Author: Carol

I can't believe summer is almost over. It just flew past. I'm not much of a planner when it comes to my reading schedule, but here's a list of the top ten books on my fall t-read list. Now whether or not I'll get around to them, we'll just have to wait and see.  This is a mix of books I'm wishing for and ones I already have sitting on the pile at home. I could list more, but I held myself to ten. Between the Thames and the Tiber by Ted Riccardi- I love Holmes! Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite - A ghost story for October. Dragon Blues by Edie Ramer - I have to have a paranormal romance on the list. The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe - The eastern Tennessee setting and the mix of magic and reality call to me. Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore by Stella Duffy - I don't read many historical novels, but Theodora sounds...

I am so tired this morning. I wish I had taken the time to heat up some coffee before I left. I only got one book last week, which means I finished more than I picked up, a good thing. The book is Hell and Gone by Duane Swierczynski, from Mulholland Books via NetGalley. It's the second in the Charlie Hardie series and I have to know what happens to him. Mailbox Monday is taking a blog tour. This month’s host is Staci at Life in the Thumb. It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Here’s what I wrote about last week. Reviews: Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski The Bat Scientists by Mary Kary Carson "Bluebeard’s Ghost" by William Makepeace Thackeray A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny “The Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie Other posts: "In Need of a Champion"- original flash fiction Currently, I’m reading/listening to: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny Belladonna in Hollywood by Alex Severin Still Alice by Lisa Genova So I actually finished a few, all...

Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski is the equivalent of an action movie. It's starts off with a car chase and just keeps going non-stop. You've got fights galore, a fire, some gadgets and syringes. Charlie Hardie is a former cop, well not exactly a cop but sorta of a cop consultant, who now spends his time house-sitting for people with money to spare. He spends his days more or less drinking and watching movies. Until his latest assignment. After breaking having to break into the house to watch, he finds Lane Madden inside. She's a has-been actress who tells a bizarre story that They are out to kill her, they being The Accident People, a behind the scenes group in Hollywood who take care of problems but make the deaths seem like accidents. Turns out she's right and the rest of the book is about Hardie and Lane doing their best to stay alive, stay one step ahead of Them. By...

We had to get this The Bat Scientists by Mary Kay Carson. First, it's about bats, one of Amber's favorite animals. Second, it's part of the Scientists is in the Field series, which we love. Third, we met the author at the Ohioana Book Festival and she signed it. "The single biggest threat to bats is human ignorance about them," says Merlin Tuttle. "Most people are very happy to protect bats if only they understand them." (pg 28) This book goes are far way in helping middle school kids learn about bats. It talks about the different types, about their habitats and about threats they face. It tells how bats help people, eating insects, and in a couple of towns drawing in lots of tourists. Amber already knows a lot about bats. You have to remember we've been reading animal books since she was little. What impressed me about this book is that it talks about the scientists with Bat Conservation International who...