Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Review: Deceptively, this book begins with a startling and a bit of an uneasy sense of slightly diminished chaos, as we are introduced to the book’s title cop character Eddy Harkness living a life both in the shadows and light of more polite society. During the night, he engages in activity that might be…
Month: July 2014
Review of Dark Paradise by Angie Sandro
Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads Print Length: 384 pages Publisher: Forever Yours (July 1, 2014) Sold by: Hachette Book Group Language: English ASIN: B00HUU13SQ Reviewed by Paula Tupper Since signing on to do these reviews, it seems I learn something new with each book, whether it is a fact about an author, a new publisher with whom I was unfamiliar, or, in the…
Maria V. Snyder Author Highlight Wednesdays: Poison Study Retrospective
Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/ Books-A-Million/ Goodreads/Author Website From my older version, more outdated looking Blogspot blog, this is the 2009 version of my Poison Study review, dredged up for comparison’s sake! When finding the exact link for my previous, nearly five-year old review of Maria V. Snyder’s Poison Study, I forbade myself from reading it over, as I wanted the…
Review of “Only with You (The Best Mistake)” by Lauren Layne
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Available July 29, 2014 Series: The Best Mistake (Book 1) Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Forever (July 29, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1455546070 ISBN-13: 978-1455546077 Reviewed by Paula Tupper July 9, 2014 Summertime is perfect for light, frivolous books you can stuff into a canvas bag and read at the beach, or in line for the roller…
Special, Spoiler-free review of Deborah Harkness’ “Book of Life”
Amazon/Barnes&Nobles/Books-A-Million/GoodReads Part of Female Magic Wielder Month on A Bibliophile’s Reverie Please be advised that it is spoiler-free, in terms of having no explicit plot revelations. But, people these days are even more over-scrupulous (and even a little neurotic) about avoiding spoilers. If you want to avoid them at all costs, don’t read any reviews before…
Review of Lindsay Buroker’s “Republic”
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/GoodReads Reviewed by Paula Tupper File Size: 1895 KB Print Length: 619 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00JTIME9E It had been years since I read dystopian fiction. There was a period in my distant past when I was obsessed with it. Post Apocalyptic civilizations fascinated my youthful cynicism…
Wayfaring Stranger Blog Tour: Review of Wayfaring Stranger & Interview with James Lee Burke
Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Interview with James Lee Burke: (1). A Bibliophile’s Reverie: While this is somewhat of a conventional interview question, what sparked the idea, originally, for the book, and was the experience of writing it different from your other books? James Lee Burke: I had to wait over fifty years to write this book. For various…
The Vampire Lestat Discussion Post #1 & Lestat Book Coven Anne Rice interview
On this first order of business, yesterday I had the wonderful, very much unforgettable opportunity to interview Anne Rice (and, I do not need to elaborate on her writing credentials; you know who she is). Thanks to both Anne Rice and her wonderful assistant Becket for making this interview a very enjoyable, stress-free experience. For me,…
Review of “Extra Virgin: Recipes & Love from Our Tuscan Kitchen ” by Gabriele Corcos & Debi Mazar
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads In accordance with FTC guidelines for bloggers and endorsements, I would like to clarify that the books reviewed by me are either purchased/borrowed by me, or provided by the publisher/author free of charge. I am neither compensated for my reviews nor are my opinions influenced in any way by the avenues in…
Jo Vee’s Prince Lestat Art Gallery
Seeing as how Jo Vee did so much hard work on all twenty four pieces of artwork that were entries for my very popular Lestat comic contest earlier this month, I decided to honor her work by sharing all 24 pieces below. In lieu of Anne Rice’s appearance at this years’s Thrillerfest, this was a…
Thrillerfest IX Coverage Tomorrow!!
Last year’s Thrillerfest event was dangerously exciting, especially for someone like myself, who only considers themselves a moderate fan of books from the thriller genre. After last year, I daresay that I gained a bit more interest in the genre, and have been reading books from it ever since. Just this summer, I was very…
Review of Maria V. Snyder’s “Taste of Darkness:” Author Highlight Wednesdays
Amazon/ Barnes and Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads Maria V. Snyder’s ending books can be a very divisive thing. For instance, the concluding volume of the Glass series Spy Glass, revolving around the glass magician Opal, was a very contentious ending for the series. In my own opinion, I thought that Spy Glass was one of Maria V. Snyder’s strongest books of…
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