Thursday, March 11, 2010

REVIEW: #63 We the Children by Andrew Clements

March 10, 2010 by Allison  
Filed under Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Series, Young Adult

REVIEW: #63 We the Children by Andrew Clements

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: We the Children (Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School vol. 1)
Author: Andrew Clements
ISBN: 1416938869
Pages: 160

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
Benjamin Pratt’s harbor-side school is going to be bulldozed to make room for an amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true … or is it [...]

REVIEW: #35 Night Runner

October 20, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: Night Runner
Author: Max Turner
ISBN: 0312592280
Pages: 292
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon)
For Zack Thomson, living in the Nicholls Ward isn’t so bad. After his parents died, he developed strange and severe allergies, and the mental institution was the only place where he could be properly looked after. As strange as it [...]

REVIEW: #34 Dead as a Doornail

October 20, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Horror, Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Series

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Title: Dead as a Doornail
Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0441012795
Pages: 295

Rating:

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
When Sookie’s brother Jason’s eyes start to change, she knows he’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local [...]

REVIEW: #32 Dead to the World

October 11, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi, Series

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes

Title: Dead to the World (#4 in the series)

Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 978-0-441-01218-3
Pages: 310
Rating:

Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
It’s not every day that you come across a naked man on the side of the road. That’s why cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse doesn’t just drive on by. Turns out the [...]

REVIEW: #31 Club Dead

October 11, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Mystery/Crime, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi, Series

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes

Title: Club Dead (#3 in the series)

Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0441018270
Pages: 320
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from back of the book)
There’s only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with (at least voluntarily) and that’s Bill. But recently he’s been a little distant – in another state distant. His sinister and sexy boss, Eric, [...]

REVIEW: #29 The Beneficiary

October 1, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Short Story

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes

Title: The Beneficiary
Author: Marshall Thornton
ASIN: B001R4C07O
Pages: 34
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
Set in the ’90s during the Los Angeles riots, this contemporary noir follows a struggling real estate agent who’s cooked up a plan to make a big pot of money. Hanging around a Narcotics Anonymous meeting she finds a former [...]

REVIEW: #28 High Five

October 1, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Humor, Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Series

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: High Five
Author: Janet Evanovich
ISBN: 0312971346
Pages: 340

Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Evanovich.com)
Bail jumping in Trenton is down to small potatoes. Stephanie’s only open case is a small bond for a small violation, committed by a small person who raises Stephanie’s frustration level in big ways. So short of money and long [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: High Five

September 29, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Meme, Mystery/Crime

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page    * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: WORST NIGHTMARES #meme

September 15, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Meme, Mystery/Crime

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page    * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that [...]

REVIEW: #21 Living Dead in Dallas

September 13, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Horror, Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Romance, Series

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

TITLE: Living Dead in Dallas
AUTHOR: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0441009239
PAGES: 291
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Borders.com)
When a vampire asks cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the vampires must promise to behave and let the humans that are involved to [...]

REVIEW: #20 Precession

September 8, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Mystery/Crime, Reviews

Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes

Title: Precession
Author: Abigail “Abby” Arrington
ISBN: 1432735195
Pages: 296
Synopsis: (Taken from back of Book)
ATTORNEY RILEY MORGAN is still recovering from a devastating personal loss when a long-time friend and colleague convinces her to take on a new high-profile client at her Florida law firm. Little does she know the case will [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: Precession

September 8, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Meme, Mystery/Crime

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page    * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that [...]

REVIEW: #19 A Cold-Blooded Business

September 3, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Mystery/Crime, Non-Fictional, Reviews

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes

Title: A Cold-Blooded Business- Adultury, Murder, and a Killer’s Path from the Bible Belt to the Boardroom
Author: Marek Fuchs
ISBN: 1602392544
Pages: 201
Synopsis: (Taken from Inside Flap)
In 1959, Olathe, Kansas was made famous by the murder of the Clutter family and Truman Capote’s ground-breaking book on the Crime, In Cold Blood. But [...]

REVIEW: #18 Dead Until Dark

September 3, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Drama, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi, Series

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: Dead Until Dark
Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0441008534
Pages: 292
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in a small-town Louisiana. She’s quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn’t get out much. Not because she’s not pretty. She is. It’s just that, well, Sookie has this sort of “disability.” [...]

REVIEW: #15 Four to Score

August 29, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Humor, Mystery/Crime, Reviews

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes

Name: Four to Score
Author: Janet Evanovich
ISBN: 0312966970
Pages: 338
Synopsis: (Taken from Evanovich.com)
Working for her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, Stephanie is hot on the trail of revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki, whose crimes include bail jumping, theft, and extortion. Someone is terrifying Maxine’s friends, and those who have seen her are turning [...]

REVIEW: #12 A Circle of Souls

August 25, 2009 by Allison  
Filed under Mystery/Crime, Reviews, Young Adult

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes

Title: A Circle of Souls
Author: Preetham Grandhi
ISBN: 1599552353
Pages: 339
Synopsis: (Taken from back of book)
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town’s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases [...]