Pros: Great characters and details; fascinating plot
Cons: Slow, sometimes dry, tangential pacing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Technorati Tags: Michael Connelly, book reviews, fiction, mystery, Harry Bosch, procedural
Pros: Great characters and details; fascinating plot
Cons: Slow, sometimes dry, tangential pacing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Technorati Tags: Michael Connelly, book reviews, fiction, mystery, Harry Bosch, procedural
Time to start collating another round of book-related blogging posts from Errant Thoughts, starting with this week’s Booking Through Thursday meme:
The Superfast Reader tagged me to do the book cover meme, which came out better than I could have imagined! (9/9)
Also, while I’m waiting for Jeffrey to have the free time to add a few things to the sidebar, please consider voting for us or rating us on the following sites:
Spicypage (The widget doesn’t seem to want to work inside the post, so I’m going with a straight link.)
And, here’s a handy feedburner subscription link, which will also eventually make it into the templates:
Pros: Stunning universe; amazing characters; engrossing story
Cons: Slight bit more exposition than in “Crystal Rain”
Rating: 5 out of 5
Pros: Stunning world; amazing characters; very organic feel; highly unusual
Cons: None
Rating: 5 out of 5
Pros: Somewhat interesting plot; semi-functional pacing
Cons: Inconsistent characterization; lack of chemistry between characters; only semi-functional pacing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Technorati Tags: Tara Moss, book reviews, fiction, mystery, Split, forensic psychology, thriller
Pros: Fascinating and hilarious factoids
Cons: Gross!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Technorati Tags: Matt Pagett, What Shat That, book reviews, books, science, humor, nature, animals
Pros: Playful, fun, and sexy
Cons: Awkward beginning
Rating: 4 out of 5
Technorati Tags: Dionne Galace, book reviews, fiction, Skin to Skin, romance, erotica, Samhain
Pros: A wonderful novel on many levels
Cons: None
Rating: 5 out of 5
Pros: An absolutely incredible range of delicious recipes
Cons: Some of the directions could have used a little more polishing
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Technorati Tags: book reviews, books, Brian Yarvin, dumplings, cooking, reviews, cookbooks, recipes
Pros: Could be worse
Cons: Premise, pace, characters, use of the English language…
Rating: 1 out of 5
Technorati Tags: Jeffrey Anderson, book reviews, fiction, novels, Second Genesis, science fiction, scifi, thriller