Tag Archive | book review
COME, SWEET DEATH! Funny, Full of Suspense
Originally posted on BookPeople:
? (This review was first posted on the MysteryPeople blog.) Come, Sweet Death! by Wolf Haas Reviewed by Andrew H. Wolf Haas has a voice to be reckoned with. His series of novels starring Detective Brenner is already wildly popular in his native Austria and in Germany, and it is only a…
Happy Fourth! & Take Me Tomorrow News
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
This is one of those rare posts where my announcements are not separated from my post, and you’ll see why below: Happy Fourth of July for everyone who is celebrating today! The past two Independence Days, I talked about how important the holiday is for The Timely Death Trilogy.…
Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
Originally posted on Saturday Night's Alright for Writing:
Title: Burn Bright Series: Night Creatures #1 Author: Marianne de Pierres Published by: Random House Australia on 1 March 2011 Genre: YA, fantasy, dystopia Length: 316 pages Rating: 3.5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Bookworld (ebook) | Dymocks Plot Summary: Retra doesn’t want to go to…
Bookseller Review: CATALOGING THE WORLD
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age by Alex Wright Reviewed by Jan Alex Wright channels his inner James Gleick here and offers us a compelling biography, not only of an important forerunner to information science, but a brief biography of the birth of the Web and…
Top Shelf in July: CALIFORNIA by Edan Lepucki
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Y’all might recognize this month’s Top Shelf pick from The Colbert Report (and from recent posts right here on this very blog). California by Edan Lepucki is a debut post-apocalyptic novel coming out this month from Hachette Book Group, a publisher locked in a highly publicized struggle with an online retailer that has resulted in restricted…