When I heard Linda Castillo had another Kate Burkholder thriller up her sleeve, I knew I had to read it. Pray for Silence, her debut novel, was such a delightful surprise for me. Before that I hadn’t read many thrillers and decided if I ever needed pulled out a book slump that a thriller would [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Giveaway’
June 10, 2010
The Last Bridge Winner!
Thanks to my trusty spreadsheet to count all the comments and tweets and random.org, we have a winner for Teri Coyne’s The Last Bridge! Congrats to Courtney S! I will be emailing you shortly.
March 7, 2010
Review – Government Girl
This book too me forever to finish. Maybe it was that it was an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) and I owned it, I’m not sure. Usually the deadline of a library helps me get a book moving along if it’s feeling a bit like work. Either way, there were a thousand other things that interested [...]
September 18, 2009
Review — Sworn to Silence
Wow. I don’t read thrillers, but Linda Castillo has tempted me to start. I won this book on a GoodReads Giveaway and it sat around for a little while as I finished a few others. Big mistake. I should have bumped it to the top of the stack as soon as the mailman dropped it [...]
September 3, 2009
Review – Moonlight in Odessa
Moonlight in Odessa is really a novel in two halves. Promised as: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian meets Desperate Housewives in this exploration of the booming business of Russian e-mail-order brides, an industry where love and marriage collide with sex and commerce. But the overall picture fell a bit short for my tastes. The [...]
July 31, 2009
Adding to the pile
Two more new release reviews are coming soon, book lovers. I’ve been picked twice this week twice, which makes me think I should try a lottery ticket. I’m not going to test my luck, though; I think I’d rather spend my money on books. They are a guaranteed adventure. Below are the blurbs from GoodReads. [...]
July 28, 2009
Review – The Last Bridge
Teri Coyne’s debut novel is not at all what I expected. If I’d seen the book on the shelf at the store, I would probably not have picked it up. I preferred the cover art on the pre-sale version over the hardback. While the novel was a page turner, it was not at all similar [...]
July 17, 2009
Advanced Reader Copies
I don’t think I will ever tire of getting pre-sale books to review. If I do, come on over and slug me. The Last Bridge came in the mail this week. I hope to start it this weekend. For more information, check out TheLastBridgeBook.com
July 11, 2009
Review – After You
I finished After You and it was not what I expected. Though I would still classify it somewhat as chick-lit or a beach read or whatever you call it (I don’t fancy my husband will pick this one up anytime soon) it had more depth than the usual by a female about a female for [...]
July 5, 2009
Lucky
I am one lucky gal. I won another GoodReads FirstReads book. There’s nothing like opening your email to see that little gem first thing in the morning. It makes the annoyance of the electronic bills go away instantly! After You by Julie Buxbaum The complexities of a friendship. The unexplored doubts of a marriage. And [...]
