These are going to be short reviews because to talk too much about either would give away surprise plot twists. Without further ado…
Shutter Island–Dennis Lehane
Synopsis:
Summer, 1954.
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets

This is the first Kathy Reichs Temperance Brennan (12th in the series) book I have read. I found myself comparing it to the television show Bones (which is based on the Brennan series). This being the 12th book, Tempe is older, divorced and has a teenage daughter. In the show, Tempe is young, single and hasn’t any current prospects of having a child. So a little difficult wrapping my head around the differences. However, I really liked this book. In the book, Tempe is less socially challenged and not as …

Note: Some may consider there to be slight spoilers. I wouldn’t think so, but just a warning!
The second installment in the Looking Glass Wars Trilogy, Seeing Redd, was an exciting and emotional foray in to the world of Alyss Heart of Wonderland. In this book, some characters that seemed to have no emotional depth have blossomed in to more dimensional representations of themselves. Hatter Madigan for one. He finds out some very personal news and the lengths he

Recently I’ve been revisiting The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice by listening to the audio books. I wanted to pick up where I left off in the series…last one I read was Menmoch the Devil (also read Pandora in the New Tales of the Vampires), but I felt I needed to refresh my memories of the earlier books before I pick up the next book in the series, The Vampire Armand (book # 6).
So…I just finished a happy reunion with Interview With The Vampire. Here …

Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department’s fight against injustice. But when Liz’s foster mother is found viciously murdered—and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene—her only memory of the crime comes in the form of terrifying dreams…of creatures more horrific than anything Liz has seen in real life. What do these visions mean? And what in the world do they have to do with her former lover, Jimmy Sanducci?

Synopsis (from Barnes and Noble):
The “true story” behind Alice in Wonderland! Princess Alyss Heart is brutally cast out of Wonderland by her vicious Aunt Redd, who beheads Alyss’ mother (Off with her head, she cries!) and begins to rule over Wonderland with an iron fist. Alyss escapes from Wonderland and is exiled to another world entirely–Victorian London–where she is adopted into a new family, renamed Alice, and befriended by Lewis Carroll. At age 20 she returns to Wonderland to battle

I am crying as I write this so let me warn you–when you read this book, you had better be prepared to cry…and to laugh…and to be amazed. How does one describe a book that so seamlessly combines science fiction, comedy, and tragedy?
Henry and Clare have a relationship that transcends time…literally. Henry is what is known as a chrono-displaced person, or CDP. There are no time machines or devices. He just disappears from one time leaving a pile of

For those of us who love Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, this book is an excellent companion piece to that wonderful novel. This is Pride and Prejudice told entirely from Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy’s point of view–written entirely in diary form. I liked this book because it gives more insight in to the character of Darcy…his inner turmoils and doubts. In his diary, he wears his heart on his sleeve and we are shown an even more caring character than we find in Pride and Prejudice and, therefore, a more suitable …

Kate, a young fashion designer, has had her share of tragedy and disappointment. Her mother always told her, “you can always start again”, like in sewing. Kate decides to travel to her ancestral homeland of Ireland to clear her mind and perhaps to inspire something new in her life. What she finds there turns out to be so much more.
I enjoyed this book very much. It makes for a perfect summer read. It evoked thoughts of HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT by Whitney Otto, with …

I first found out about this book when I rented a dvd called LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. This was a Swedish film that turned out to be based on the book by the same name LET THE RIGHT ONE IN by JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST. Turns out this book has been translated twice and published, in England, under the original name and, in the U.S., under the title LET ME IN.
The book is set in Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The story centers around Oskar, …