November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide by George Howe Colt My rating: 4 of 5 stars I bought this ebook as background reading for writing my latest novel during National Novel Writing Month. I’d hunted around for a comprehensive, well-written book on suicide, and this was it according to a few sources. It’s…
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I occasionally write a review of a book I’ve read. These are those reviews.
Review: Concussion Is Brain Injury
Concussion Is Brain Injury by Shireen Jeejeebhoy My rating: 0 of 5 stars As usual, I don’t rate my own work. I’m entirely unqualified to do so. But I hope you will rate and review it!! View all my reviews
Review: Dying To Sin
Dying To Sin by Stephen Booth My rating: 3 of 5 stars Unlike previous books in the Cooper and Fry series, this book has a lot of Law & Order type preachiness in it aka informing reader of the state of a situation, in this case farming in the UK. Or maybe I just noticed…
Review: Odd Interlude #1
Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz My rating: 4 of 5 stars This ebook is part one of three, really a novel cut into three to up the suspense (and profit) factor. I borrowed all three ebooks from the library: Odd Interlude #1, [b:Odd Interlude #2|15701491|Odd Interlude #2|Dean Koontz|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1340033125s/15701491.jpg|21361212], and [b:Odd Interlude #3|15701498|Odd Interlude #3|Dean…
Review: Light Thickens
Light Thickens by Ngaio Marsh My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read most of Marsh’s books a long, long time ago. So this was a reread. I seem to recall enjoying her books more than I do now. This is one for theatre buffs or Macbeth fans. The mystery is transparent. The whole thing…
Review: Odd Hours
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t like horror. I don’t like horror movies, horror books, things that go creepy crawly in the night or black daytime, aiming for your life and limbs. Yet I like the Odd Thomas series. I don’t know why… I read this book awhile…
Review: The Girl in the Green Raincoat
The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman My rating: 4 of 5 stars The problem with ebooks is that you can’t tell how long they are unless you remember to check the page number (assuming the retailer lists that info). And so I didn’t realise this was a novella until I was about…
Review: The Black Echo
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly My rating: 3 of 5 stars A good solid read. It didn’t quite feel like a first book as there was a lot of interesting back story that could have been books unto themselves, but it was woven into the plot well. I sometimes found Bosch a little tedious,…
Review: Scared To Live
Scared To Live by Stephen Booth My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading mysteries of varying quality by writers unknown to me, it was a pleasure — a comforting, familiar pleasure — to pick up where I had left off in Stephen Booth’s Cooper and Fry series several months ago. I devoured it. Then…