Category: Book Log

  • 2011 Book Log #42: Moving Target, by Elizabeth Lowell

    2011 Book Log #42: Moving Target, by Elizabeth Lowell

    My rating: 4 of 5 stars Moving Target, the first of her Rarities Unlimited series, is perhaps my favorite of all of Elizabeth Lowell’s books. Not because she does anything hugely different in this book that she does from the rest of them, mind you–but more because she happens in this one to mix all…

  • 2011 Book Log #41: The Secret Sister, by Elizabeth Lowell

    2011 Book Log #41: The Secret Sister, by Elizabeth Lowell

    My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Secret Sister, published under the name of Elizabeth Lowell, is a reworked version of a novel called The Secret Sisters, published under the name of Ann Maxwell. I haven’t read the original version, but I can safely say that the Lowell version is an acceptable little romantic suspense…

  • 2012 Book Log #4: Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier

    2012 Book Log #4: Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier

    My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you’re a fan of old-school romantic suspense, then you cannot go wrong at all with Daphne du Maurier. Especially if you pick up Rebecca, which I was very pleased to finally do. Many of the elements in this book are classically Gothic: the innocent young new bride, the…

  • 2012 Book Log #3: Dreadful Skin, by Cherie Priest

    2012 Book Log #3: Dreadful Skin, by Cherie Priest

    My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you like werewolves, and you like the Old West, then Cherie Priest’s short story collection Dreadful Skin is a decent way to spend your time. We’ve got three interconnected stories here, featuring the werewolf Jack Gabert and the woman who hunts him, Eileen Callaghan, an Irish ex-nun who’s…

  • 2011 Book Log #40: Silver Phoenix, by Cindy Pon

    2011 Book Log #40: Silver Phoenix, by Cindy Pon

    My rating: 1 of 5 stars I heard about Silver Phoenix as yet another example of a trend that bothers the hell out of me: putting white faces on the covers of books that are not about white people. Thus, I wanted to give this book a bit of support. But, given that Cindy Pon…

  • 2012 Book Log #2: Midnight Bayou, by Nora Roberts

    2012 Book Log #2: Midnight Bayou, by Nora Roberts

    My rating: 2 of 5 stars Nora Roberts, my main go-to author for formulaic but nonetheless entertaining romance and romantic suspense, holds that position for a few strong reasons. And among the strongest is that every so often, she does actually try to break out of formula. With Midnight Bayou, she delivers a rare oddity…

  • 2012 Book Log #1: Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal

    2012 Book Log #1: Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal

    My rating: 3 of 5 stars My first book of 2012 is a good strong start: Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey, which I’ve been meaning to read for some time. Much has been made over this novel being the “fantasy novel Jane Austen would have written”, and to an extent, I do…

  • 2011 Book Log #39: Whirlpool, by Elizabeth Lowell

    2011 Book Log #39: Whirlpool, by Elizabeth Lowell

    My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’ve posted before about my affection for Elizabeth Lowell’s books, formulaic though they are. Whirlpool is no exception, though it’s an earlier example of a formula she’s used to better effect in more recent books: i.e., an independently operating agency out to recover a Valuable Shiny Thing, a hero…

  • Last book roundup of 2010

    Last book roundup of 2010

    I’ve been wrestling with a cold the last few days, but today I finally got to the point where I was able to head out and do some errands. Among these was a run to Third Place to drop off several books that got nominated for the Return and Re-Buy as Ebooks list, which snagged…

  • YAY more ebooks!

    YAY more ebooks!

    Because I got a bonus on this paycheck, doncha know. And because I wanted to hit a slew of non-B&N places to pick up various titles I’ve been interested in, for a while! From Baen’s Webscription site: From Carina Press: From Drollerie Press: From Kobo, my very first two purchases from there: And from Amazon,…