animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

blockade billy/morality

I received this mini-book in the mail a few weeks ago, thanks to the Stephen King Library. I’ve been a member of the SKL for so long I can’t even remember when I joined. It’s always nice to be surprised with a new Stephen King book, even if it’s just …

horns

I received Horns (for a perfectly good synopsis, click the link) in the mail on Saturday and set to task, finishing it last night. It was an incredible read, unlike any other book I’ve read (and I’ve read a few books in my time). The book had everything (horror, romance, …

candyland

This was an interesting book. It was written by Evan Hunter and Ed McBain (who are the same person). I have read quite a few McBain books, but never any Hunter, but I will definitely check out some Hunter after this. For those of you not in the know, McBain …

dead ringer

My mom goes to a lot of book sales and is always picking new stuff up for me. I had never heard of the author (Lisa Scottoline) of this book before, but I’ll pretty much give anything a shot, so I put it on my reading list. I was pleasantly …

prayers for the dead

This was a pretty good crime novel. At times, I felt like I was reading Ed McBain, which is a compliment to the author, Faye Kellerman. The only negative, really, was that some of the dialog was forced. Really forced. The less annoying of the two examples was the main …