New Arrival – Poems that Might or Might Not Change Your Life by Charlie Clouse

Okay, I wasn’t lucky enough to have Mr Postman leave me a package three days in a row but three days within a very short amount of time is nothing to complain about!  I must say thank you to Charlie Clouse for providing me with a copy of Poems that Might or Might Not Change [...]

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New Arrival – Crack the Spine Spring 2012

Another present dropped off by the mailman, that’s two days in a row – I must be dreaming!  Nope, not dreaming, I really did receive Crack the Spine Spring 2012, it really is now sitting on my bookshelf with its brothers and sisters.  I must say thank you to the editor, Kerri Farrell Foley for [...]

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New Arrival – Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith

  Oh, joy of joys, the mailman has been!  I just love when he leaves me little packages containing books!  Alison Wonderland travelled far and made it safely to her new home.  I must say thank you to Helen Smith for the new addition to my family – thanks, Helen!   ‘I need some information. [...]

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My Review of Voice by Joseph Garraty

THE BLURB Local rock band Ragman is finally taking off. Stephanie Case’s flamboyant performances and scorching guitar work have started attracting crowds, and singer John Tsiboukas–aka Johnny Tango–is delivering the best performances of his life. After months of playing to dead rooms, it looks like success is at hand. The thing is, there’s something wrong [...]

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New Arrival – In Leah’s Wake by Terri Giuliano Long

Woohoo – Mandy’s happy – the postman’s been and has left a present.  The latest addition to my bookshelves is In Leah’s Wake and to go with that a gorgeous In Leah’s Wake bookmark. Thank you, Terri, for the book and bookmark! The Tylers have a perfect life—beautiful home, established careers, two sweet and talented [...]

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New Arrival – Downburst by Katie Robison

Okay, this is a not so new arrival – it actually arrived a few weeks ago but I have not been online in that time and so have not posted about it. I do so now and must say thank you to Katie Robison for providing me with a copy of Downburst – thanks, Katie! [...]

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My Review of Aris Whittier’s Across Eternity

THE BLURB Born a genius; education, wealth, and prestige came easy to Logan Richards. Actually, there wasn’t much that Logan couldn’t learn or acquire. However, he knew there was more to life than money and power. Logan was determined to find the woman who he’d dreamed of his entire life and know what it was [...]

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My Review of Dave Maine’s ‘The Gamble of the Godless’

THE BLURB Avin del Bors has a problem. His brother Drew has run off to fight in a war against the wolves, even though the wolves weren’t responsible for the vicious attack against the humans on the Free Plains. Avin’s companions—the warrior Ax, one-armed sorcerer Jocen, plucky owl Ulkia, drug-addled cheetah Summon the Wind and [...]

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New Arrival – Pretty Flamingo by Perry Martin

Thank you, Mr Postman, for making your delivery directly to me, No need for me to go to the post office this time, No need to restrain myself in the car from opening the package, This time as soon as I walked through the door the package was all mine! Thank you to Perry Martin [...]

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My Review of Hidden by Shalini Boland

THE BLURB Hidden (Marchwood Vampire Series) is a paranormal romance that spans the centuries from modern England to 19th century Paris and ancient Cappadocia. The novel begins in gritty urban reality, but soon descends into horror, romance and historical adventure. Sixteen-year-old Madison Greene is in foster care until one day she inherits a fortune and [...]

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New Arrival – Beatitude by Larry Closs

Oh the joy to receive the mail, to find that piece of paper which indicates there is something for collection, to drive to the post office, collect and resist opening until arriving home, ripping open the envelope and voila, a new book to add to my collection! Many thanks to Larry Closs for providing me with [...]

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My Review of Bonnie Rozanski’s Six Clicks Away

THE BLURB As miraculous as our wired world may be, everything connected to everything else eventually shows its downside. A rumor, a virus, a financial crisis – these days, they all cascade throughout the world in record time. SIX CLICKS AWAY tells the story of a single ripple through a tangled web, and how one [...]

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New Arrival – Thrown Out: Stories from Exeter by Jennie Coughlin

Another delivery by Mr Postman.  Another happy customer.  Another book finds a new home.  Many thanks to Jennie Coughlin for providing me with a copy of her short stories Thrown Out: Stories from Exeter – thanks, Jennie! Travel to Exeter, Massachusetts, where old grudges, buried secrets and lifetime regrets haunt the residents of this small [...]

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New Arrival – Arctic Fire by Paul Byers

The postman has been and the envelope ripped open to reveal Arctic Fire by Paul Byers.  A big thank you to Paul for providing me with a copy of his work – thanks, Paul!  Wealthy entrepreneur Nigel Cain has devised an efficient new way to bring the earth’s most precious resource – clean water – [...]

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What I Am Reading Now – The Candlestickmaker by Dennis McDougal

Rub a dub dub Three men in a tub And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker The candlestickmaker And all of them lost at sea. Aboard the spy ship U.S.S. Argosy in the war-tossed waters off the coast of Vietnam, three young American sailors form an unlikely bond. Each has fled [...]

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My Review of Pamela Callow’s Indefensible

THE BLURB When Elise Vanderzell plummets from her bedroom balcony one gorgeous summer night, her children awaken to a nightmare. Their mother is dead. Their father is charged with her murder. Lawyer Kate Lange knows all about nightmares. She’s survived the darkest period of her troubled life and the wounds are still raw. Now she’s [...]

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My Review of ‘Letters to Juniper’ by Peggy Tibbetts

THE BLURB “Letters to Juniper” is a gripping story about life inside a Separatist compound during an FBI standoff, from 12-year-old Sarah Smith’s perspective. Sarah Smith doesn’t remember much about her early years. She knows her mother died when she was six, and her father moved her and her younger brother to Northern Idaho. Once [...]

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My Review of Donna Butler’s Clutter

THE BLURB Katrina Reece Warren, affectionately known as Kitty, had the perfect career, followed by a gorgeous wedding and a blissful honeymoon. She and Malcolm, her handsome, successful husband, have only just begun to enjoy life in their exquisite Victorian dream home when tragedy strikes. As her devastating loss causes Kitty to hoard and shut [...]

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My Review of Marina Sbrochi’s Stop Looking for a Husband: Find the Love of Your Life

THE BLURB Stop Looking for a Husband: Find the Love of Your Life bucks the notion that a woman needs a husband to be happy. Ever think the reason the divorce rate is so high is because women have been, taught that life isn’t complete without a husband? We rush into marriage only to discover [...]

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What I Am Reading Now – Clutter by Donna Butler

Katrina Reece Warren, affectionately known as Kitty, had the perfect career, followed by a gorgeous wedding and a blissful honeymoon. She and Malcolm, her handsome, successful husband, have only just begun to enjoy life in their exquisite Victorian dream home when tragedy strikes. As her devastating loss causes Kitty to hoard and shut out those [...]

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