I started reading this book January 10, 2012 and finished it today, January 28, 2012. It was a special priced Nook Book that caught my attention by its blurb.
In <b>The Abbey</b> the reader is introduced to Detective Ash Rashid of Indianapolis, Indiana. Ash is a family man with a pregnant wife and little four year old Meagan. Ash is struggling against alcoholism, and a case involving his teenage niece. Was it murder or an unfortunate accident? Things become even more complicated when Ash finds out his niece was a sanguinarian - a blood drinker.
Chris Culver brings us into Ash Rashid's world in an up-close and personal manner. The action is not always quick, but it is logical and it is necessary, especially how Ash faces his world and his problems.
This book kept me reading because I genuinely wanted to know what happened. It wasn't filled with unnecessary side trips and the secondary story line worked perfectly!
There were a couple of typographical/editorial errors, but only a couple. I am going to keep an eye out for Detective Rashid in the future. This was one of the best books to relax with that I have found in a long time except for Stephanie Plum's adventures - although Detective Rashid is grittier than Stephanie, and his world is somewhat more dark, but the bright spots are what keep him, and us going.
I give it four out of give stars * * * *
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
One for the Money 1/5/12
One for the Money is the first novel in the Stephanie Plum series. I had often seen the series on the shelves in my local Barnes & Noble's, but didn't think it looked enticing. A friend of mine is an avid reader of the Stephanie Plum series and after much cajoling, and the movie coming out by the same name later this month (which I had also promised K I would go see), I thought I would try out this series...eventually. Luckily for me, my friend got me a copy of the book as one of my Christmas presents for 2011. Wow! Was I wrong about it not looking enticing! It was an excellent read and kept me turning the pages way into the early morning hours!
The characters are definitely individuals and the action is quick and very amusing in sections. In One for the Money, Stephanie Plum is broke and needs a job and takes one with her cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter. Not knowing anything about the job, Stephanie's on-the-job training is quick, frightening, and funny. The situations she gets herself into are very realistic and the first mystery she solves in the book is almost by accident. Plus, her mentor, Ranger looks and sounds wonderful and oh so sexy; and the other man in her life, Morelli is an equal heart throb. Which one will she choose? I guess I'll just have to keep reading the series to find out!
The characters are definitely individuals and the action is quick and very amusing in sections. In One for the Money, Stephanie Plum is broke and needs a job and takes one with her cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter. Not knowing anything about the job, Stephanie's on-the-job training is quick, frightening, and funny. The situations she gets herself into are very realistic and the first mystery she solves in the book is almost by accident. Plus, her mentor, Ranger looks and sounds wonderful and oh so sexy; and the other man in her life, Morelli is an equal heart throb. Which one will she choose? I guess I'll just have to keep reading the series to find out!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Ghosts by Gaslight 1/2/12
Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense, by Jack Dann is a collection of short stories by supposedly some of the best writers out there now in the realm of horror, suspense, and steampunk. I myself was not familiar with any of the authors and view this book as an excellent introduction to each.
Each story was written with the Victorian vernacular and feel to them. The voices were expertly done. They were so well done, in fact, it was easy to forget these were written in this oh so modern era and not true Victorian pieces written during the Victorian period!
One very interesting and wonderful fact about this book is that not everything has gears and gizmos running on steam power, but bring in all the elements of steampunk, including the adventure and feel of the era.
Some of these stories ripped my heart out and others truly spooked me!
This was the perfect book (for me at least) to read through the holidays and in preparation for the holidays.
I am not a big fan of anthologies, but made an exception for this one and highly recommend it to anyone interested in steampunk, Victorian literature, and a good quiet scare. It was very difficult for me to put this book down, and, as always with a good book, I was sad to have it come to an end.
Each story was written with the Victorian vernacular and feel to them. The voices were expertly done. They were so well done, in fact, it was easy to forget these were written in this oh so modern era and not true Victorian pieces written during the Victorian period!
One very interesting and wonderful fact about this book is that not everything has gears and gizmos running on steam power, but bring in all the elements of steampunk, including the adventure and feel of the era.
Some of these stories ripped my heart out and others truly spooked me!
This was the perfect book (for me at least) to read through the holidays and in preparation for the holidays.
I am not a big fan of anthologies, but made an exception for this one and highly recommend it to anyone interested in steampunk, Victorian literature, and a good quiet scare. It was very difficult for me to put this book down, and, as always with a good book, I was sad to have it come to an end.
Crises Over - Ready for New Beginnings
Life got in the way of doing a lot of things since September 2010. Although I was able to keep reading (I think I read more in 2011 than any other year previously), it took more energy than I had to post a review of the books read. Since this is really just a blog about the books I read and whether or not I like them, everything that goes down here is my opinion only and no one has to subscribe to it, and I don't expect such a thing! That would be too scary!!! So, 2012 is a new start for a lot of things and a continuation of things from 2011, like writing.
The goal of this blog (redefined) is to keep track of the books I read, review them briefly as to what I liked and didn't like, and to reflect on the day's/week's writing. Since this blog isn't connected anywhere other than to Blogger, i.e. not to Facebook or Twitter, there is a little more breathing room for me than the other blogs I have, which are linked to those social sites. If I make a post and want to share it, there will be a link on my Twitter account. I will figure out how to get you that information later.
This is my quiet little corner of the Internet, where I can ruminate or not, to my heart's desire, and relax.
The goal of this blog (redefined) is to keep track of the books I read, review them briefly as to what I liked and didn't like, and to reflect on the day's/week's writing. Since this blog isn't connected anywhere other than to Blogger, i.e. not to Facebook or Twitter, there is a little more breathing room for me than the other blogs I have, which are linked to those social sites. If I make a post and want to share it, there will be a link on my Twitter account. I will figure out how to get you that information later.
This is my quiet little corner of the Internet, where I can ruminate or not, to my heart's desire, and relax.
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