Monthly Archives: June 2004
The Moor
Laurie R. King I’ve been a Sherlock Holmes fan for as long as I can remember, first because I read the stories, and second because of the Granada Television series starring (the late) Jeremy Brett. Because my reading patterns tend to be immersion-style (I read everything I can find by one author, all at once, … Continue reading
The Marysburg Chronicles: Critical Mass
Teri Peppe It’s always a little scary reading a book by someone you know – what if you don’t like it? In the case of The Marysburg Chronicles: Critical Mass, that worry was gone by the second page. The thriller part of the story had me going almost to the end, the romance had me … Continue reading
Ladies with Options
Cynthia Hartwick I don’t usually read series out of order, but I’d picked up the sequel to this book a bit over a week ago, when some woman standing next to me in the bookstore recommended it. It was funny and interesting, so I went back to find the first book in the series. Ladies … Continue reading
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
James Patterson Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. … Continue reading
Minion
L.A. Banks If Buffy the Vampire Slayer was African-American, and the show took place in east LA and New Orleans, and had a bit more Anne Rice in the vampires, you’d come up with something almost as cool as the world L.A. Banks created in her Vampire Huntress series, which begins with Minion. Damali Richards … Continue reading
Catching Alice
Clare Naylor Sometimes chick-lit can be completely engaging and entertaining. A perfect example of this is Catching Alice, the story of a young woman who loses her boyfriend and her job, and is dragged to LA for a life-makeover. While some of the situations stretch the envelope of plausability, the dialogue is good, and the … Continue reading
The Right Address
Carrie Karasyov & Jill Kargman I picked this up as an impulse buy because I’d seen a blurb about it in some magazine that compared it to The Nanny Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada both of which I enjoyed for the guilty pleasure froth they are. Alas, this book is nothing like either of … Continue reading
Sushi for Beginners
Marian Keyes When I want to read a good story that includes not just a plot, but also fashion and other girly stuff, I pick chick-lit books. Marian Keyes’ Sushi for Beginners is just such a book. I finished it last night, and wanted more. It’s fairly typical for the genre – women protagonists in … Continue reading
Islands
Anne Rivers Siddons We all have “guilty pleasure” authors – Anne Rivers Siddons is one of mine. I’ve just finished her most recent novel, Islands, and while I have to agree that it’s not her best work, it was still an enjoyable read. She’s returned to the South Carolina Low Country she loves so much, … Continue reading
Ladies with Prospects
Cynthia Hartwick I picked this up about a week ago in Barnes and Noble, not because it grabbed me, but because the woman standing next to me said, “That was a really great read. I always wonder if things are any good, so I’ve decided to tell people when I see them looking for new … Continue reading
