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…
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Happy Canada Day 2012
The Monarch for me is Canada. I don’t remember when I first learnt about or first saw the Monarch butterfly, but she’s fascinated me always. Imagine: the endurance to migrate the length of an entire continent; the beauty to attract the eye wherever she flies; the fealty to milkweed and the fragility of that choice;…
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…
Review: The Virtual Self: How Our Digital Lives Are Altering the World Around Us
The Virtual Self: How Our Digital Lives Are Altering the World Around Us by Nora Young My rating: 0 of 5 stars I took this out of the library, and it expired when I was about halfway through. There’s a long hold list for it, and no wonder. Hopefully, I won’t have completely forgotten what…
Review: Angels: Who They Are and How They Help-What the Bible Reveals
Angels: Who They Are and How They Help-What the Bible Reveals by David Jeremiah My rating: 3 of 5 stars A nicely laid-out book, structured in a logical order, but the good information on angels is buried under a lot of proselytizing. One must be patient and dig down to keep track of the information…
Review: Good Omens
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was awesome! I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy a science fiction novel written by two authors, starring an angel and a demon, but it came strongly recommended. I was hooked from the beginning. There were a few typos here and there, and by their…
Review: Cover Her Face
Cover Her Face by P.D. James My rating: 4 of 5 stars After my brain injury, PD James became a marker for me in my reading progress. Pre-injury I read every one of her books and enjoyed them tremendously for their good writing and good stories. After my injury though, with my reading ability fried,…
Review: Killing Floor
Killing Floor by Lee Child My rating: 2 of 5 stars For a first novel, it was okay. But the plethora of cliches got to be a bit much, and right at the end, in the very last chapter, I couldn’t continue anymore. So I set it aside for awhile, and when I got back…