Archive for June, 2011

The Affinity Bridge (Newbury & Hobbes Investigations)

by George Mann I purchased this book initially because of its steampunk theme and the reviews of it that I read from others on social media sites like Facebook.  What I found inside did not disappoint.  Newbury & Hobbes will take you on an investigative journey through an alternative history version of 1901 London complete [...]

June 26, 2011 · jhines0042 · One Comment
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Neverwhere

By Neil Gaiman Neverwhere was the first novel by Gaiman that I read after reading the Sandman comics. I loved this story because it starts out so simply and quickly becomes something for which the characters hadn’t bargained. I also like that an ordinary man, going about his ordinary business comes across something out of [...]

June 21, 2011 · adamdrew3 · One Comment
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Portrait of a Killer

Portrait of a Killer, Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell This is a non-fiction book about the Jack the Ripper case. Cornwell usually writes fictional mysteries, so I was intrigued by her walk into the non-fiction world. She has a suspect for the Ripper murders and she builds a very compelling case in [...]

June 14, 2011 · adamdrew3 · No Comments
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Masques

by Patricia Briggs I read the re-release of this book. This was Briggs first novel and it had a very limited first printing. Masques is the beginning of the Sianim series. After I read Moon Called and the other Mercy Thompson novels, I went looking for her other books and could not find Masques anywhere. [...]

June 8, 2011 · adamdrew3 · One Comment
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Shakespeare’s Landlord

by Charlene Harris I chose to review Shakespeare’s Landlord out of all that Charlene Harris has done first because you can probably find more about the “Dead . . .” Sookie Stackhouse series when you look for reviews of Harris’ novels. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started reading this book; but I [...]

June 6, 2011 · adamdrew3 · 2 Comments
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