consciousness in crime stories: the
kind that has characters and narrators saying, "It was a foggy day, just
like a de...
Review: THE NOBODIES ALBUM, Carolyn Parkhurst
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- published Sceptre 2010
- ISBN 978-0-340-97815-3
- 312 pages
- Source: my local library
*Synopsis* (Amazon)
Bestselling novelist Octavia...
Review: THE POTTER’S FIELD by Andrea Camilleri
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Although I haven’t read all the books in this series I have read enough of
them to both know what to expect when opening the front cover of a new one
and t...
Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Murder Ink, Revised
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In June 1972, Dilys Winn opened the first specialty bookstore devoted to
mysteries and crime fiction. Titled Murder Ink, the store stood on its
original sp...
Forgotten Book - Dead Man's Watch
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My Forgotten Book today is one that was the subject of a very interesting
review not long ago on that marvellous blog Pretty Sinister Books. It is Dead
Man...
Different Kind of Romance
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A while ago, I interviewed my readers for a change, and my final question
was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I
got som...
Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
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Kindle edition, published by Mulholland Books, 2011.
Mulholland now has 9 of Jim Thompson's available as e-books and they intend
to make 25 of Thompson'...
L'IMPICATO
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Amici*
Just when you thought it was safe to go on Holiday, four madmen invade the
beautiful country of Italy... yes, myself, Allan Guthrie, Victor Gischler...
Out and about.
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You know, something that really disappointed me about Canada was the
complete lack of anyone saying, "Oot and aboot."* Nor did anyone have big
flappy hea...
Hiatus
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The post explaining it all is here, but this is the short version: I started a new gig as the News Editor for Publishers Marketplace, the first time I have h...
Petrona has moved
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This blog, and its associated archive of book reviews, has moved. Please do visit the new Petrona, and adjust your bookmark or RSS feed accordingly. Thank yo...
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