True Blood debuts on HBO on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET here in the United States. I’ve read all the books in Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mystery series and have been waiting a long time for this HBO series. I subscribed to the HBO channel this week so I could watch this show! I was [...]
Archive for the ‘Mystery’ Category
Vampires come to HBO
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Mystery, Television, tagged Blood Ties, Charlaine Harris, HBO, Laurell Hamilton, Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire Mystery series, Tanya Huff, True Blood, vampires on 6 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
Reviews: Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series by Jane K. Cleland
Posted in Books, Mystery, Review, tagged Antiques to Die For, Consigned to Death, Deadly Appraisal, Jane K. Cleland on 3 September 2008 | No Comments »
I found this mystery series and decided to give it a try because of the quotes from both Margaret Maron and Julia Spencer-Fleming. These authors write some of my favorite mysteries. I’ve read all three of Jane K. Cleland’s books in this series and I enjoyed them–though not quite as much as I enjoy [...]
TBR Review: Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron
Posted in Books, Mystery, Review, TBR Day Review, tagged Death's Half-Acre, Margaret Maron, Slow Dollar on 20 August 2008 | No Comments »
My TBR Book Review for August (read more about this reading challenge on Keishon’s website):
Book Read: Slow Dollar
Author: Margaret Maron
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: Warner Books
Genre: Mystery
This is the ninth book in the Deborah Knott mystery series. I’ve read most of the books which take place before this one. I stopped reading almost all mysteries about eight [...]
Masterpiece Theater: Inspector Lynley This Sunday, Aug 10
Posted in Books, Mystery, Television, tagged Elizabeth George, Inspector Lynley, Masterpiece Theater on 9 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Inspector Lynley series begins this Sunday on Masterpiece Theater. Sunday (August 10) and next Sunday are the final two cases for Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers. I’ve enjoyed this series and will miss getting to see new shows each year.
If you visit the Masterpiece Theater website you can read more about the series, follow [...]
Masterpiece Theater–Foyle’s War Returns
Posted in DVDs, Miniseries, Mystery, Television, tagged Foyle's War, Masterpiece Theater, Michael Kitchen, Mystery, World War II on 5 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mystery! (which is now part of Masterpiece Theater) is shown several times a year on PBS stations. My husband and I have watched the various mystery series through the years (Poroit, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, etc.) and we enjoy almost all of them! This Sunday the last episode of Inspector Lewis will show. Inspector Lewis was [...]
New Books for July
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, tagged Patricia Briggs, Rhys Bowen, Kelley Armstrong, Delicious, Sherry Thomas, Linda Howard, Shades of Dark, Linnea Sinclair, Cry Wolf, Never Romance a Rake, Liz Carlyle, Eoin Colfer, The Time Paradox, Eve Kenin, Hidden, Death Angel, A Royal Pain, My Lord and Spymaster, Joanne Bourne, The Night Bird, Catherine Asaro, The Summoning on 28 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lots of great books coming out this month!
The Summoning
By Kelley Armstrong
Darkest Powers, Book 1
Hardcover released July 1
Publisher–HarperCollins
New YA urban fantasy trilogy set in the same universe as the Otherworld series
“All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don’t even know what that means anymore. It all [...]
New Books for June!
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult, tagged After the Kiss, Blue Smoke and Murder, Caroline Linden, Duchess by Night, Elizabeth Lowell, Eloisa James, Feast of Fools, Hawkspar, Holly Lisle, Margoirie M. Liu, Moonstruck, Murder on Bank Street, Rachel Caine, Rake's Guide to Seduction, Susan Grant, Suzanne Enoch, Tanya Huff, The Iron Hunt, Valor's Trial, vampires, Victoria Thompson on 27 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
I forgot this first book in my May list of books:
Blue Smoke and Murder
By Elizabeth Lowell
Hardcover released May 27
Publisher–William Morrow
From author website: “Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of Lane Faroe, son of two of St. Kilda’s Consulting’s premier operators. But when a string of [...]
May 2008 Books
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, New Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, tagged A Fatal Waltz, Anne Stuart, Charlaine Harris, Fire and Ice, From Dead to Worse, Julia Quinn, Loretta Chase, Madeline Hunter, Romancing the Dead, Secrets of Surrender, Stephenie Meyer, Tasha Alexander, Tate Hallaway, The Host, The Lost Duke of Wyndham, Your Scandalous Ways on 29 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wow, some good books are coming along in May! I’ve already ordered a few of these and look forward to reading these books.
Fire and Ice
By Anne Stuart
5th and final book in the Ice series
Paperback on sale May 1
Romantic suspense
I have enjoyed all the books in this series.
From Dead to Worse
By Charlaine Harris
Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse) [...]
Favorite Heroes
Posted in Booking through Thursday, Books, Historical, Miniseries, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Television, tagged Agent of Change, Anne Stuart, Bastian Touissant, Black Ice, Carpe Diem, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. D. Robb, Jo Beverley, John Thornton, Liaden Universe, North & South, Richard Armitage, Roarke, Rothgar, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Val Con yos'Phelium on 7 March 2008 | No Comments »
You should have seen this one coming … Who is your favorite Male lead character? And why?
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I’m late with Booking Through Thursday this week, but I’m finally back home and ready to blog! Favorite heroes…I realize I tend to focus on strong female characters rather than strong male characters. I had a hard time deciding [...]
Heading for Home
Posted in Books, Family, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Science Fiction, tagged Mark Del Franco, Ann Aguirre, Grimspace, J. D. Robb, Survivor in Death, Unshapely Things, Supermarket, Brian Wood on 4 March 2008 | No Comments »
We had beautiful sunsets, family visits, deer in the yard, sunny days, a little snow and lots of fun, but now it is time to head back to the Midwest.
This will probably be the only blog entry I do this week. We’re leaving Oregon to fly home this week, but it’s a two day [...]
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