Sizzling Sixteen is another saga in the life of Stephanie Plum. This time it is Vinnie who is in trouble. He has been kidnapped and the ransom demands are growing rapidly. Everyone is broke and Vinnie's life hangs in the balance. As Stephanie, Connie, and Lulu attempt a rescue to keep their jobs, the stakes are higher than even they can imagine. The scammers are getting scammed and that spells trouble. It is up to the Hobbits to come to the rescue.
As a fan of the series, Stephanie Plum really hasn't changed that much since the beginning. Her insecurities,
No Rest for the Dead by Andrew F. Gulli (Editor)
by Angela Yorke July 4th, 2011 | Authors, Fiction, New Releases
The serial novel has been in existence since the Arabian Nights/One Thousand and One Nights, where Scheherazade wove tales with cliffhanger endings to save her life. Since then, the term referred to a novel that appeared in serialized form in a periodical, which was perfect for readers with short attention spans. Another interpretation is conscripting different writers* to produce individual chapters for one novel, which is exactly what Andrew F. Gulli has done with No Rest for the Dead, although it was originally conceived as an anthology.
Billed as “26 authors; 1 mystery,” No Rest for the Dead is introduced
Billed as “26 authors; 1 mystery,” No Rest for the Dead is introduced
A Secret Kept, by Tatiana de Rosnay
by Kaitlin July 1st, 2011 | Fiction
A few weeks ago, my best friend's mother lent me this book, but I hadn't gotten around to reading it (unemployment is extremely taxing). On a rainy day last week, it was the perfect setting to cuddle up on the couch with some wine tea and read for hours on end.
I'm finding it hard to decide what exactly I think about A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay. As there are very few books I actually dislike and I have an obsession with always knowing what happens in a story, I finished the book at my normal quick pace. Still,
I'm finding it hard to decide what exactly I think about A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay. As there are very few books I actually dislike and I have an obsession with always knowing what happens in a story, I finished the book at my normal quick pace. Still,
Beach Read: Eye Contact
by Kaitlin May 20th, 2011 | Fiction, Young Adults
In celebration of our impending college graduation (hereinafter referred to as the “G-word”), my roommates and I rented a house on the beach in Dewey Beach, Delaware for one last shebang. I grew up ten minutes from the beach, and love just about everything about it, but one of my favorite aspects is beach reads—easy, quick books to zoom through in a day. This week, my beach read of choice was a recommendation from one of my roommates: Eye Contact, by Cammie McGovern.
In the mystery novel, an elementary-aged girl is found murdered in the woods near school during recess.
In the mystery novel, an elementary-aged girl is found murdered in the woods near school during recess.
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
by Jane Wangersky January 10th, 2011 | Fiction
A cynical cop living in a seedy hotel is woken up by the night manager with the news that another tenant has been murdered. Detective Meyer Landsman didn't know the victim and doesn't like most of the tenants he does know, but as he later says, "I'll be damned if I'm going to let somebody walk in here and put a bullet in their heads." So far, so typical. But this mystery is set in a world where Israel didn't manage to survive, the U.S. fought a war in Cuba in the 1960's, and Sitka, Alaska, is a Yiddish-speaking
