Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday...
Review: Ghost Liners by Robert D. Ballard
I've mentioned before that my daughter, Amber, who is 11, loves non-fiction, but it can be tough to find books perfect for her. Ghost Liners definitely fit the bill.
Robert Ballard is an explorer, an adventurer whose interests lay under the water. Beginning with the famous Titanic, he tells of five great ocean liners that sunk. Amber had actually read an excerpt from the book, the chapter about the Titanic in her reading class last year, and found it fascinating, which is what made us read the book together.
Ballard doesn't just give us a dry history of the ships- when they were built, what happened to make them sink. He makes us see the ships in their glory, know what it felt like in the last minutes of the wreck, and shows us eerie underwater photos of what remains. Some of the stories of rescues and losses are touching, and for each ship Ballard gives us a personal story.
The ships that...
Teaser from Fun and Games
She loved the ocean air smashing into her face, the feel of the tires beneath as they struggled to cling to the asphalt, the hum of the machine surrounding her body, the knowledge that one twitch to the left or right at the wrong moment meant her brand-new car, along with her brand-new life, would end up at the bottom of a ravine, and maybe years later people would ask: Whatever happened to that cute actress who was in those funny romantic comedies a few year ago? Back then, she loved to drive Decker Canyon Road because it blasted all of the clutter out of her mind.
(Tuesday Teaser from Location 21 of Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski)...
Spotlight and Giveaway: The Blue Light Project by Timothy Taylor
The Blue Light Project by Timothy Taylor
When an armed man seizes a television studio in the center of town, Thom Pegg, a former investigative journalist turned tabloid reporter, is as surprised as anyone to learn that he is the only person to whom the hostage taker will speak, bringing him inside the studio and in contact with the frightening truth.
From outside, meanwhile, the drama of the enthralled and horrified city is revealed through the eyes of two characters who meet in the early stages of the crisis and who bond to one another instinctively. Eve is a former Olympic gold medalist and much loved local daughter. Rabbit is a secretive street artist who has just completed a massive street art project involving mysterious installations at the tops of hundreds of buildings through the city.
It’s a time of fear, a time when people have grave doubts about the future, and each other. Yet, when events collide, and Rabbit’s installation is activated,...
Monday Morning
Hopefully this week is going to be cooler than last
Here are a couple of books that arrived in the mail for review this past week. Mailbox Monday is taking a blog tour. This month’s host is Gwendolyn of A Sea of Books.
For review:
Ding Dong the Diva's Dead by Cat Melodia from Tribute Books Blog Tours
The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie McGill from Simon & Schuster
I also bought one at Amazon's "The Big Deal" Kindle book sale.
The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Should be some good reading.
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Along with some randomness, I posted a couple of reviews last week and talked about a musical I went to see.
A New Prospect by Wayne Zurl, with a guest post by the author
"Bronsky's Dates with Death" by Peter David
Into the Woods
I also posted a flash fiction piece, "The King is Dead".
I only finished one book this week, Murder on the Orient...
Sharing a poem
I was looking for a summery poem to share today. I have to admit that the title of this one grabbed me, simply because of the weather we've been having lately and our lack of air conditioning at home.
Hot Summer Nights
by Mary Hamrick
It haunts me so
those summer nights
in dim lit homes
where music flows
and tempers flare
and lullabies fill the air.
I while away the hours
under the electric swell of light,
(pulse-scorched out).
Bone-idle and coral pink,
this dry spell grills,
but Southern nights do fill me.
Spider-blue legs peddle tales
as gossips-a-brewing
and roaming by my streets.
Scuttling through like marsh rabbit,
neighbors wave their charmed hellos.
Feverish and swollen together,
they inhale the blossoms,
riding high, and move through summer
as the lake declines.
It haunts me so
those summer nights
in dim lit homes
where music flows
and tempers flare
and lullabies fill the air.
Mary Hamrick was born in New York and moved to Florida when she was a young girl....