From the monthly archives: May 2008
Title: The Unsung Hero
Author: Suzanne Brockman
Review number: 52
Genre: Romance / Contemporary
Stand Alone/ Series: Series, Troubleshooters book 1
Summary: After a near-fatal head injury, U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti catches a terrifying glimpse of an international terrorist in his New England hometown. When he calls for help, [...]
Title: Undead and Unreturnable
Author: MaryJanice Davidson
Review number: 51
Genre: Chick lit – Vampires
Stand Alone/Series: Book 4 of Queen Betsy Books
Summary:Even the undead celebrate Christmas, and Betsy is in heaven shopping for gifts.
But all is not merry in the mansion. It’s become infested with ghosts—really needy ones [...]
New books and Reviews:
Kresley Cole’s new book, Dark Desires After Dusk came out yesterday and Dear Author has a very in-depth (and mouth watering ) review. I of course, can not wait to read it.
The Good, The Bad and The Unread has reviewed the upcoming Julia Quinn, the Lost Duke of [...]
Title: The Host
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Genre: Science Fiction
Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel
Summary: (From amazon.com)
The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity [...]
Title: Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Author: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Review number: 51
Genre: Young Adult – Historical Fiction
Stand Alone/Series: Stand Alone
Summary: The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the [...]
I recently read and reviewed Meredith Duran’s first book, The Duke of Shadows (reviewed here) and fell in love with both the story and her writing style. The book has received a lot of praise online and it’s still gathering good reviews, the most recent one by Katie [...]
Title: Gabriel’s Ghost
Author: Linnea Sinclair
Genre: Sci-fi Romance
Stand Alone or Series: Book one of a trilogy around the central characters
Summary: (from amazon.com)
After a decade of cruising interstellar patrol ships, former Captain Chasidah Bergren, onetime Pride of the Sixth Fleet, finds herself court-martialed for [...]
This Episode’s Unearthings: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness
Since the recent Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness got me in the mood….
Any horror fan worth their salt has seen The Evil Dead movies. These films, directed by Sam Raimi [...]
Title: Devilish
Author: Jo Beverley
Review number: 49
Genre: Historical Romance – Georgian times
Stand Alone/ Series : Book 5 of the Malloren family series. It can be read as a stand alone but I recommend that you read My lady Notorious first , not only because that is [...]
Title: Undead and Unemployed / Undead and Unappreciated
Author: MaryJanice Davidson
Review Number: 47
Genre: Chick lit/Paranormal
Stand Alone/Series: Books 2 and 3 of Queen Betsy series
Summary:
Undead and Unemployed: Betsy Taylor is back in this sequel to Undead and Unwed. Not willing to [...]
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