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Big Books for Summer

tellhistory wrote 1 week ago: I mean big as in heavy books to lug to the beach this summer. I wrote earlier about oral history boo … more »

Tags: Dayton, History, Photography, Prince Edward Island, Reading, Acadian, charney, erdrich, Faragher

Two crime chick mysteries

fossettes wrote 1 week ago: Here’s another short and sweet book review. Not much of a review, really, just an appreciation … more »

Tags: Book Reviews, Serials, Janet Evanovich, Stephanie Plum

Two by Ed McBain

fossettes wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been going through, like, five books a week since The Boy was born, so I thought I could … more »

Tags: Book Reviews, 87th Precinct, Serials

Guilty Pleasures

sparrow89 wrote 2 weeks ago: Ok, there are a lot. I mean, I could go on and on about ‘em.  I am addicted to reading Joan H … more »

Tags: Fun, Murder She Wrote, 80's music

Murder at Hotel Cinema is out!

danieledwardcraig wrote 1 month ago: The moment you’ve been waiting for! (or at least I have). To purchase Murder at Hotel Cinema v … more »

Tags: Hotels, HOTEL MANAGEMENT, Vancouver, whodunit

dressing and describing a character1 comment

ebebee wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes the character descriptions are my favorite parts of novels.  They often seem more vibrant … more »

Tags: Casual Reading, Books, character description, Gladys Mitchell, Mrs. Bradley, Novels, Reading, The Dancing Druids, writing

Reading While Sick

bookgoddess wrote 2 months ago: I’ve had several nasty colds recently, which is pretty unusual for me.  One of the few good p … more »

Tags: Authors, Books, Fiction, Literature, readers, Reading, Denise Mina, Glass Devil, Harlan Coben

Things you can do with an English major: write stuff1 comment

elrambo wrote 2 months ago: That is, write stuff people might actually want to read, as opposed to that highfalutin lit’ra … more »

Tags: English major, Life, Literature, pop culture, Students, English Majors, Jobs, Writers

One for the Money2 comments

T Y wrote 3 months ago: I don’t know why I insist on having blogger’s block when a quick glance at my Reading Ch … more »

Tags: Book Blogs, Books, Culture, Literature, Life, Personal, Fiction, Humor, Janet Evanovich

A New Blog

jeanlauzier wrote 3 months ago: Here’s to new blogs!  This is going to be my writing blog.  I’ll write about rejection … more »

Tags: netwo, Jean Lauzier, Dark Descent, plot bunnies

Veddy British, Ms. Allingham

Ned Raggett wrote 4 months ago: So as muttered some posts ago, I’d recently checked out two books by Margery Allingham featuri … more »

Tags: Books, Margery Allingham, British Mysteries, albert campion, the beckoning lady, more work for the undertaker

Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben1 comment

jachism wrote 4 months ago: Sports agent Myron Bolitar is about to land the biggest deal of his career. His star client, Christi … more »

Tags: Book Reviews, Harlan Coben, Deal Breaker, Myron Bolitar

The Things Cats Do10 comments

diddums wrote 5 months ago: I began Brother Odd by Dean Koontz at lunchtime yesterday, and was completely hooked from page 3 onw … more »

Tags: Books, TV and Films, My Cats, fantasy and science fiction, kittens, feline antics, boredom, dean koontz, Thrillers

Melanie Wells Interview

jachism wrote 5 months ago: Thanks so much to Melanie Wells for taking time to answer my questions! Her new book, My Soul to Kee … more »

Tags: interviews, Melanie Wells Interview, Author Interviews, Melaine Wells, Books, suspense novels, Christian Ficiton

Mystery Novels - Buying Online

pageturner214 wrote 5 months ago: I am always on the lookout for good sites to buy my thriller, suspense and mystery novels - new and … more »

From The Liar's Diary, by Patry Francis2 comments

koreanish wrote 5 months ago: There was so much talk about the new music teacher that her coming was almost anticlimactic. However … more »

Tags: Writers, Novels, writing, blogs, fiction break, online book tour

Quick Recommendation

Paul White wrote 6 months ago: Normally I don’t presume to tell people what they should read.  That’s like telling som … more »

Tags: People, Boston, Books, Dennis Lehane, Dorchester

Making a killing with murder7 comments

susanwiggs wrote 7 months ago: Today’s guest blog is by a wonderful author and friend, Wendy Roberts:   When people fir … more »

Tags: Books, Fiction, Libraries, Publishing, Reading, writing

Hard boiled wonderland.3 comments

flann4 wrote 8 months ago: Read a few good literary crime novels lately. Kate Atkinson’s One Good Turn and Karin Fossum … more »

Tags: Books, writing, Chelsea Cain, Crime Fiction, genre fiction, Hannibal, James Ellroy, James Lee Burke, karin fossum