Mostly reviews of books I have on my bookshelf
One of the advantages of having a smartphone is having an e-book reader in it. My cellphone is not even an Android phone but it looks like it and has a text reader. So I converted this e-book in text format and transferred it in my mobile phone. I felt I was also turning Read more about The Murder of Roger Ackroyd[…]
Dumb Witness (1937, Agatha Christie) This is one of those books that have been collecting dust on my bookshelf and I just finished reading it over the weekend. Years ago, I’ve read in The Strand magazine that this was first published as a short story but eventually became the novel we are all familiar of. Read more about Dumb Witness[…]
The Face of a Stranger (1990, Anne Perry, The Random House Publishing Group) It was only recently that I took the time to read this novel in full. The blurb at the back cover intrigued me so I bought the book three or four years ago. Just like with the other books I own, it Read more about The Face of a Stranger[…]
THE SURGEON by Tess Gerritsen, 2001, Ballantine Books I came to discover author Tess Gerritsen when I read The Sinner a few years ago and instantly I became a fan of her characters Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles. However, this book has Rizzoli but no Isles but it still has the same kind of Gerritsen Read more about The Surgeon[…]
On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle (2003, The Berkeley Publishing Group) I started to like Cleo Coyle a few years back when I first read “Through the Grinder“, the second book in her Coffeehouse Mystery series. Aside from the mystery story, lessons about coffee and a few tips and recipes are found in the book. Read more about On What Grounds[…]
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE (A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit) by Brenda Ueland (1987, Graywolf Press) One of the rare finds I found in Booksale years ago, this copy is the 1987 version from Graywolf Press, printed four years after Brenda Ueland’s death. Most writers say that this is “the best book ever Read more about If You Want To Write[…]
THE LAST CALL by George Wier Bill Travis was a financial consultant, divorced, no kids, just a single guy living a single life. Monday morning as he drove to his office, he saw a beautiful girl driving a roadster along the Austin traffic. Little did he know that she would be his client that morning, Read more about The Last Call[…]
DOCTORED EVIDENCE by Donna Leon (2004) I have bought this book years ago and it stayed on my bookshelf gathering dust. Since I resolved to read more frequently this year, I grabbed this book and read. It is about a murder of an old woman living alone in Venice. Her only son died five years ago and Read more about Doctored Evidence[…]
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie (1939) I’ve read this book for the second time for the simple reason that I wanted to revisit Agatha Christie‘s works lying on my dusty bookshelf. The story is about ten people of different professions and social status who received an unusual invitation from a certain millionaire named Read more about And Then There Were None[…]
I TRUSTED HIM (THE TRUE STORY OF ANNA LYNN HURD) by Jennifer Smith and Cherry Tigris (2013, Free-eBooks.net) I Trusted Him (The True Story of Anna Lynn Hurd) is a two-part e-book written by Anna’s mother, Jennifer Smith, and advocate Cherry Tigris. The first part tells about Anna’s story — a 16-year old girl living Read more about Spreading the Word Against Violence[…]
DMQZ by Quinn Flemming (2013, Amazon Kindle) What would the world be like after a virus that originated from a dormouse spread and killed millions of people instantly and left some ‘resisters’ (those who were infected by the virus yet are still alive)? It divided New York into Safe Zone and the Quarantine Zone. The Read more about DMQZ[…]
A MINDTO MURDER by P.D. James (1963, Kindle edition) I’m not of a gadget-crazy type of person. If I could only have my old cell phone, that would just be fine with me. However, those old cell phones had to say goodbye. So it’s time to buy me a smartphone for two reasons: (1) to receive Read more about A Mind to Murder[…]
