“Murder of a Snake in the Grass” Denise Swanson

Another great Skye Denison cozy. My favorite ‘definition’ of a cozy is one I found on Elizabeth Ludwig’s blog: “To sum up, a cozy mystery is a story with a small town feel. It involves quirky characters and an amatuer sleuth. The crime usually occurs “off stage” and it is void of the violence and [...]

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“The Unbearable Lightness of Being” Milan Kundera

Ok, here I am with a finished book and no idea what to say about it. “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” was interesting. I’m sure I should have gotten more out of it than I did. What I did get out of it was this: things happen. Maybe not the way we want them to [...]

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What Should I Read Next

I put in a list of some of my favorite books (4 or 5 stars) from this year into this website. Here is my top 10 list from them.

A Married Man – Catherine Alliott
The Other Side of The Story – Marian Keyes
The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls
The Fourth Hand – John [...]

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“Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund” Blaize Clement

This is #2 in the Dixie Hemingway series. I really enjoy the plot of both books, but they are not the cozy mysteries that you might think from the cute covers and catchy titles. Way too much blood/gore and swearing to be considered a cozy. I’m not squeamish (I’ve been reading Stephen King since I [...]

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“A Widow for One Year” John Irving

The main theme of “A Widow for One Year” by John Irving is (in my opinion) is family and how it can influence your decisions later on in life. Depending on how your raised, who does the raising we tend to make different choices. Whether it’s trying to prove to your father that you are [...]

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“Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder” Derek Gunn

Reviewed by Kylee Pierce for Amateur de Livre March/2008

An Enthralling Vampire Novel

As you might gather from the title, “Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder” by Derek Gunn is about humans trying to defeated a society of vampires and their thralls. Thralls are “humans who have been bitten, but not yet crossed over, and whose inhuman [...]

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