about the book
As full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, Betsy Devonshire has become skilled at weaving suspicious threads. But when one of her regulars unwittingly becomes involved in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities, Betsy fears something is seriously warped
This is book 12 in the series. I really enjoyed this one. It is nice catching up with Betsy and the rest of the gang.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
2008 Chunkster Challenge
Chunkster Challenge(2008)
1. Almost Dead By Lisa Jackson 419p
2. The Collectors by David Baldacci 436p
3. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult 447p
3. Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter 401p
4. Die For Me by Karen Rose 558p
5. Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub 476p
6. Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell 404p
7. Scream For Me by Karen Rose 436p
8. Domestic Affairs by Eileen Goudge 437p
9. Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver 414p
10. Judgement Day by Sheldon Siegel 413p
11. Tailspin by Catherine Coulter 405p
12. A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand 404p
13. Guilty by Karen Robards 408p
14. Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs 439
15. Intent to Kill by James Grippando 401p
16. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 455p
17. High Noon by Nora Roberts 423p
18. Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards 538p
19. Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly 427p
20. Killing Spree by Kevin O'Brien 443p
1. Almost Dead By Lisa Jackson 419p
2. The Collectors by David Baldacci 436p
3. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult 447p
3. Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter 401p
4. Die For Me by Karen Rose 558p
5. Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub 476p
6. Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell 404p
7. Scream For Me by Karen Rose 436p
8. Domestic Affairs by Eileen Goudge 437p
9. Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver 414p
10. Judgement Day by Sheldon Siegel 413p
11. Tailspin by Catherine Coulter 405p
12. A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand 404p
13. Guilty by Karen Robards 408p
14. Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs 439
15. Intent to Kill by James Grippando 401p
16. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 455p
17. High Noon by Nora Roberts 423p
18. Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards 538p
19. Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly 427p
20. Killing Spree by Kevin O'Brien 443p
Friday, December 26, 2008
2009 TBR Challenge
To remind you of the rules:
* the challenge is to read 12 TBR books in 12 months -- you can read those all in one month if you want, or one a month, or however you wanna do it.
* you need to have a list posted somewhere for others to see (even if it's in a comment here)
* you CANNOT change your list after January 1st, 2009!!!
* you can create an Alternates list of MAXIMUM 12 books, if you want, in order to have options to choose from (you can read these in place of books on your original list).
* audiobooks and e-books ARE allowed
* re-reads are NOT allowed, as they aren't TRUE "TBRs"
* you CAN overlap with other challenges
* OPTIONAL: you can join the Yahoo! Group created for participants of the TBR Challenge, if you want to have a place to keep your list, or just to share with others about how you're doing! :)
Okay! The countdown is on!!! Get your list(s) ready, and make sure you post the link to it in the Mr. Linky! ;)
EXTRA 2009 BUTTONS (feel free to use on your own blog!):
My Books
Main Selections
Murder Can Crash Your Party by Selma Eichler
If You Ever Tell by Carlene Thompson
Betrayal by John Lescroat
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry by Denise Swanson
Ghost and the Femme Fatale by ALice Kimberly
Alls Well That Ends by Gillian Roberts
Blood Orange Brewing by Laura Childs
Carbs and Cadavers by JB Stanley
Deadly Appraisal by Jane K Cleland
String of Lies by Mary Ellen Hughes
False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
Alternate Choices
Dry Ice by Stephen White
Book Of Fate by Brad Meltzer
What is Mine by Anne Holt
Simple Genisus by David Baldacci
Fit To Die by JB Stanley
Enchanted Ink by Shanna Swedson
Dead and Buried by Karen MacInerrey
One Last Scream by Kevin O'Brien
A Time To Die by Beverly Barton
Murder Game by Beverly Barton
Death Dealer by Heather Graham
Whole Truth by David Baldacci
* the challenge is to read 12 TBR books in 12 months -- you can read those all in one month if you want, or one a month, or however you wanna do it.
* you need to have a list posted somewhere for others to see (even if it's in a comment here)
* you CANNOT change your list after January 1st, 2009!!!
* you can create an Alternates list of MAXIMUM 12 books, if you want, in order to have options to choose from (you can read these in place of books on your original list).
* audiobooks and e-books ARE allowed
* re-reads are NOT allowed, as they aren't TRUE "TBRs"
* you CAN overlap with other challenges
* OPTIONAL: you can join the Yahoo! Group created for participants of the TBR Challenge, if you want to have a place to keep your list, or just to share with others about how you're doing! :)
Okay! The countdown is on!!! Get your list(s) ready, and make sure you post the link to it in the Mr. Linky! ;)
EXTRA 2009 BUTTONS (feel free to use on your own blog!):
My Books
Main Selections
Murder Can Crash Your Party by Selma Eichler
If You Ever Tell by Carlene Thompson
Betrayal by John Lescroat
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry by Denise Swanson
Ghost and the Femme Fatale by ALice Kimberly
Alls Well That Ends by Gillian Roberts
Blood Orange Brewing by Laura Childs
Carbs and Cadavers by JB Stanley
Deadly Appraisal by Jane K Cleland
String of Lies by Mary Ellen Hughes
False Impression by Jeffrey Archer
Alternate Choices
Dry Ice by Stephen White
Book Of Fate by Brad Meltzer
What is Mine by Anne Holt
Simple Genisus by David Baldacci
Fit To Die by JB Stanley
Enchanted Ink by Shanna Swedson
Dead and Buried by Karen MacInerrey
One Last Scream by Kevin O'Brien
A Time To Die by Beverly Barton
Murder Game by Beverly Barton
Death Dealer by Heather Graham
Whole Truth by David Baldacci
Pub Reading Challenge
Here are the rules
Here are the 2009 rules:
Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009. You don’t have to buy these. Library books, unabridged audios, or ARCs are all acceptable. To qualify as being first published in 2009, it must be the first time that the book is published in your own country. For example, if a book was published in Australia, England, or Canada in 2008, and then published in the USA in 2009, it counts (if you live in the USA). Newly published trade paperbacks and mass market paperbacks do not count if there has been a hardcover/trade published before 2009. Any questions on what qualifies? Just leave a comment here, and I’ll respond with the answer.
No children’s/YA titles allowed, since we’re at the ‘pub.’
At least 5 titles must be fiction.
Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
You can add your titles as you go, and they may be changed at any time.
Sign up below using Mr. Linky.
Have fun reading your 2009 books!
I love this challenge. I love reading books when they are newly published and this will give me an excuse to buy some new ones. I know I can use library books but any excuse to buy a book works for me. FOr this challenge I plan on reading 20 books
Here are the 2009 rules:
Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009. You don’t have to buy these. Library books, unabridged audios, or ARCs are all acceptable. To qualify as being first published in 2009, it must be the first time that the book is published in your own country. For example, if a book was published in Australia, England, or Canada in 2008, and then published in the USA in 2009, it counts (if you live in the USA). Newly published trade paperbacks and mass market paperbacks do not count if there has been a hardcover/trade published before 2009. Any questions on what qualifies? Just leave a comment here, and I’ll respond with the answer.
No children’s/YA titles allowed, since we’re at the ‘pub.’
At least 5 titles must be fiction.
Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
You can add your titles as you go, and they may be changed at any time.
Sign up below using Mr. Linky.
Have fun reading your 2009 books!
I love this challenge. I love reading books when they are newly published and this will give me an excuse to buy some new ones. I know I can use library books but any excuse to buy a book works for me. FOr this challenge I plan on reading 20 books
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Killing Spree by Kevin O'Brien
About the book
O'Brien's heroine, Gillian McBride, is herself a midlist Seattle writer of serial killer books. Her personal life has been thrown into turmoil since the disappearance of her husband, Barry, two years ago, which triggered a series of intimidating visits from some unsavory business associates. Those threats, however, pale in comparison with the violence wreaked by a cross-country murderer patterning his savage crimes on the fictional ones in McBride's books. As the murders pile up, getting increasingly grisly and personal, Gillian is forced to play sleuth and soon finds herself suspecting everyone-in particular, the members of a writing class she taught at a local college before her husband disappeared.
I found this one to be very predictable. I have enjoyed all of his other books, I recently received his new one to review. I hope the new one is back to his usual keep me guessing style.
O'Brien's heroine, Gillian McBride, is herself a midlist Seattle writer of serial killer books. Her personal life has been thrown into turmoil since the disappearance of her husband, Barry, two years ago, which triggered a series of intimidating visits from some unsavory business associates. Those threats, however, pale in comparison with the violence wreaked by a cross-country murderer patterning his savage crimes on the fictional ones in McBride's books. As the murders pile up, getting increasingly grisly and personal, Gillian is forced to play sleuth and soon finds herself suspecting everyone-in particular, the members of a writing class she taught at a local college before her husband disappeared.
I found this one to be very predictable. I have enjoyed all of his other books, I recently received his new one to review. I hope the new one is back to his usual keep me guessing style.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
182. A catered Christmas By Isis Crawford
About the book
Libby and sister Bernie take on a group of cutthroat chefs competing on a local TV program after the murder of the show's host.
Not my favorite book in the series. I have one left to read so I hope that one is better. However, there are lots of good sounding recipes.
Libby and sister Bernie take on a group of cutthroat chefs competing on a local TV program after the murder of the show's host.
Not my favorite book in the series. I have one left to read so I hope that one is better. However, there are lots of good sounding recipes.
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