A wonderful book from start to finish…. For some reason, Nala’s World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe by Dean Nicholson popped up in my recommendation feed at Kindle US a few weeks ago. I have no idea why, since this is pretty far from anything I normally read. […]
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I’ve been mildly interested in Toussaint L’Ouverture ever since reading about him in the Haiti chapter of James Michener’s Caribbean, with its short historical notes at the end. But never interested enough to actually do anything about it until Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture, by Sudhir Hazareesingh, popped up on the UK
A classic inheritance mystery – set in Japan… Before I read Seishi Yokomizo’s The Inugami Curse, I had previously read one of the few other books of his that have been translated into English, The Honjin Murders. That was a very recognizable classic locked room mystery. (See my review here.) And The Inugami Curse is
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A classic locked room mystery – set in Japan… I’ve read and really liked a few other books from the Pushkin Vertigo line, which, per their website, features “crime writing from across the globe”. So I was happy to receive a review copy of one of their latest titles – an English translation of Seishi
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One of the other contemporary romance authors I sometimes read is Susan Elizabeth Phillips, although her books tend to be a bit pricey for me, and don’t go on sale often. Now a couple of her books are on sale for $1.99 in the US. It Had to Be You is the first in her
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I really liked Lucy Parker’s five London Celebrities books, even though I’m usually not much into contemporary romance. Now Parker has a new book out, Battle Royal – not sure if it will be the start of a series, or just a one-off. In any case, it’s $10.99 in the US right now (boo!), but
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The fortieth anniversary edition of David Attenborough’s Life on Earth is on sale for £0.99 as part of today’s Kindle UK Daily Deal. Note this is the e-book on sale, not the video series. There’s a really nice review of this edition in The Guardian (including an amazing intro picture), which indicates it has been
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Whip Hand is the second of Dick Francis’s Sid Halley titles. Per SYKM, it won both the 1979 Gold Dagger award and the 1981 Edgar award for Best Mystery. It’s on sale right now for £0.99 at Kindle UK. Buy at Kindle UK
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The Wayward Apprentice is the first book in the Stephen Attebrook historical series by Jason Vail. This may be a self-published title (Hawk Publishing???), but I’ve read this and several other books in the series and enjoyed them all. Apprentice is free right now at Kindle US and UK. And the nice part is that
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North of Havana is the fifth in Randy Wayne White’s Doc Ford series. It’s on sale right now for $1.99 right at both at Kindle and Kobo US. I’ve read and liked some of White’s Doc Ford titles, although not this one (yet). Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
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