Alright. Moving on to the very best in True Crime. THESE are my Top 12 favorites... #12. Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder - Leah Carroll Leah Carroll's mother, a gifted amateur photographer, was murdered by two drug dealers with Mafia connections when Leah was four years old. Her father, a…
June 22, 2020: My Top 20 Favorite Thrillers (Novels)!
When I was narrowing down the titles for this Top 20 list, I ended up with a shortlist of over 50 books. So, after giving it some thought, I elected to divide the genre into Thrillers and Crime/Mystery. The latter are more police, P.I., and organized crime-focused while the former cover pretty much everything else.…
January 5, 2019: 2018 Reading Year in Review! January Reads on my Radar!
My final reading tally for 2018: Fantasy - 25 Horror - 26 Non-Fiction - 49 Sci-Fi - 54 Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thrillers - 75 General Fiction - 87 Graphic Novels - 89 2018 Releases - 242 It's unlikely that I'll equal last year's impressive count in 2019, but I'm sure as hell going to try. THESE are the…
December 18, 2018: My Top 20 Reads of 2018 Published Before 2018!
Given the insane number of books I read in 2018, I decided to forego my usual Year's Best rundown in favor of separate lists for varied categories. Today, for example, I'm offering up My Top 20 Reads of 2018 Published Before 2018. General fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, crime & thrillers, YA, graphic novels -…
June 11, 2018: How do YOU read?
Being the voracious reader I am, I tend to source my books from a variety of sources... 1 - Bookstores. To be fair, I bought a lot more while I was living back in Vancouver because I truly loved the independent bookstore (The Book Warehouse) I used to frequent on a regular basis, often picking…
April, 2014: Dognapping in Vancouver! My March Reading List! Continuing our Stargate: Atlantis re-watch with…Remnants!
Wow. This has been all over the news here: http://www.petsearcherscanada.com/stolen-french-bulldog-in-vancouver-do-you-recognize-this-woman2/ If you live in the Vancouver area, check out the video and maybe help identify this sorry excuse for a human being. Capsule reviews of all the books I read last month... Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem A southern gothic tale that alternates between the…