A Bookworm's World

Yes, mysteries are one of my favourite genres. But, I only recently started reading Charles Todd's books - I have become quite fond of...

What book caught my eye this week as it passed over the library counter and under my scanner. Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky . A biography...

Ahh, there's nothing better than settling in for the day with a new book by a favourite author. And that's how I spent a recent Sun...

" Eugene Doyle. Born 19 June 1972. Died 17 December 2010, aged thirty-eight. Isabel Ann Macdonald. Born 24 May 1974. Died 18 December ...

I read the first book of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series (Keeper of Lost Causes - my review ) and just knew I would be in a f...

What books caught my eye this week as they passed over the library counter and under my scanner? It's retro and vintage this week! Fir...

I usually listen to at least one audio book a week, either on the way back and forth to work or when I can't sleep. Last week found me u...

I'm always interested in the origins of a book - how do writers come up with their ideas? Does something specific spark that first line?...

What books caught my eyes this week as they passed over the library counter and under my scanner?  Books about reading and writing .... ...

Every once in a while it's good to step out of my reading comfort zone and pick up something different. The something different this ti...

Cover of Snow is Jenny Milchman's debut novel. Nora Hamilton followed her husband back to the small New York town he grew up in so ...

I read my first Sue Grafton book over twenty years ago. We had just moved to a small town and of course one of the first places I visited ...

What books caught my eye this week as they passed over the library counter and under my scanner? Well, I'm sure many of us made the res...

I first 'discovered' Susan Hill about this time last year when I read The Betraul of Trust - the sixth in her Simon Serrailler Cr...

I'm always fascinated by book trailers - the compacting of a full novel into a minute or two, the choice of what plot parts to showcase,...

You may not immediately recognize Dick Wolf's name, but I'm sure you know the name of the hit television show he created - Law and ...

I quite enjoyed Dean Crawford's debut novel Covenant ( my review ) so I happily picked up his second book Immortal . Officer Enrico ...

What book caught my eye this week as it passed over the library counter and under my scanner? An absolutely stunning coffee table book - To ...

No, I haven't got it backwards...the title of Warren Ellis's latest novel is Gun Machine. And it was a great book to start off t...

Wishing all of you the best for 2013.    Health and happiness foremost.   This is the time of year when we all swear off exc...