• Magic day

    There’s something magic about the solstice and on top of that, a full moon, too. For me, it’s all stirred into the fact that today is my birthday. I don’t have big plans. Mostly to write and to catch up…

  • Book Reviews: The Good and the Not So Good

    Both of these books came from Netgalley. First, the good. I’ve read some Janet Evanovich before, but I’m not a regular reader. I have enjoyed her stuff, though, and I thought Curious Minds, by Evanovich and Phoef Sutton, sounded fun.…

  • Book review: Black Irish by Stephan Talty

    Black Irish by Stephan Talty. I saw this book on some website or other and it looked good, so I bought it. It’s a really excellent thriller. The basic premise is that Abbie Kearney, a police detective in Buffalo, NY,…

  • Not entirely a book review, but it is

    I just finished the third book in Lisa Shearin’s SPI files. They are so fun. I read the first one, The Grendel Affair, when it first came out. I bought the second, The Dragon Conspiracy, and then somehow forgot about…

  • Book review: Cold Girl by R. M. Greenaway

    I received this book from Netgalley. I just finished R.M. Greenaway’s Cold Girl. This is a mystery and a police procedural. It revolves around a disappearance–what happened to the pretty singer of a local up-and-coming Canadian band? The main characters…

  • Book Review: The Seventh Bride, T. Kingfisher

    I received this book from Netgalley. Wow. I mean, wow. The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher (aka Ursula Vernon) is stunning. So freaking good. I’ve read three books so far this year that I think deserve big awards and this…

  • Book Review: Kill Box

    I received this book from NetGalley. Kill Box is a Thriller by Nichole Christoff. Today we’re starting with the description: Hardworking Jamie Sinclair can’t wait for the weekend. She plans to be off the clock and on the road to…