The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
His name isn't among the elite authors of the crime/thriller genre. The likes of James Patterson, Harlen Coben, Patricia Cornwell, Karin Slaughter, Jeffrey Deaver, Jonathan Kellerman, Sandra Brown and Stuart Woods have seemingly cornered the market in terms of attention in the minds of readers.
John Baker's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Danuta Keen in The Independent interviews Karin Slaughter. The subject is extreme violence: Two years ago I interviewed Ian Rankin for this newspaper. In the middle of a wide-ranging discussion he said something he may have since come to regret. “The people writing the most graphic violence today are women,” he told me, then continued, “They [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Two years ago I interviewed Ian Rankin for this newspaper. In the middle of a wide-ranging discussion he said something he may have since come to regret. "The people writing the most graphic violence today are women," he told me, then continued, "They are mostly lesbians as well, which I find interesting."
Licence to Roam (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
I’ve decided to try and track the books I have read. I’m rereading a few of my collection, so a mix of old and new. So here’s May Undiscovered Country, Bill Bryant. An old read, I really enjoy Bryant’s writing and seem to have most of his books. Skin Privilege, Karin Slaughter. Another author I [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature has announced a new round of literary all-stars who have committed to spending up to four days in a luxury hotel in Dubai to talk about their books. Frank McCourt , Margaret Atwood , Louis de Bernieres , Karin Slaughter , Kate Mosse , Penny Vincenzi , and Kate Adie will be joining authors like Paolo Coelho and Lynne Truss who were on the roster...
PETRONA (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Since last week's Salon, I read Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter and The Moment you were Gone by Nicci Gerrard. The former is part of the author's Grant County series: Karin Slaughter had a rest from that with her previous...
PETRONA (Free subscription) | 02/23/2008
I have been unavoidably away from blogging and the Internet for a few days -- the past couple of posts were by courtesy of the advance timer button -- but now I am back. Back, in fact, with a post...
PETRONA (Free subscription) | 01/15/2008
Not content with a brilliant glut of April reading in my previous post, here is news (via the same source, The Bookseller) of upcoming paperbacks in the UK. March: Losing You by Nicci French (Penguin, £6.99). Can't wait, I love...
PETRONA (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Here are my favourites of the books I have reviewed in 2007, with a link to my review and a taster excerpt for each. Enjoy! English language Euro Crime The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill. One of the many delights...
Blogging My Books (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Series: # 5 in the Grant County Series Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: 2005 Pages: 549 Challenges: Themed Reading Challenge #1, TBR 2008 #1, Chunkster Challenge 2008 #1, A-Z Reading #2 (F Title) In this fifth book in Slaughter’s Grant County series, Pediatrician/ medical examiner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver continue their teamwork in investigating brutal...
Blogging My Books (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
What's better than a new challenge? A new challenge I can join without adding any more books to my reading list. I’ve already got 6 books planned for 2008 that qualify for this one. Dana is hosting THE CHUNKSTER CHALLENGE 2008 Here are the guidelines: To qualify the book must be 450 pps regular type OR 750 pps large text. You must read FOUR chunksters (one each quarter), you OBVIOUSLY may read more...
Blogging My Books (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
Yay! It's Back! MizBooks has opened the door for signing up for the 2008 TBR Challenge . I’ve been working on my list for weeks. For this challenge you should.... ** Pick 12 books - one for each month of 2008 - that you've been wanting to read (that have been on your "To Be Read" list) for 6 months or longer, but haven't gotten around to. ** OPTIONAL: Create a list of "Alternates" (books you could...
Enough to Read (Free subscription) | 12/16/2007
It's time once again to post my list for the annual TBR Challenge ! I selected 12 books for the challenge plus 12 alternates/extra credits. Here they are (in no particular order) : Nicci French. The Red Room John Nance. Pandora's Clock S.M. Stirling. Conquistador Jincey Willett. Winner of the National Book Award Jesse Hunter. Blood Music Joy Adamson. Born Free Stephen Spruill. Lords of Light Isaac...
Chaos Theory (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
R2D2 Beanie. There's two. Totoro Hat. Teletubbies Hats. Squid hat (PDF). Serial killer knitting, by Karin Slaughter. Mood toque. Pirate hats. Brainmonster. Dreads hat. Anime hair hat. Wheels of Fury (PDF). Lucia hat.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 12/09/2007
Sri Lanka has seduced travellers for centuries, one man went to find out why (and to spend several days at the Test match cricket)...
