Do you ever get bookstore whiplash? You’re walking casually down the aisle, scanning the titles, when you stop dead in your tracks and whip your head around, thinking, Did I really just see that? Or possibly just What the…? After all, it’s the combination of the title and cover art that attracts the casual browser…
I just finished rewatching the first season of Haven, and of all the returning summer shows, I’m looking forward to this one the most. The series is based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid, published by Hard Case Crime. I haven’t read the book, but judging from reviews I’d say the connection between…
Many true crime books are as disposable as yesterday’s newspaper. And that’s really not surprising, as they have a similar purpose. They usually report on the facts, investigation, and trial, just in more depth than the newspaper. Frequently, an author picks up on a current case that gets a lot of media attention and tries…
Recently, I overheard two women in the mystery section in a bookstore: “Oh my gawd, I can’t believe it, they have this in the mysteries! It has spells and magic and everything!!!” “Oh gawd, that’s so stupid!!!” I moved away before my inner librarian erupted to explain to the shocked duo that the books had…
This is kind of an unusual topic for me because, frankly, I like almost everything I read. It’s not that I have no standards, and naturally I like some books more than others. But there are different books that are right for different moods. Feeling emotionally fragile? Put down that Thomas Harris and pick up…
Finding something new to read can be a tiresome and treacherous ordeal. I use a method that has served me well for many years, a sort of hunter-gatherer approach: I stalk the bookstore aisles, searching for something ripe and fresh enough to tempt me. Hunting. And there it is; the cover art attracts me, the…
