What are you reading now?

Gun Machine by Warren Ellis. A dark police procedural with a fascinating protagonist. Violent and compelling. Ellis is known for writing Graphic Novels and this book is very "cinematic" and a bit squicky.

What did you just finish reading?

Fade to Black by Francis Knight. A dark urban fantasy set in a world of many ( Read more... )

Library stuff ...

The response to the new library has been extremely favorable for the most part. There are people who you just can't please, however.

One of our desk clerks reported yesterday that an older woman came up to her and complained that there were not enough books and too many children. "Who cares about children?" she said. What?Our ( Read more... )

I specialize in Readers Advisory, but every now and then, a stumper comes in. A patron asked a colleague to help him find this author .. I'm stumped.

Here's the description: A thriller/suspense author, NOT a mystery or police procedural. The hero/protagonist has an eye-patch (maybe?). It's a series and the author is pretty popular and has written ( Read more... )

One of the great bromances is back! After the big buddy hug in The Sentry, the next Elvis Cole/Joe Pike (not in the slashy sense), is in my hot little hands ( Read more... )

I have the latest Vince Flynn Mitch Rapp thriller, American Assassin, in my hot little hands. Flynn takes us back to Rapp's early days and the event that changed the course of his life.

CBS Sunday Morning interviewed Lee Child. When he was fired from his job in TV production, he sat down and started writing. The end product was The Killing Floor, ( Read more... )

I've finished my Cam Mitchell trope story. Yay! I have to proof it and it may change, but it's total fluff with very little angst and lots of Lorne ( Read more... )