Apparently, there is some sort of (American) football game going on? The Super Bowl, I guess? I don't know. I'm going to see a documentary at the indie theater downtown. Now, if this whole thing was about Superb Owls, I'd be in all the way. \I watched the film Everything Everywhere All at Once (directed … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: February 12, 2023
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Sunday Sum-Up: February 5, 2023
I finally went to see a movie in a theater this week. It's the first time I've done that since I saw Dune in 2021. There just hadn't been anything in the local theaters I'd wanted to see (I usually found out about the handful of films I wanted to see after they'd left), so … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: February 5, 2023
Book Review: Fierce Poison
Fierce Poison (Barker & Llewellyn #13)by Will ThomasHistorical Mystery304 pagesExpected publication date: April 12, 2022, by Minotaur Books London, 1893 Though the team of Barker and Llewellyn have seen a lot of strange things in the past ten years, they've never had a client drop dead in their offices before. But that's just what happens … Continue reading Book Review: Fierce Poison
Sunday Sum-Up: March 27, 2022
It's been a quiet week around here, with some real rain and snow (and rain and snow at once), plenty of relaxing on my part (and on the cats' parts), along with plenty of reading and writing. It's nice to have weeks like this. I'll be heading over to friends' house to watch The Oscars … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 27, 2022
Book Review: Dance With Death
Dance With Death (Barker & Llewellyn #12) by Will ThomasMystery320 pagesExpected publication: April 13, 2021, by Minotaur Books June 1893. Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewellyn are hired to help protect the young Russian Tsarevitch, the future Peter III, who has traveled to London to attend a royal wedding. With him are his private … Continue reading Book Review: Dance With Death
Sunday Sum-Up: February 28, 2021
We had a little snowstorm last Sunday, and you can bet I went for a walk in the middle of it. It was so quiet and beautiful that I spent about an hour and a half wandering about. Definitely worth the cold fingers. Once I got home, I stayed home where it was warm and … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: February 28, 2021
Book Review: Lethal Pursuit
Lethal Pursuit (Barker and Llewellyn #11) by Will Thomas Mystery 320 pages Expected publication November 12, 2019, by Minotaur Books Changes are afoot in the lives of Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewellyn. Barker is still healing from the injuries he received in the previous book and can't pound the pavement like he once did, while … Continue reading Book Review: Lethal Pursuit
ARC Review: Blood is Blood
Blood is Blood (Barker and Llewellyn #10) by Will Thomas Mystery 320 pages Expected Publication November 13, 2018 by Minotaur From Goodreads: A bombing injures private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, leaving it up to his soon-to-be-married junior partner Thomas Llewelyn to find the person trying to murder them both before it's too late—in the newest … Continue reading ARC Review: Blood is Blood
Sunday Sum-Up
Fall is here! It's finally here! And we have the weather to match the season! Seriously, though, all this week I wondered if the weather was really going to shift to something more autumnal. For most of the week, the highs were in the 90°s with plenty of humidity. Around 3:00pm on Thursday afternoon … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
Top Five Friday: Top Five Favorite Mystery Series
While I was deciding if I wanted to read more of Leonardo Padura's mystery novels starring Lieutenant Mario Conde (the answer? Probably not, given Conde's misogyny), I was thinking about what factors made me like a mystery series in general. A non-misogynistic detective, obviously, but what else? A dark, atmospheric tone? Witty repartee among the … Continue reading Top Five Friday: Top Five Favorite Mystery Series
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