As I’ve mentioned a time or two or two dozen, I am a big fan of historical mysteries, and one of my favorite time periods is ancient Egypt. And one of my favorite series is Lauren Haney’s 8-book Lieutenant Bak series, set in the time of the Pharaoh Hatshepsut, and published in the late 1990s […]
A Curse of Silence by Lauren Haney is on sale in the US and UK Read More »
Kobo usually ties their gift card bonus offers to a holiday like Father’s Day or Mother’s Day, but maybe there wasn’t a holiday big enough for them to tie to right now. In any case, though, they have a buy $70 get $10 bonus deal going on right now, available through August 15. Offer Details
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A while back, a bunch of the books in Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series were on sale individually at various times. Now there’s a collection of five of the books on sale for $3.99 in the US, which is a very nice price if you need them all. And still not bad even if
If you are lucky enough to live in or visit the UK, there is a nice omnibus of George Orwell titles available today for £1.99. It’s published by Penguin Modern Classics, so it’s legit, and likely to be nicely formatted. The titles include: Animal Farm Burmese Days A Clergyman’s Daughter Coming Up for Air
The Complete Novels of George Orwell is on sale in the UK right now Read More »
Three books in Carolyn Hart’s Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins (Henrie O) series are on sale right now in the US. Death on the River Walk, #5, $1.99 Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US Resort to Murder, #6, $0.99 Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US Set Sail for Murder, #7, $0.99 Buy at Kindle US
Three books in Carolyn Hart’s Henrie O series are on sale in the US Read More »
Joffe are now doing a free book each day during the week, rather than three free on Friday. Sigh! It was hard enough to remember Fridays. Today’s free book is a historical novel/naval adventure, Scarlett, by Christopher C Tubbs, and it’s the first in his Scarlett Fox series. And at the moment, at least, this
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My husband read the New York Times nonfiction bestseller, Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage, by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, back around the time it came out and really liked it. It’s on sale now in the US for $2.99. Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
Blind Man’s Bluff by Sherry Sontag is on sale in the US today Read More »
Worth the read, but room for improvement… Off the Air caught my attention as a Tony Hillerman prize-winner, and the blurb sounded interesting too, so I was happy to receive a review copy. For me, however, Off the Air didn’t fully live up to its promise. First, the good. I enjoyed the mystery itself, which
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Make sure you read the footnotes at the end… It feels a bit odd to be saying “make sure you read the footnotes” when talking about a space opera, since I, at least, tend to think of footnotes as dull comments, usually in print that is too small to read, found at the end of
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis is coming August 6 – a review Read More »
Today’s free Friday books from Joffe, still free as of today, Saturday, and usually free through the weekend, include a mystery, a romance and a non-fiction history of Spain in the 1800s. The mystery is Follow the Boys, apa Power on her Own, which is the first in Judith Cutler’s Kate Power series. Buy at Kindle
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