Book Review: Jane K. Cleland’s Deadly Appraisal
]Her antiques business thriving and so much to lose, Josie Prescott can’t help but worry when murder invades her seemingly quiet community.
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Book Review: Jan Tschichold’s The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Designby Jan TschicholdIt is part of the Classic Typography series and is a non-fiction, business in a paperback edition that was published by Hartley & Marks on January 1, 1991 and has 191 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Non-fictional collection of essays that discuss typography and book layout. My Take Oh my god, what a pretentious twit! Albeit one with a lovely gift for words, so flowery in his discourse on the beauty of book layouts. I couldn’t decide if I was reading a critique on book construction or wine. Harmony is determined by relationships or proportions. Proportions are hidden everywhere: in the capaciousness of the margins, in the reciprocal relationships to each other of all four margins on the page of a book, in the relationship between leading of the type area and dimensions of the margins, the placement of the page number relative to the…and on and on. Tschichold’s use of the word “morality” as part of the title […]
Book Review: Jenna Black’s Deadly Descendant
An ancient evil is unleashed in the modern world— unless one fearless P.I. can hunt it down. . . . Nikki Glass, Immortal Huntress, returns.
Book Review: Laura Griffin’s Twisted
Legendary FBI profiler Mark Wolfe is finally in striking distance of the monster he’s pursued for ten years, but Wolfe finds Allison Doyle a tempting distraction.
Book Review: Katherine Hall Page’s The Body in the Boudoir
On Tom and Faith’s 20th anniversary, it’s a flashback to a month after The Body in the Big Apple when Faith will have to Have Faith that life up in the wilds of Massachusetts won’t be so bad
Get Rid of Bindweed Forever
by Kathy Davie In my walks I’ve been noticing that a number of gardeners are struggling with bindweed and I thought I’d pass on my sure-fire “cure” for this admittedly pretty but frustrating and extremely prolific plant. Also known as field bindweed, perennial (no kidding!) morning glory, it’s Latin name is Convolvulus arvensis. You need four things to kill bindweed: Twist ties (like the ones on bread wrappers) Plastic baggies or produce bags without holes Round-Up And, patience The Process Gather up as much of a single bindweed plant as possible and stuff it inside the plastic bag Spray three to four squirts of Round-Up inside the bag Squeeze as much air as possible out of the bag and wrap that twist tie to keep the air out—and the bindweed in Joyfully massage that Round-Up onto as much of the plant as you can Leave it alone I’m serious. Wait about a week and check to see how brown that green plant has become. This is the hardest part. I know how badly you want to rip that baggie out of your sight along with that invasive weed. If you want your efforts to bear fruit…hmmmm…that sounds wrong, doesn’t it. […]
Book Review: John Joseph Adams’ The Living Dead
Thirty-four tales about zombies in this horror anthology which are gruesome, sweet, or simply too terrible to review.
Book Review: Angela Knight’s Secrets: The Best in Women’s Erotic Romance, Vol. 6
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Secrets: The Best in Women’s Erotic Romance, Vol. 6in a paperback edition that was published by Red Sage Publishing Inc on December 1, 2000 and has 224 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon There are four romances in this anthology. Series “Love’s Prisoner” (Wyndham Werewolf, 1) “A Candidate for the Kiss” (Vampires, 6) The Stories Sandy Fraser’s “Flint’s Fuse” This finds Flint kidnapping his boss’ daughter, Dana Madison, to keep her out of trouble while Madison finishes up a major business deal. A month of pure torture for both. For different reasons. This was cute, but too clichéd to really catch my interest. Fraser had Dana doing a too-abrupt one-eighty on her feelings toward Flint much too easily. There was no build-up, no finesse. MaryJanice Davidson’s “Love’s Prisoner” This finds Michael Wyndham trapped in an elevator with Jeannie Lawrence on the cusp of the full moon. And she smells too good to ignore. Clever and cute especially with Michael’s complete openness with Jeannie and his pack. Too funny. Alice Gaines’ “The Education of […]
Book Review: Charlaine Harris’ Deadlocked
There’s a thing or two she’d like to say about Eric Northman feeding off another, younger! woman, but she has to keep quiet — Felipe de Castro, the vampire king of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), is in town. It’s the worst possible time for a human body to show up in Eric’s front yard–especially the body of the woman whose blood he just drank.
Book Review: Lou Berney’s Gutshot Straight
All Charles “Shake” Bouchon has to do is deliver a “package”. A wholesome young housewife named Gina who’s run afoul of Dick “The Whale” Moby, a murderous 300-pound strip club owner.