Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
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Having put off reading the first Maisie Dobbs books for years, I was
determined to not do the same thing with the second book. It took me only
five months...
Nesbo in downtown Auckland
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As I noted earlier, superstar Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo is now in New
Zealand, kickstarting a few days in our country here in Auckland today. At
lu...
Paris quiz time
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The other night I was at a 'mystery bookswap' at a great local indie
bookstore - lots of fun! For a finale to the evening the owners conducted a
'pub quiz'...
So It was all there after all!
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Well, I've managed to retrieve the blog seemingly intact.
Seemingly it was all there after all, just lying under the surface.
I'm off to create a back up and...
Library Book returned after 100 years
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*From the Irish Times:*
*A 500-year-old medical textbook has finally found its way back to Dublin’s
Marsh’s Library having been lost for more than a centu...
Winner times two!
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Random.org chose the winners of my latest giveaways and they are: Susan won
THE REBEL WIFE by Taylor Polites Just Mom won THE DRY GRASS OF AUGUST by
Anna J...
MCM
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*W*elcome to Detectives Beyond Borders' 1,900th post. I celebrate the
occasion with an homage to beauty. First up are two bits from Roger Smith's
new nove...
Currently Reading: Les Âmes grises
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Les Âmes grises is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a
first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in
a smal...
Film News: Carancho
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Just released in the UK is the Argentinian film Carancho (Vulture):
Trapero's sixth feature is a knife-edge thriller set in the murky legal
quagmire of acc...
A fair dinkum month – February 2012
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We reviewed five books this month Sulari Gentill A Few Right Thinking Men
Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues Katherine Howell, Silent Fear
Sylvia Johnson, Watc...
An extract from One Blood
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Fearless, uncompromising and compulsively readable, this explosive book is
an abiding portrait of an unfortunate section of British society, how it
ended u...
Mystery & Crime Fiction Blog Carnival - March 2012
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It is the first Monday of the month - time for another highly anticipated
Blog Carnival. I am asking for you assistance to please help get the
newsletter ...
My Reading Week in Review – week ending 04/03/12
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Here is my reading summary for the week ending 4th March 2012 (well is two
weeks really because I didn’t finish any the previous week) Each week I
give a s...
When a Reviewer "Gets" a Book
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The internet has made it possible for anyone to become a reviewer, and like
all developments, this one has both advantages and downsides. I'm very
clear in...
A novel about opera will itself become an opera
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I was delighted to read in this morning’s papers of the coming convergence
of two of my favorite art forms. At Chicago’s Lyric Opera, preparations are
now ...
More nerd porn
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You know what’s sad? No? Well, I’m going to I’ll tell you. It’s been almost
a year and a half since I received what I then called “Ooh, a box of nerd
porn”...
E-Book Sale – E-bogs-udsalg
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Denne uge er ebogsuge. Hvis du er usikker på, hvordan du kan komme i gang
med at læse ebøger, foreslår jeg, du besøger min forfatterven Per Holbos
blog. Me...
Review: THE POTTER’S FIELD by Andrea Camilleri
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Although I haven’t read all the books in this series I have read enough of
them to both know what to expect when opening the front cover of a new one
and t...
The books that changed me
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The Sydney Morning Herald's Sunday edition runs a regular piece called The
Books That Changed Me. Each week, an author nominates five books they
think imp...
#19 Maurizio de Giovanni / I Will Have Vengeance
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Maurizio de Giovanni, I Will Have Vengeance: The Winter of Commissario
Ricciardi, translated from Italian by Anne Milano Appel (Hersilia Press,
2012 [2007]...
Looking back: February 2012
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Kerrie’s meme at Mysteries in Paradise that requires you to pick your best
read of the month rather than leave it to a year’s end memory test is a
good dis...
Painted Lady (BBC miniseries)
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When you think of crime fiction and Helen Mirren, it’s probably “Prime
Suspect” that comes to mind, but in “Painted Lady” (BBC, 1997) she plays a
much diff...
More tales of Sherlock....
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*A Study in Sherlock*
Edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Kinger
2011
Bantam Books
"Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon"
If nothing else, the recent edi...
Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
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Kindle edition, published by Mulholland Books, 2011.
Mulholland now has 9 of Jim Thompson's available as e-books and they intend
to make 25 of Thompson'...
Miss Lemon's Mystery Roundup, 2011
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Aside from a fragrant cup of Earl Grey, there is almost nothing Miss Lemon
likes more than tucking in to a delicious mystery. The more British that
myster...
Is Reading A Dying Art?
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Three times last week I was speaking to young friends and associates and
they informed me that they never read books anymore. One even admitted he
had neve...
NO Quarter
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*NO Quarter*, by Robert Asprin, Eric Del Carlo, and Teresa Patterson,
serves as a final tribute to the sci-fi/fantasy/mystery novelist who passed
away Ma...
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
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Title: *Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter*
Author: Tom Franklin
ISBN: 9780062048745
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010
eBook, 304 pages
Genre: Thriller
Rating: B+
...
#2: Present Danger
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[image: Present Danger]
Present Danger
Stella Rimington (Author)
[image: Ranking has gone down in the past 24 hours] ** 5 days in the top
100
(22)
Downl...
Q&A with Author Chris Pavone (A Book Giveaway too!)
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Please join me in welcoming author Chris Pavone to Socrates' Book Review
Blog. He has written The Expats and agreed to give us a Q&A. Thanks to
Danielle ...
Nesbo in downtown Auckland
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As I noted earlier, superstar Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo is now in New
Zealand, kickstarting a few days in our country here in Auckland today. At
lu...
Teaser Tuesdays: The Litigators by John Grisham
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*Wally tricked her into signing a contract for legal representation,
promised her the moon, sneaked out of the room as quietly as he’d sneaked
in, then pro...
Paris quiz time
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The other night I was at a 'mystery bookswap' at a great local indie
bookstore - lots of fun! For a finale to the evening the owners conducted a
'pub quiz'...
2012: #6 – Tempting Danger (Eileen Wilks)
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This is pretty much your run-of-the-mill paranormal romance. Lily is human,
for the most part. She does have some psychic powers. Rule is not only a
werewo...
"Got the shim sham shimmy rushin' up my spine"
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I cannot find Super Goo on youtube, but that's where today's Cramps lyrics
come from.
I had a lovely,but very busy, weekend. I was on a training course for...
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
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I had to look up the number and I'm not entirely sure how accurate it is, but more than 5.5 million men were killed in the First World War. And that's only o...
The Best TV Drama of the Last 25 years.
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I was going to discuss this soon, but this site is doing it for me with
greater minds than mine.
http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/the-best-tv-drama-of-the-l...
WHALE SONG is featured on Cents-ible eReads
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Today my bestselling novel WHALE SONG is featured on Cents-ible eReads, a
new website that caters to readers looking for great ebooks at an
affordable pr...
A Drink Before the War
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My crime fiction book group is doing a series of discussions based on the
theme Genre Me to Death. This month’s crime fiction subgenre: the private
eye. ...
Pierce’s Picks: “Nine for the Devil”
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*A weekly alert for followers of crime, mystery, and thriller fiction.*
*Nine for the Devil, by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer (Poisoned Pen Press):*
From the ear...
Media Murder for Monday
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MOVIES The Hollywood love affair with Scandinavian/European crime dramas
continues. Columbia has acquired the rights to the Dutch thriller Taped,
which jus...
It's Monday: What Are You Reading?
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*“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at
Bookjourney. *
Books reviewed last week:
*Other Waters* by Eleni N. Gage
*The ...
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list
the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the
books to...
Shots of noir
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The short stories I've read this week. I think I'm back on track to make
the 365 in a year challenge.
Tina Lonergan: The Dead Never Forget (Flash Fiction O...
1973: Events and Inventions
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January 1, 1973. The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark
enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European
Union. Jan...
Harper Collins March Madness 2012
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It's that time again! Yes, Harper Collins March Madness 2012 is underway!
Harper Collins Canada March Madness is an annual book tournament. 64 books,
6 ...
I’ll Get To It…Eventually
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[image: bighead]*by Alan*
We’re writers.
We’re experts at certain things. Procrastination is one of them. Here are
my Top Ten Ways For Writers to Procr...
Des nouvelles de René Reouven
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Les apparitions publiques de René Reouven sont rares, très rares. On ne
manquera donc pas cette (très et trop) courte vidéo où l'auteur du *Détective
vol...
Is There a Literary Glass Ceiling?
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by Clare Langley-Hawthorne
VIDA, an American organization that supports women in literary arts,
recently released 'The Count' for 2011 providing a sober...
What's sexy?
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by Pari
Last week, I was writing a sex scene. It’s a therapeutic activity given my
current life circumstances. My protag had, through a variety of *total...
The Crime Readers Association
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When I joined the Crime Writers Association it already seemed a venerable institution, famous for its Dagger Awards and its members who were household names ...
Sharon Pape, Guest Blogger
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Or really, I should say the guest blogger today is Sharon Pape's character,
a federal marshal from the Arizona Territory, Ezekial Drummond. It's a
pleasur...
An extract from One Blood
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Fearless, uncompromising and compulsively readable, this explosive book is
an abiding portrait of an unfortunate section of British society, how it
ended u...
Why I decided to publish You Dirty Rat by Nigel Bird
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For a few months now I've been thinking about writing a series of short
essays or blog posts that explain why I decided to publish each of the
stories and ...
Who's Got Your Back, Baby?
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I’ve been told I trust too easily. I’ve also been told I have trust issues.
And sometimes I hear both of these statements in the same week. Truth
be told,...
Mystery & Crime Fiction Blog Carnival - March 2012
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It is the first Monday of the month - time for another highly anticipated
Blog Carnival. I am asking for you assistance to please help get the
newsletter ...
Bookish Thoughts: Under the Skin by Michel Faber
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*Isserley always drove straight past a hitch-hiker when she first saw him,
to give herself time to size him up. She was looking for big muscles: a
hunk on ...
Standing Water by Terri Armstrong
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Last week (28 February 2012) Terri Armstrong’s debut novel Standing Water
was published. Pre-publication it won the 2010 Yeovil Literary Prize and I
can un...
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
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*Synopsis From Back Cover: *
*The daughter of a struggling greengrocer, Maisie Dobbs was only thirteen
when she was sent to work as a maid for wealthy Lo...
Mailbox Monday – March 5, 2012
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Mailbox Monday hosted this month by Anna
at Diary of An Eccentric. Visit Anna today to get links to other readers’
mailbo...
Why Not Be Both?
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Jeff Cohen Are you a series, or a standalone? What the hell, I can steal from the Mac/PC commercials. I'm shameless. I just finished writing my first standal...
Todesmut: German edition of The Nightmare Thief
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Here’s the cover of the German edition of The Nightmare Thief. The title
translates as “Great Courage” or “Total Daring.” And maybe I’m twisted, but
I thin...
The Gods of Gotham - Lyndsay Faye
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I was lucky enough to be given a proof of Gods of Gotham last October and having read it through straight away (was meeting the author at a dinner so thought...
#SinC25 Round-Up – The Challenge Thus Far
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Here are the names of women writers highlighted by bloggers in the Sisters
in Crime 25th Anniversary Book Bloggers’ Challenge. (By the way, it’s not
too la...
A novel about opera will itself become an opera
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I was delighted to read in this morning’s papers of the coming convergence
of two of my favorite art forms. At Chicago’s Lyric Opera, preparations are
now ...
"Defensa cerrada", de Petros Márkaris
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Segunda novela de la serie del Comisario Jaritos y tercera que reseño. Poco
que añadir. Ya he dicho que el griego Márkaris es uno de los
descubrimiento...
The Sunday Salon - On Information Hoarding
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Everyone has some specific ways they respond to stress, and for many of the
readers and librarians I know, it involves information hoarding.
I am an infor...
Sunday Salon: Another Ms Cranky-Pants
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I was reading Eva's blog a few weeks back which she aptly named Just Call
Me Ms Cranky-Pants in which she confessed to abandoning books, and asked
her fe...
Beware The Ides Of, Erm, June
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It’s off to the Mansion House on Dublin’s Dawson Street tomorrow evening,
Monday, March 5th, where Conor Brady will be launching his debut novel, A
JUNE O...
A Rage In Harlem, By: Chester Himes
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Chester Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) brings to life the sights
and sounds of urban life and crime in the 1950′s and 1960′s Harlem in the
first...
Mermaid Tales: Mug Shot
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Quite a few of you asked and now you shall receive -- and most likely you
will regret asking.
For anyone new to Straight From Hel, I used to be a mermaid. ...
Review: Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark
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Links: Amazon, Amazon UK, Book Depository UK Personally I’m always wary of
celebrity authors believing that the celebrity part of the equation has
been mor...
The Thief, by Fuminori Nakamura
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The Thief (by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen
Coates and published by ShHo Crime) is a stripped-down philosophical crime
novel, ...
Mystery & Crime at the Oxford Literary Festival
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Those of you that regularly attend St Hilda’s Crime and Mystery Conference
that takes place every year at St Hilda’s College in Oxford will know
Eileen Rob...
Books Received - February 2012
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It is the good fortune of The Hungry Detective to now and again receive
books from authors, publishers or their associated marketing agencies.
These books ...
Different Kind of Romance
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A while ago, I interviewed my readers for a change, and my final question
was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I
got som...
Cat Sitter’s Pajamas by Blaize Clement (Minotaur)
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The Dixie Hemingway series is one of my favorites. Its covers or titles are
quite misleading causing the reader to expect very light and fluffy cozy
myster...
Driving Impaired: Think Twice
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*Katrina, the young heroine in my debut novel THE TRAZ is orphaned at the
age of 13 when a 2-car crash kills her parents. Both drivers were
impaired. I w...
Rogue Male, Geoffrey Household
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Geoffrey Household’s 1939 thriller novel *Rogue Male* deals with a plot to
kill HItler. Only it’s not actually a plot, it’s more of a solo mission
that at ...
The man in the lake and other Hamilton mysteries
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I had the pleasure of being a panelist in a criminal line up at the *Waikato
Times Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival* on Sunday. Fellow suspects were crime
fi...
Chapbook Giveaway
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Okay, I'm needy. Please validate me by reviewing my work. Your efforts will
not go unrewarded. The first three people to review either THE POINT or WEE
R...
HIGH ADVENTURE by Donald E. Westlake
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Pilot Kirby Galway is having a bad week. He has two different customers
(for the Pre-Columbian artifacts he smuggles) show up at his home in Belize
at the...
Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth
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"He was climbing steadily higher toward the top of Irontongue Hill, where
the wreckage of *Sugar Uncle Victor* lay. In the gullies, snow already lay
over ...
Cumming, Charles: The Spanish Game
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This time it's about Basque separatism and the Iraq War and England's relationship with the U.S., and there's a convoluted plot that I gave up caring about e...
Book Review Club: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
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(This is the February 2012 edition of Barrie Summy's Book Review Club. For
the complete list, click the icon after this review.)
When you get right down to...
In praise of the bookstore
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On Saturday afternoon, at the end of a whistlestop tour around the glories of Georgian Bath, I spied a bookstore. I'd been pretty well disciplined over the h...
Health hazards of being a writer
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Okay, so maybe you’re thinking this sounds like a bizarre blog title. And I
guess it is something we don’t talk about much. So here it is, the health
hazar...
Standard Candles
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It is obvious from reading numerous McDevitt novels that while he is a
superb storyteller, his interests are more than merely plot. He is
fascinated by his...
The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
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This is a young adult book for boys aged 12-15 years. Supposed to be action
packed, I must say I was pretty bored with it. Well, I am not a boy and I
am...
MIA.
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Hi All! We've been MIA for a little while now, but don't worry we'll be
back in top form soon. We've been working to consolidate all of our
internet presen...
You don’t look a day older
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Swedish novelist Henning Mankell recently called a halt to his
mega-bestselling Inspector Wallander series with the novel The Troubled
Man. According to a...
Monday, September 19: The Scribbler
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DOORWAYS by James Lincoln Warren Jim Morrison, the famous Dionysiac
rock’n’roll star, claimed that his cult band the Doors was named after a
line in the ma...
Saying Good-Bye to Weekly Geeks
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything
to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it
while w...
AVOID AMAZON SURCHARGE ON 'CLAWS'
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The popularity of Kindle ebooks which we're currently experiencing in the
USA and UK isn't matched in most of the other countries around the world.
One of...
Damaging
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For the three sporadic readers who still miss my blog, I have news. I’m
joining the crew of Do Some Damage and will start blogging there
alternating Monday...
Hiatus
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The post explaining it all is here, but this is the short version: I started a new gig as the News Editor for Publishers Marketplace, the first time I have h...
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