I feel exactly the same. It's usually always the cover art that stops me and encourages me to check the book out further. This week my cover attraction is The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom. It will be released by St. Martin's Press on August 4,...

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett is a book about a group of people, many important people, that are held hostage by a group of terrorists in some South American country - we never really learn where exactly. The party is for a Japanese businessman and as a...

Morning everyone. First I want to say that I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and will have a great New Year. Thank you to those who popped by or emailed me and wished me a Merry Christmas - thank you. Unfortunately for my family, my aunt...

Friday Finds hosted by Should Be Reading asks us to share what great books we heard about or discovered in the past week. My pick this week is a book called Lullaby by Claire Seeber. It looks like it's being re-released by Thomas Dunne Books on...

Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan is the first book in the Charlotte McNally mysteries and it's a fast and good read that I really enjoyed. It's a suspenseful thriller based in the journalism world made all the more realistic as Hank Phillippi Ryan is...

Yes, I am joining one more challenge but the good news is that a couple of these can be used towards other challenges I'll be participating in. Naida from The Bookworm hosts the Romance Reading Challenge and this will be the first time I'm joining. I...