Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Cozy Review: Last Wool and Testament: A Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery (Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]
I've finished "Last Wool and Testament" the 1st book in her Haunted Yarn Shop series by Molly MacRae.
Kath Rutledge is about to learn the true meaning of TGIF — Thank Goodness It’s Fiber .…
That’s the name of the spunky group of fiber and needlework artists founded by Ivy McClellan, Kath’s beloved grandmother. Though Ivy has recently passed on, the members still meet regularly at her fiber and fabric shop, The Weaver’s Cat, which Kath has now inherited. But that’s only the first in a series of surprises when Kath returns to the small town of Blue Plum, Tennessee, to settle her grandmother’s affairs.
There’s been a murder, and it turns out her grandmother was the prime suspect. Before she can begin to clear Ivy’s name, Kath encounters a looming presence in the form of a gloomy ghost. It turns out the specter has just as much interest in solving the murder as Kath. So, with a little help from the members of TGIF — and a stubborn spirit from beyond — she sets out to unravel the clues and hook the real killer .…
About the Author
Molly MacRae was director of the history museum in Jonesborough, Tennessee’s oldest town, and later managed an independent bookstore in Johnson City. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine for more than twenty years, and she has won the Sherwood Anderson Award for Short Fiction.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (September 4, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 045123782X
ISBN-13: 978-0451237828
My Review:
As Kath Rutledge rushed to her grandmother's funeral she is pulled over by Sheriff Deputy Cole Dunbar. When Kath explains to him about her grandmother's funeral he starts going on about her death and called her "Crazy Ivy". As a result Kath gives him a dressing down which he didn't appreciate!
Kath has come to oversee her grandmother's affairs and what she should do with "The Weaver Cat" her shop. Then she finds out the locks have been changed at her grandmother's home at Lavender Street and it now belonged to Max Cobb. She is offered a caretaker position at Holston Homeplace Living History Farmby her grandmother's friend Ruth Wood. She also discovers her grandmother is the prime suspect of the murder of Emmett Cobb at Holston Homeplace Living History Farmby.
She also has to contend with a ghostly spectra of a crying woman and saying, "Em, why did I kill you? and another spectra of man who helps her with her sleuthing.
This cozy was full of interesting characters, set in a small town, witty sayings and the engaging banter between Kath and her ghostly man.
4/5
Thanks Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!
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Wednesday Wish List
Please list the books/manga/manhwa/yaoi manga from your wishlist that you are hoping to add to your shelves in a comment, thanks.
Books, Manga and Yaoi I'm Waiting For:
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross [Hardcover]
Product Description
Product Description
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again -- a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity, and daring to save another family. Alex risks everything -- and he may not make it back alive on this most sacred of family days. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest moral choices. MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALEX CROSS will be a holiday classic for years to come.
River Road [Hardcover]
Product Description
Hurricane
Katrina is long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New
Orleans. New species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the
hurricane destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard
sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the
preternaturals peaceful and the humans unaware. But a war is brewing
between two clans of Cajun merpeople in Plaquemines Parish, and down in
the swamp, DJ learns, there’s more stirring than angry mermen and the
threat of a were-gator.
Wizards are dying, and something — or someone — from the Beyond is poisoning the waters of the mighty Mississippi, threatening the humans who live and work along the river. DJ and Alex must figure out what unearthly source is contaminating the water and who — or what — is killing the wizards. Is it a malcontented merman, the naughty nymph, or some other critter altogether? After all, DJ’s undead suitor, the pirate Jean Lafitte, knows his way around a body or two.
Wizards are dying, and something — or someone — from the Beyond is poisoning the waters of the mighty Mississippi, threatening the humans who live and work along the river. DJ and Alex must figure out what unearthly source is contaminating the water and who — or what — is killing the wizards. Is it a malcontented merman, the naughty nymph, or some other critter altogether? After all, DJ’s undead suitor, the pirate Jean Lafitte, knows his way around a body or two.
Manga:
Alice in the Country of Clover: Cheshire Cat Waltz Vol. 3 [Paperback]
Product Description
Product Description
Alice
in the Country of Clover: Chesire Cat Waltz continues the adventures of
Alice as she goes deeper into Wonderland, and focuses on her
relationship with the Cheshire Cat.
Alice starts a shaky love affair with Boris, the Cheshire Cat. She's happy with him, but still feels the pull of her own world. When the White Rabbit gets involved, his true nature finally comes to light!
Alice starts a shaky love affair with Boris, the Cheshire Cat. She's happy with him, but still feels the pull of her own world. When the White Rabbit gets involved, his true nature finally comes to light!
07-GHOST, Vol. 1 [Paperback]
Product Description
All
Teito Klein wants is to forget his murky past as an orphan and slave
and to graduate from Barsburg’s military academy with his best friend
Mikage. But when an overheard state secret triggers treasonous memories,
he’s forced to flee from the very empire he once sought to defend!
Deliberately leaving Mikage behind, Teito escapes to the Barsburg Church. There, with the help of its three bishops, he begins to unravel his role in the story of an evil god, seven ghosts, two rival empires, and his own mysterious past.
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.
Deliberately leaving Mikage behind, Teito escapes to the Barsburg Church. There, with the help of its three bishops, he begins to unravel his role in the story of an evil god, seven ghosts, two rival empires, and his own mysterious past.
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.
Yaoi
Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love, Vol. 2 (Yaoi Manga) [Paperback]
Product Description
High
school student Ao has been dreaming about his longtime neighbor Ryomei,
a priest at the local Shinto shrine. A little freaked out -- and a lot
excited -- at the prospect of having a relationship with Ryomei, Ao
gathers up his courage, confesses his feelings ... and gets turned down
flat. Luckily, Ao's not the kind to give up easily. Thanks to some
creative persistence (and Ryomei's weakening resolve), he finally gets a
kiss. But one single kiss won't satisfy him for long!
Irritated by his own carnal impulses, Ryomei rejects Ao. But how will Ao react when he finds out Ryomei may have a marriage arrangement in the works? And what will Ryomei do when another boy who looks just like Ao appears on the scene? There’s a lot more to come in this crazy series of not-so-unrequited love!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for Mature audiences.
Irritated by his own carnal impulses, Ryomei rejects Ao. But how will Ao react when he finds out Ryomei may have a marriage arrangement in the works? And what will Ryomei do when another boy who looks just like Ao appears on the scene? There’s a lot more to come in this crazy series of not-so-unrequited love!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for Mature audiences.
Starting with a Kiss, Vol. 2 (Yaoi Manga) [Paperback]
Product Description
Toru,
the son of a yakuza boss, is sent into exile on a deserted island for
his own protection during a gang feud. Fiery and impetuous, he isn't
thrilled to be sidelined when he'd rather be in the fight, and is even
less thrilled that Mutsumi, son of the gang's second in command, is
going with him. The serious, studious Mutsumi is Toru's opposite in
every way, and it doesn't take long before the sparks between them begin
to fly!
As Tohru and Mutsumi continue their secret affair, Tohru realizes the more they sleep together the more he gives in to the pleasure. And not wanting his lover to play the field, Mutsumi goes out of his way to keep Tohru satisfied. Unfortunately for these two, the very last person they’d want finding out about their secret relationship does. Enraged that Mutsumi would dare lay a hand on his precious charge, Domoto kidnaps Mutsumi with bloody retribution in mind!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences.
As Tohru and Mutsumi continue their secret affair, Tohru realizes the more they sleep together the more he gives in to the pleasure. And not wanting his lover to play the field, Mutsumi goes out of his way to keep Tohru satisfied. Unfortunately for these two, the very last person they’d want finding out about their secret relationship does. Enraged that Mutsumi would dare lay a hand on his precious charge, Domoto kidnaps Mutsumi with bloody retribution in mind!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
November Happenings on the Blog
Hi everybody,
I wanted to let you know what will be happening to the blog this month:
Taking the Week Off:
1. From this Sunday to next Sunday (maybe even half of Monday) I will be taking the whole week off from the blog, reading and e-mail (I have my weekly memes and reviews to be posted (except for What Are You Reading, Follow My Blog Friday and 18+ and Older Blog Hops).
2. I will put up a Post It Note on my blog to let visitors know (If you send me an e-mail I will get back to you the earliest would be Monday night the earliest or Tuesday morning/afternoon the latest).
Blog:
1. I'm temporarily moving blog links from my sidebars into a Blog Roll List which I have added to my Pages List (until I get the drop down menu).
2. I'm going to be adding a nice drop down menu by the end of December.
3. I'm thinking of adding a Winner's List to the top of the blog (not sure how that would look so will have to
try it out).
4. I'm going to be moving challenge buttons, etc. onto the drop down menu bar.
I wanted to let you know what will be happening to the blog this month:
Taking the Week Off:
1. From this Sunday to next Sunday (maybe even half of Monday) I will be taking the whole week off from the blog, reading and e-mail (I have my weekly memes and reviews to be posted (except for What Are You Reading, Follow My Blog Friday and 18+ and Older Blog Hops).
2. I will put up a Post It Note on my blog to let visitors know (If you send me an e-mail I will get back to you the earliest would be Monday night the earliest or Tuesday morning/afternoon the latest).
Blog:
1. I'm temporarily moving blog links from my sidebars into a Blog Roll List which I have added to my Pages List (until I get the drop down menu).
2. I'm going to be adding a nice drop down menu by the end of December.
3. I'm thinking of adding a Winner's List to the top of the blog (not sure how that would look so will have to
try it out).
4. I'm going to be moving challenge buttons, etc. onto the drop down menu bar.
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New Releases 2012 (Nov 6)
New Releases
Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 3) [Hardcover]
Product Description
Within the brotherhood, Rhage is the vampire with the strongest appetites. He’s the best fighter, the quickest to act on his impulses, and the most voracious lover — for inside him burns a ferocious curse cast by the Scribe Virgin. Possessed by this dark side, Rhage fears the times when his inner dragon is unleashed, making him a danger to everyone around him.
Mary Luce, a survivor of many hardships, is unwittingly thrown into the vampire world and reliant on Rhage’s protection. With a life-threatening curse of her own, Mary is not looking for love. Her faith in miracles was lost years ago. But when Rhage’s intense animal attraction turns into something more emotional, he knows that he must make Mary his alone. And while their enemies close in, Mary fights desperately to gain life eternal with the one she loves …
Darkness Hunts: A Dark Angels Novel [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur returns to the enthralling Guardian World — and a twilight realm of danger and desire …
Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls. What she can not yet see is the identity of a stranger murdering women and draining their blood. Now Risa must summon her gifts to find him, even if it means putting her own life in danger. But Risa needn’t look far. The killer knows who she is.
He tells her his victims are infected by darkness and he’s fated to destroy them. Fascinated by Risa, he engages her in a sinister game: the chance to save the life of his next victim by deciphering his series of clues. In a race against time, she enlists the help of the reaper Azriel.
But as an attraction between them grows, so does the fear that the stranger’s motives are only part of a larger, more dangerous stratagem — one that that has lured Risa and Azriel into the dark.
Spellfire: A Novel of the Nightkeepers [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Imprisoned and tortured by the demoness who tricked him into betraying the Nightkeepers and the woman he loves, Rabbit must endure excruciating pain to protect the diminished Skywatch army as the end-time approaches. Although an ancient prophecy says his unique powers are key to winning the final battle in the doomsday war, he hasn’t just lost his credibility — he’s lost his magic.
Myrinne is far from the woman Rabbit once knew — she’s got magic now, and despite emotional scars, she’s strong enough to help the Nightkeepers. And yet she’s not prepared to handle the fiercely driven man he’s become or the new, dangerous feelings that spark between them.
With the barrier ready to fall and a xombi outbreak in the human world, Rabbit and Myrinne must forge a new partnership amid dangerous instability and the threat of an undead army. In the end, it will be up to Rabbit to master his ferocious magic — or all will be lost. For him, for the woman he doesn’t have the right to love anymore, and for the fate of the world …
Dire Wants: A Novel of the Eternal Wolf Clan [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
The full moon is their mistress. They are predators of pleasure and pain. Feared by humans, envied by werewolves, the Dire wolves are immortal shifters, obeying no laws but their own bestial natures. Once they were many, but now only eight remain, a dangerous wolfpack forever on the hunt …
The supernatural world is rising up against the human one. The weretrappers want to control the humans, and only the immortal Dire wolves stand in the way of total destruction. Stray, a Dire, and his long-lost brother, Killian, emerge as the leaders of their pack. To keep themselves and the humans safe, the Dires must find a witch as powerful as the one who has been helping the weretrappers.
They find what they are looking for in Kate, a human who survived a horrible car accident that left her back scarred with a handprint no one else is able to see. Stray senses in Kate the powers of a witch and recruits her to help the Dires — all the while knowing that she is so powerful that they will need to kill her once she helps defeat the weretrappers.
Stray doesn’t expect the powerful connection that he feels with Kate, or his irresistible need to protect her. They cannot hide their feelings for each other, and what once was taboo now seems inevitable ...
The Perfect Hope: Book Three of the Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy (The Inn Trilogy) [Paperback]
Product Description
A new novel of starting over and star-crossed love.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery brothers — Beckett, Ryder, and Owen — as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown.
Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out — with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath. He’s surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except apparently Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his own Inn BoonsBoro…
As the former manager of a D.C. hotel, Hope is used to excitement and glamour, but that doesn’t mean she can’t appreciate the joys of small-town living. She’s where she wants to be — except for in her love life. Her only interaction with the opposite sex has been sparring with the infuriating Ryder, who always seems to get under her skin. Still, no one can deny the electricity that crackles between them … a spark that ignited with a New Year’s Eve kiss.
While the Inn is running smoothly, thanks to Hope’s experience and unerring instincts, her big-city past is about to make an unwelcome — and embarrassing — appearance. Seeing Hope vulnerable stirs up Ryder’s emotions and makes him realize that while Hope may not be perfect, she just might be perfect for him …
A Magical Christmas [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham, a wondrous Christmas story to be reread and cherished anew each year …
Jon and Julie Radcliff are facing the last Christmas of a marriage in trouble. The love they once shared has been tattered by time and torn apart by divergent goals. Their teenagers, Christie and Jordan, are rebellious, and their youngest child, six-year-old Ashley, is showing the hurt and confusion of her family’s turmoil.
Yet somehow the Christmas season must be gotten through, even if their holiday spirit is only pretend. The perfect place for this is the Oak River Plantation, where the Radcliffs are promised a traditional Christmas. So imagine their surprise when they are met by the quaint couple in charge, Jesse and Clarissa Wainscott, dressed in costumes dating from before the Civil War. Have they somehow entered a place that spans the gulf between past and present?
Before Jon and Julie and their children can uncover the secrets surrounding their mysterious but marvelous hosts, they become aware of some profound truths about themselves. They discover that love lost can be found, making the bond of marriage and family strong enough to survive — even triumph.
Stake and Eggs (A Cackleberry Club Mystery) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs presents the best way to start your day — with a hearty breakfast and a side of hard-boiled murder.
Suzanne, Toni, and Petra found a second life after losing their husbands — opening their own successful business, the Cackleberry Club cafè. But the three women never expected sleuthing to be the special of the day …
A KILLER HAS THE TOWN WALKING ON EGG SHELLS
When a snowmobile crashes into the woods behind the Cackleberry Club cafè, Suzanne finds her town’s most-hated banker beheaded by a wire staked in the snow. Now some of her best customers are prime suspects with a bushel of motives, and the murder investigation is snowballing. An elusive young runaway may be the Cackleberry Club’s only way to crack the case … provided Suzanne can keep her head long enough to track down the cold-blooded killer.
Double Time: Sinners On Tour (The Sinners on Tour) [Paperback]
Product Description
He Craves Her Music and Passion
On the rebound from the tumult of his bisexual lifestyle, notoriously sexy rock guitarist Trey Mills falls for sizzling new female guitar sensation Reagan Elliot and is swept into the hot, heady romance he never dreamed possible.
She Can't Get Enough of His Body
Ecstatic to be on tour learning the ropes with Trey's band, The Sinners, Reagan finds she craves Trey as much as she craves being in the spotlight.
They Both Need More ...
When Reagan's ex, Ethan Connor, enters the scene, Trey's secret desires come back to haunt him, and pleasure and passion are taken to a whole new level of dangerous desire.
Manga:
Vampire Knight, Vol. 15 [Paperback]
Product Description
Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy’s dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!
With Kaname missing, Yuki must now step in as acting head of her clan to maintain the fragile peace between the human and vampire societies. Will she be able to regain the trust of the vampire aristocrats, much less Aido?
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for T+ audiences.
Ai Ore!, Vol. 7: Love Me! [Paperback]
Product Description
Mizuki is the female "prince" of her all-girls school and the lead guitarist in an all-girl rock band. Akira is the male "princess" of his all-boys school and wants to join her band. Love may be on his mind, but romance is difficult when everyone keeps mistaking Mizuki for a boy and Akira for a girl!
Akira’s agency cares more about creating idols than music, and Mizuki is reluctant to agree to their terms for Blaue Rosen debuting with a major record label. Akira then decides to go solo, but is he ready to live the life of a female idol?
Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
Strobe Edge, Vol. 1 [Paperback]
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Yaoi Review: Tale of the Waning Moon, Vol. 1 [Bargain Price] [Paperback]
Tale of the Waning Moon Review
Product Description
After a night of serious boozing, a jilted young man named Ryuka speaks his wish for true love atop a starlit hill. His words reach the ears of Ixto, the spirit of the last quarter moon, who decides to grant Ryuka's wish. Unfortunately for Ryuka, Ixto's handpicked selections to be the young man's lover are all men themselves! And when his rejection of these choices leads to an unexpected night of passion that casts a spell on him, will Ryuka give in to his enchanted body's urge to chase after Ixto and journey through worlds unknown, or will his mind win over his heart? Critically-acclaimed boys' love mangaka Hyouta Fujiyama lends her copious talents to this wacky, role-playing fantasy-romance that will tickle your funny bone and tug at your heart!
Product Details
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Yen Press (September 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0759530734
Age: 18+
My Review:
One night on top of "The Wishing Hill" a drunk and angry Ryuka makes wish to find his one true love who would love him back after being dumped by his girlfriend. Ixto a bespeckled man who is a spirit of the waning moon appears before him and grants him his wish. Unfortunately they are all men on the fate of cards he picks and he rejects them while Ixto decides he wants Ryuka all to himself. After a night of forced love he realizes a spell was cast on him that forces his body to chase after Ixto though his head doesn't want too.
He is also forced to take a journey and along the way he picks up an interesting cast Coon a moon-cat boy servant of Ixto, Aldin a millionaire's son also looking for his one true love and Jii Aldin's loyal butler. During his journey Ryuka and Aldin find themselves in some dire situations with some near rape scenes but are saved at the last minute.
I really enjoyed the touching scenes between Ryuka and Ixto because you can tell Ixto cares for Ryuka and it was funny that Ryuka blushes when Ixto is near him. I also enjoyed the touching scenes between Aldin and Rai because it was sweet and caring.
4/5
Yaoi Manga in series:
1. Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 1
2. Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 2
3. Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 3
Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada/Yen Press for sending me this yaoi manga to review, greatly appreciated!
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Nov 5)
What Are You Reading is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Sheila from One Persons Journey: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com
Post the books you read last week, book currently being read and books you plan on finishing this week.
Last week I read:
1. Angel's Landing - Rochelle Alers
2. Double Time - Olivia Cunnings
3. Kissed by the Rain - Roxanne St. Clair
4. Last Wool and Testament - Molly MacRae
5. Untamed - Sara Humphreys
6. A Wedding in Apple Cove - C.H. Admirand
7. NYPD Red - James Patterson
7. Durarara Vol. 4 - Ryohgo Narita
8. Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 1 - Hyouta Fujiyama
I’m currently reading:
1. Run the Risk - Lori Foster
Books I’m planning on reading this week:
1. Poison Princess - Kresley Cole
2. Sleep No More - Iris Johansen
3. The Evolution of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkins
4. Chocolat Vol. 4 - Ji-Sang Shin and Geo
5. Tale of the Waning Moon Vol. 2 - Hyouta Fujiyama
Here's the link:
https://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-georgia-mini-version
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
MT Review: NYPD Red [Hardcover]
I've finished "NYPD Red" by James Patterson.
Product Description
It's the start of Hollywood on Hudson, and New York City is swept up in the glamour. Every night, the red carpet rolls out for movie stars arriving at premieres in limos; the most exclusive restaurants close for private parties for wealthy producers and preeminent directors; and thousands of fans gather with the paparazzi, hoping to catch a glimpse of the most famous and beautiful faces in the world. With this many celebrities in town, special task force NYPD Red is on high alert - and they can't afford to make a single mistake.
Then a world-renowned producer fatally collapses at his power breakfast, and top NYPD Red Detective Zach Jordan is the first one on the scene. Zach works with his beautiful new partner, Detective Kylie MacDonald - who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend - to discover who the murderer might be. But this is only the beginning: the most brutal, public, and horrifyingly spectacular crimes they've ever encountered are about to send all of New York into chaos, putting NYPD Red on the ropes.
Zach and Kylie know there's no way of telling what a killer this deranged will do next. With the whole world watching, they have to find a way to stop a psychopath who has scripted his finale down to the last explosive detail.
About the Author
James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 240 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Mr. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series of all time, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.
Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition first Printing edition (October 8, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316199869
ISBN-13: 978-0316199865
My Review:
A special task force is set up to protect the rich and famous movie stars, movie directors and sport stars. Zach Jordan's partner has been recently injured and he is temporarily assigned Kylie MacDonald a former girlfriend and they both went to the academy together. Now she is happily married to movie screenwriter.
New York is hosting a "Hollywood on the Hudson" to entice producers, movie stars, screenwriters to come and make their movies there. One morning a very famous movie producer dies while at a breakfast meeting and the bodies start piling up.
As the two NYPD Red players investigate they realize they are chasing a villain that wants to make the top story on the front page and to squash "Hollywood on the Hudson". At the same time Zach as always been in love with Kylie but he's really trying to start a relationship with another women when he realizes Kylie isn't in love with him.
I hate to admit but I had trouble reading this one to the end because Zach seems to be obsessed with Kylie and even at the end he was still in love with her. Otherwise Zach and Kylie are both very compelling characters and both are good at their jobs.
3/5
Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!
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Library Haul 2012 (Nov 4 - 10)
Library Haul
Here's the list of books/manga I picked up from the library this week:
Softcover:
1. Don't Say a Word - Beverly Barton
2. Run the Risk - Lori Foster
3. Honest Illusions - Nora Roberts
4. Bruja Bruhaha - Rochelle Staab
5. Just the Way You Are - Christina Dodd
What library book(s)/manga/manhwa/yaoi did you pick up this week?
Softcover:
1. Don't Say a Word - Beverly Barton
2. Run the Risk - Lori Foster
3. Honest Illusions - Nora Roberts
4. Bruja Bruhaha - Rochelle Staab
5. Just the Way You Are - Christina Dodd
What library book(s)/manga/manhwa/yaoi did you pick up this week?
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Library Haul 2012 (Nov 4 - 10)
Manga Review: Durarara!!, Vol. 4 [Paperback]
I've finished "Durarara Vol. 4" by Ryohgo Narita.
Product Description
Dollars, rise up!!
When Yagiri Pharmaceuticals crosses the line, the true leader of the Dollars steps forward to take command of the vast network of members at his disposal ... Though this unobtrusive boy holds a disturbing degree of power in the palm of his hand, Celty is preoccupied by the powers that still control her head ... At the end of the day, will her twenty-year search all be for naught? Or has she found something even more precious along the way?
About the Author
Ryohgo Narita is the author of a number of successful novel series, including the original "Durarara!!" books.
His earlier series, "Baccano!" was honored with the Gold Prize at the 9th Dengeki Novel Awards.
Product Details
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Yen Press (October 30, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316209333
ISBN-13: 978-0316209335
My Review:
This volume opens with most people looking at their cell phones with a message telling them to stare at anyone not looking at their cells at this moment. Then we see Mikado look up from his cell phone and sees Izaya talking to Kyohei. He is surprised that they seem to know each other. Then Izaya walks up to Mikado and tells him he knows he is the actual leader of "The Dollars" and gives him advise how to handle the group.
Meanwhile we Celty been chased by a shadowy chaser after receiving a package from a man. He manages to slice off her helmet and then the slasher chases after the man when he runs off. Celty manages to retrieve the package when she sees her head on a red haired girl. Her fellow gang members manage to kidnap the girl so Celty can talk to her but she is rescued by Seiji.
We learn that Celty's head was sewn on the red haired girl's body when she asked for it. We also meet Shinra a young doctor who has been in love with Celty and didn't tell her he knew where her head was because he was afraid she would leave him.
There was a lot of violence and action in this volume and more characters were introduced. Glad we finally learned what happened to Celty's head!
4/5
Manga in series:
1. Durarara Vol. 1
2. Durarara Vol. 2
3. Durarara Vol. 3
4. Durarara Vol. 4
Thanks Hachette Book Group for sending me this manga to review, greatly appreciated!
Labels:
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Ryohgo Narita
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Bunny Express Saturday 2012 (Nov 3)
I received these in the mail this week.
For Review:
Dark Currents: Agent of Hel [Hardcover]
Product Description
Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Kushiel’s Legacy novels, presents an all-new world featuring a woman caught between the normal and paranormal worlds, while enforcing order in both. Introducing Daisy Johanssen, reluctant hell-spawn …
The Midwestern resort town of Pemkowet boasts a diverse population: eccentric locals, wealthy summer people, and tourists by the busload; not to mention fairies, sprites, vampires, naiads, ogres and a whole host of eldritch folk, presided over by Hel, a reclusive Norse goddess.
To Daisy Johanssen, fathered by an incubus and raised by a single mother, it’s home. And as Hel’s enforcer and the designated liaison to the Pemkowet Police Department, it’s up to her to ensure relations between the mundane and eldritch communities run smoothly.
But when a young man from a nearby college drowns — and signs point to eldritch involvement — the town’s booming paranormal tourism trade is at stake. Teamed up with her childhood crush, Officer Cody Fairfax, a sexy werewolf on the down-low, Daisy must solve the crime — and keep a tight rein on the darker side of her nature. For if she’s ever tempted to invoke her demonic birthright, it could accidentally unleash nothing less than Armageddon.
Mortal Ties (Lupi) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
FBI agent Lily Yu is living at Nokolai Clanhome with her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, when an intruder penetrates their territory, stealing the prototpye of a magical device the clan hopes will be worth a fortune -- if a few bugs can be worked out . . .
But the protoytpe can be dangerously erratic, discharging a bizarre form of mind magic — and it looks like the thief wants it for that very side effect. Worse, whoever stole the device didn’t learn about it by accident. There’s a Nokolai traitor in their midst.
Lily and Rule have to find the traitor, the thief, and the prototype. One job proves easy when the thief calls them -- and his identity rocks Rule’s world.
As they race to recover their missing property, they find Robert Friar’s sticky footprints all over the place. Robert Friar -- killer, madman, and acolyte of the Old One the lupi are at war with -- an Old One whose power is almost as vast as her ambition to rock the entire world . . .
Mate Claimed (Shifters Unbound) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Eric Warden knows that half-Shifter wildcat Iona is passing for human, living without a Collar in the human world. He also knows that if she does not acknowledge her Shifter nature and her mating hunger, it could kill her.
Iona finds the mysterious and dangerous Eric, a wildcat and leader of his Shiftertown, haunting her dreams, but she vows never to take the Collar, fearing backlash against her mother and sister for hiding the fact that she's Shifter. But Eric is a compelling Shifter male, and Iona's hunger calls to him. Book 4 in the Shifters Unbound series. This is a full-length novel.
Mad River (A Virgil Flowers Novel) [Hardcover]
Product Description
Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what’s-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns.
The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers’ cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the growing army of cops trying to run them down. But even he doesn’t realize what’s about to happen next.
The Bone Bed (A Scarpetta Novel) [Hardcover]
Product Description
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect that the paleontologist’s disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.
When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and FBI forensic psychologist and husband, Benton Wesley, have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.
This is Kay Scarpetta as you have never seen her before. The Bone Bed is a must read for any fan of this series, or an ideal starting point for new readers.
Prince of Power [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
This Fight Is Personal ...
Wizards and vampires have been mortal enemies since the beginning. Now Anton, son of the Wizard Master, has one last chance to steal the unique powers of the vampire king's beautiful sister, Tyra ... and then kill her. But when he meets Tyra face-to-face, everything changes...
Tyra will stop at nothing to defeat the wizards, until Anton saves her life and she suddenly sees an opportunity she never could have imagined ...
As the sparks ignite between them, together they could bring an end to the war that's decimating their people, but only if they can find a way to trust each other ...
Hot Ticket: Sinners on Tour (The Sinners on Tour) [Paperback]
Product Description
Fourth in Olivia Cunning's hard-rockin' erotic romance series, Hot Ticket delves into the oh - so - skilled sensuality of Sinners' enigmatic bass guitarist, Jace Seymore.
When Jace walked through the doors of Aggie's dungeon, the last thing he expected was to find self-forgiveness and the love of a remarkable woman. But when a terrible accident sidelines Jace during the band's tour, the burdensome chains of his past wrap ferociously around his heart. Determined to crack through Jace's armored shell, Aggie must go beyond her usual methods to mend his heart to love again.
When Jace walked through the doors of Aggie's dungeon, the last thing he expected was to find self-forgiveness and the love of a remarkable woman. But when a terrible accident sidelines Jace during the band's tour, the burdensome chains of his past wrap ferociously around his heart. Determined to crack through Jace's armored shell, Aggie must go beyond her usual methods to mend his heart to love again.
The Officer Breaks the Rules (Semper Fidelis. Always Faithful.) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Some Rules Are Meant To Be Broken
He's Ruled by Loyalty ...
Every man knows that you don't date your best friend's little sister, but Captain Jeremy Phillips can't seem to be convince Madison O'Shay to stay away. And he can't convince himself to stop thinking about her, either.
She's Ruled by Love ...
Madison knows exactly what she wants...and whom. But she won't give up her career in the Navy for any man, not even Jeremy.
They're both about to learn that in the game of love, it's all about breaking the rules.
Thanks Penguin Canada and Sourcebooks!
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