The Phantom Paragrapher

Are you fans of Iris Johansen's mysteries ? Do you enjoy her Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn Novels ? Review: Eve - Iris Johansen - April 2011 When an author starts to do a single book about the main characters and then follows two more as Iris Johansen is currently doing as be prepared to read one on Quinn and lastly Bonnie -which by the way I'm so looking forward to the book about Bonnie :). It makes you wonder whether this is the author's way of saying goodbye to the series as it rounds the books off ?. If you are a fan of Iris Johansen's novels then you will be all too familiar with Eve Duncan , her partner Joe Quinn, her adopted daughter Jane and finally her daughter Bonnie who as we read was kidnapped when she was seven and murdered , though of course it still remains an unsolved case. In Iris Johansen's latest novel Eve, we are drawn back into the world that is holds an obsession for Eve , the world of finding out what happened and who killed her precious Bonni...

Wanting a bit of a steamy read filled with sex, murder, romance and mystery ? Review: Slow Burn - Ednah Walters - April 2011 Are you wanting a novel filled to the brim with the perfect recipe of sex, murder, romance and mystery ? Then check out Slow Burn with it's fire burning in more than one way. Our novel starts with Ashley Fitzgerald , who ten years ago was in a house fire and she managed to escape but she had to stand by and watch her parents be killed by the fire. Over the past ten years, she has tried to forget the night but theres always been one thing niggling at her besides the nightmares, she knows that the fire wasn't an accident but foul play and has a suspicion her parents were murdered. Meet Ron Douglass aka Ronald Noble , his family are wealthy and rich beyond their means but they are harboring a dark secret and one that if they are not careful may just be exposed. Ten years ago, Ron's father was the one that set the fire at Carlyle House and killed Ashl...

Today's Top Ten Tuesday is the Top Ten Books to take to the beach, now if you are like me , then when you go to the beach or on holiday - you always make a stop at the library and grab like 10 books to last you or if Im at the beach for a day, I always try to take 3-4 Books with me. As I have heaps of books on my bookshelf that I have yet to read , they will be listed in my Top Ten Books to take to the beach. Thriller 2 : Edited by Clive Cussler and James Patterson : A Collection of Mystery and Thriller Short Stories. My Sweet Audrina - Virginia Andrews : This is about the only Virginia Andrews Book I haven't read. In the Blood - JA Kerley - Again the only JA / Jack Kerley book I have not yet read. The Chosen- Maggie Shayne - A Collection of 2 Vampire Stories, that I bought on sale at The Warehouse " who can't resist a sale" Paranormalcy - Kiersten White - I have again been meaning to read it but haven't got round to it," Im one of these people...

Are you wanting to teach your child a collection of fairy-tales ? Are they more into comics than actual novels ? Review: Secrets, Monsters and Magic Mirrors - Donald Lemke - 2011 Are you a fan of fairytales , enjoy reading graphic novels ? Wanting to teach a younger sibling or child about fairytales ? Then this is the book to get Secrets, Monsters and Maguic Mirrors is a collection of five of our very favourite fairy tales from Rapunzel, Snow White , Thumbelina, Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Pea. Each Fairytale describes the main characters and their pictures and then is condensed into four-five pages of comic book strip. I found personally that this book would be more suitable aimed at children 8-9+ as the fairytales and their drawings gave off a bit of a dark feeling and if you were aiming at an under 8 they may find the pictures a tad scary. Five of the world's greatest fairy tales are retold in the popular and attractive graphic novel format. Beautiful, bold il...

Wanting a short novella to read ? Review: Harvest Moon - Krista Ball When I first turned the pages of this novella , I thought it may have been a werewolf or supernatural novel in that sense as when you think of Harvest Moon with the Full Moon in the background that's what comes to my mind. However, alas that was not the case in Krista Ball's book "Harvest Moon". This story takes us into the world of the American Indians , a culture that I normally don't encounter when Ive read books, only briefly in Patricia Briggs writings and few Christian Historical novels. The story centers around the main character - a women named The Dancing one who after her last two husbands died she was renamed "Cursed One". One day , she is to take a sacred bundle down to the river, wanting to end her life - she decides to pray to the spirits . The spirit ends up turning her into a man , it is now that she must live her life as a male. Along her journey, she/he is injured a...

Today's VBT# spotlight is an Interview with the author Jesi Lea Ryan. Her book is called " Four Thousand Miles". Author Interview: 1) Tell us about your book Four Thousand Miles ? Four Thousand Miles is Women’s Fiction with a strong romantic element to it. When Natalie Spencer loses both her career and marriage in the same morning, the emotional shock sends her on a spontaneous journey to England. There, she is nearly mugged in a Tube station, but an introverted songwriter named Gavin Ashby scares off again? 2) Are you a reader of Women's fiction and if so what are some of your favourite titles to read ? I’ve been reading Women’s Fiction for a long time. I love Jodi Piccoult. She novels are always so emotional, and I love how she always bases the stories around impossible moral dilemmas. One of my other favorites is Jennifer Weiner. Her novel Good In Bed had me laughing out loud! Her characters are so wonderfully flawed and believable. I also love Maeve Binchy....

Ready for a novel that mixes contemporary with historical ? Review: First Impressions - Tombstone Treasures Book #1 - Michelle Sutton When I first read the blurb and saw the cover of this book, I was thinking along the lines of that it must be another historical christian fiction novel with the theme of Saloon Girls, Cowboys and Mail order Brides . However as I started reading it , it turned out I was half-right as this novel though set in the contemporary and present world had the theme of the 1800's Western ways running through as we meet Sammie who has just applied for a job as a dress-up Saloon Girl . Nervous, and eager to get that confidence buzz growing again - she eagerly but shyly accepts the job offer. It is whilst working one day that she meets Big Jimmy whose goal in life seems to be to save her from her so-called heathen ways . As the story goes along, we start to see Sammie aka Lonesome Lily, start to relax and the passion between Sammie and Jimmy start to flare . ...

Today's VBT# is author Aleysha Proctor and her new Christian Non-Fiction titled "Jazz , Java and Jesus ". This is part of the Tywebbin VBT's. Review: Jazz , Java and Jesus - Aleysha Proctor - December 2009 Are you looking for the perfect devotional guide , something to help you move closer in your relationship with God as well as something nice to soothe your soul besides reading all those Chicken Soup books. Aiming for something more directed to the Christian audience ? Well, look no further as I present to you - the perfect solution "Jazz, Java and Jesus" by Aleysha Proctor . It is a collection of daily devotions that are only one-two pages long, so not too overwhelming but just enough to get you thinking. Each devotion comes with a memory verse and then a ancedote or story about the verse and then for all those who love to write notes and jot down ideas from what they have just reflected on , their is an included space after each devotion for those h...

In the Mood for Teen Angel Fiction ? Review: Angel Burn - Angel Book #1 - L.A Weatherly - May 2011 I've always been a fan of L.A Weatherly's books ever since I read her book written under Lee Weatherly - Kat Got your Tongue , Missing Abby and Breakfast at Sadie's. So when I discovered that she was writing a new series starring Angels , I just had to get my book hands onto it.  When It comes to Angel stories, Im always in two minds as Ive read a few that weren't that great and then Ive read others that I've enjoyed. Angel Burn is one that I enjoyed. It tells the story of Willow Fields, who is anything but a normal teen as she has always had the gift of foretelling the future and Alex - he is a seventeen yr old Angel Killer recruited by the CIA. When he is given his next task to kill Willow, all goes accordingly till he realises that something is different about Willow, she doesn't give off the same Angel aura and is more human than anybody he has met before. W...