I've decided to move my blog to blogger. If you'd like to join me there, you can find me at http://kingshearte.blogspot.com/

In addition to book reviews, I also plan to have reviews of movies and various theatre-type things I see. It may also feature my various knitting and whatnot projects. Hope to see you there!

Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice


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The Digital Plague - Jeff Somers

Avery Cates is a very rich man. He's probably the richest criminal in New York City. But right now, Avery Cates is pissed. Because everyone around him has just started to die -- in a particularly gruesome way. With every moment bringing the human race closer to extinction, Cates finds himself in the role of both ( Read more... )

Can I Have a Word with You? - Howard Richler

In his fifth book about language, Howard Richler moves through the alphabet from A to Z singling out words that may look innocuous but contain treasures of hidden meanings. Especially intriguing for Richler is how words change their meanings and develop layered connotations, involving us in a complex and ( Read more... )

*** This review contains spoilers. ***

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss ( Read more... )

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages o twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual ( Read more... )

Lazy Bird - Andrée Michaud

What follows is my translation of the blurb:

Who is Lazy Bird? A rare bird or a bad luck bird? A piece of music by John Coltrane or a lost young girl with a decided penchant for milkshakes, Bazooka gum and Jim Morrison? All these are valid, but the real question is rather who is the mysterious woman who haunts the nights of ( Read more... )

Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife ( Read more... )

The Call of the Wild - Jack London

Stolen from his home and family, a dog named Buck must quickly learn the harsh law of survival among the men and dogs of the gold-crazed North. His intelligence, courage, and cunning transform him into a feared leader ( Read more... )

The Bullet Trick - Louise Welsh

When down-at-heel conjurer William Wilson gets booked for a string of cabaret gigs in Berlin, he is hoping his luck is on the turn. There were certain spectators from his last show he'd rather forget ( Read more... )