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Showing posts with label Support Your Local Library. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Pianist in the Dark: Review

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Based on the true story of Maria-Theresa von Paradis, the only daughter of the secretary of the empress of Austria, and her interactions wi...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Death of an Englishman: Review

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Chosen originally as an "N" author for the A-Z Mystery Author Challenge, Death of an Englishman by Magdalen Nabb will also come i...
Friday, September 23, 2011

March Violets: Review

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I disc overed March Violets by Philip Kerr when I was looking for a mystery either set in Germany or written b y a German author for the Cr...
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

The Final Solution: Review

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Billed as a "suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that reimagines the classic nineteenth-century detective story" and set with ...

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin: Review

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George Orr is afraid to dream. He has discovered that he has what he calls effective dreams. His dreams can change things. That pesky Au...
Monday, September 12, 2011

The Quality of Mercy: Review

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The story begins in Vienna just before Hitler and his gang seize Austria. Verity is a journalist and has been in Vienna trying to report...
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Friday, September 9, 2011

Deadly Reunion: Review

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Well...that was one of my more disappointing impulse grabs from the library's new arrival shelves. When I read the blurb for Geraldi...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain: Review

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In Inspector DeKok's line of work, death is routine. After all, he works in the homicide section of the police department. But enco...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Shatterday: Review

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It's funny where a book journey can take you. Back in June, I signed up for the Follow That Blurb Reading Challenge. In short, we we...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Random Walk: Review

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Random Walk by Lawrence Block is another stop on my Follow That Blurb Reading Challenge journey. Originally written in 1987, this book is...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

No Body: Review

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No Body by Nancy Pickard is a fun and funny mystery that I picked up as part of my Follow That Blurb Challenge journey. This is the third...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Prop: Review

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Peeky Kane plays poker for a living. She's pretty good at it. She has learned to read what a player will do based on the twitch of an...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Heartless: Review

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Heartless is the latest in Gail Carriger's series starring Lady Alexia Maccon, formerly Alexia Tarabotti. She is a preternatural--bo...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Bone Harvest: Review

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Bone Harvest by Mary Logue is a bit more of a thriller than I usually read...it's also American and more recent. But I'm very gla...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

The Mystery of the Third Lucretia: Review

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I got onto The Mystery of the Third Lucretia by Susan Runholt courtesy of the Follow That Blurb Reading Challenge . This is a middle grad...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Case of the Deceiving Don: Review

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Much like another reviewer on Goodreads, I first got interested in this one because I thought perhaps the "don" in the title refe...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Roseanna: Review

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Not too long ago I read my first Martin Beck book by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö -- T he Man on the Balcony . That book was a little intens...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Hot & Bothered: Review

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Thanks to the Follow That Blurb Reading Challenge I have discovered a new academic mystery series starring tenured professor Bel Barrett a...
Monday, July 4, 2011

The Herring in the Library: Review

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Ethelred and Elsie are at it again--this time taking their sleuthing skills to the old country manor house and investigating The Herring in...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

The Last Matryoshka: Review

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I picked up The Last Matryoshka by Joyce Yarrow purely because her last name starts with a "Y" and I needed a "Y" myst...