Tilting at Windmills (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
I found this at StitchBitch's blog- and followed her link over to Reading and Stitching - obviously a blogger after my own heart! Click on the picture to go directly to the challenge post. The challenge is to choose and list 10 books you will read by the end of the year. I'm posting this tonight, but will have to wait a day or two to edit it and add my list- I wanted to get this "out there"...
Another 52 Books (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
I finished 20 books in August: 1 perennial re-read: Gerald Durrell: Catch Me a Colobus - memoir, animal collecting 5 books in the Top Mysteries challenge, one of them part of a trilogy that’s listed as one book in the CWA list, so you could say I have read 4 1/3 TM titles. They are: E.C. Bentley: Trent's Last Case - Murder mystery Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands - Espionage thriller...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
In fact, I can't really say it is a science fiction novel at all. It is a murder mystery set at a science fiction convention (a con). The victim is a famous science fiction author, Appin Dungannon, known for his terrible temper and for ...
Another 52 Books (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Year published: 2003 Genre: Historical novel Setting & time: (mostly) North Carolina; mid-19th century and modern times. The book tells two converging stories. One is about the American Civil War as it played out in North Carolina (and Tennessee), seen from the viewpoints of two historical characters: Zebulon Vance , and Malinda Blalock , while the other is about modern-time psychic mountain dwellers...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Editor John Joseph Adams has launched the website for his anthology, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , which sports nice cover art by David Palumbo . Check out the site for lots of cool info about the anthology, like links to online versions for some of the stories and non-fiction pieces, in multiple formats. This is not just a collection of detective stories; they span multiple genres....
The Paragraph Farmer (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Zombies of the Gene Pool , by Sharyn McCrumb Chasing Darkness , by Robert Crais Monday Night Jihad , by Jason Elam and Steve Yohn So far this year: 18 books Previously in this series: January , February , March , April
Another 52 Books (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
I read 22 books in May. Five of them were travelogues, which is perhaps not surprising, as I am planning my summer holidays and being tickled by the travel bug. I also read four literary novels, or perhaps five, depending on how you categorise Emma Donoghue's book, which can be called either a novel or a collection of interconnected short stories. The challenges are going well: Top Mysteries: 4 Icelandic...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 02/23/2009
This is a review of the novel, "St. Dale", by Sharyn McCrumb. Several people from different backgrounds come together to honor the memory of Dale Earnhardt.
When Gravity Fails (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
The British Fantasy Society is pleased to be able to host the UK launch of Poe , a new anthology from Solaris that celebrates two hundred years since the birth of Edgar Allan Poe. The book features “remixed and reimagined” versions of Poe’s tales by such talents as: Pat Cadigan, Sharyn McCrumb, Kim Newman, Lucius Shepard, M. Rickert and Nicholas Royle. This free event will be held...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Book Launch & Signing: Ellen Datlow sends word about her latest anthology, Poe , a new anthology from Solaris celebrating two hundred years since the birth of Edgar Allan Poe. It's got "remixed and re-imagined" versions of Poe's tales by such talents as Pat Cadigan, Sharyn McCrumb, Kim Newman, Lucius Shepard, M. Rickert and Nicholas Royle. A free book launch and signing event, hosted...
PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2007
"In an earlier life, McCrumb must have been a balladeer, singing of restless spirits, star-crossed lovers, and the consoling beauty of nature. . . . The overall effect is spellbinding." --The Washington Post Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb is "a born storyteller" (Mary Higgins Clark) who astonishes readers and reviewers with the power and scope of her talent, prompting the San...
PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 04/28/2007
The book that started it all for Edgar Award winner Sharyn McCrumb's widely acclaimed series featuring amateur sleuth Elizabeth MacPherson. When delicate Eileen Chandler is set to marry, her family fears the man is a fortune hunter. Thank goodness, Eileen's cousin Elizabeth MacPherson comes early for support. Unfortunately, Elizabeth also has some detecting to do, as a dead body is found, and none...
PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2007
Capturing the enduring beauty of the Appalachian mountains where she sets her novels, Sharyn McCrumb returns with a beautifully written, historically accurate tale of a song's passage through history-from the 1700s to the present, from the shores of Scotland to western North Carolina...where a folksinger longs to rediscover its haunting tune. "Quite charming." ( Los Angeles Times ) "Once...
PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2007
From New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb comes the fifth novel set in the Appalachian wilderness blending legends and folklore with high suspense. A career lawman will bear witness to the final judgement, as a man he put away twenty years ago is about to be excecuted for the brutal slaying of two hikers. However, his conscience is no longer clear to the point of absolute certainty about...
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