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July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013
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July 22, 2013
The 2013 Hundie Challenge #59: First to Find
Our first entry (but not our last...dun dun dunnnnnn) in the series from the inimitable Morgan C. Talbot is FIRST TO FIND. I said "series" in that last sentence meaning the 2013 Hundie Challenge and/or the Red Adept enclave of the same, but of course I should also point out that FTF is the first book in the Caching Out series...which was also what I was ham-fistedly implying.
Ok, fun stuff first then we'll get down to business.
FIRST TO FIND is like NCIS if it was staffed by Inspector Clouseau.
Well...that wasn't such a great tag, but it was pretty funny. I was actually going to drop VERONICA MARS, except I already used that one, and then I was thinking of GOONIES, except I'm pretty sure I used that one, too.
Aaaaaaanyhoo...I sort of vaguely had a notion of what geocaching was before I read this book because I had a friend who was "in to" that whole "scene" back when I was in "college." I gather that the geocaching community or "GCC" has kind of advanceed since then. No, don't bother asking me when "then" was. I've spent way too long already this weekend trying to dodge questions about my "age."
So FTF is about a couple of "geocachers" who get drawn into a "net" of murder and "intrigue." The one character, Margarita (which, awesome) is a jiujitsu expert or something so she's constantly kicking ass, but she's kind of a hare-brain so it's not always the right ass. The other, breakout character, Bindi is an Australian fashion designer (no, I'm not kidding) with a "nose" (ha!) for trouble. Yeah, that joke will make more sense when you've read the book.
So, anyway, for the back cover blurb which will have far fewer digressions and much less of the "lingo" I've been "pimping in your face" go here.
And to "catch" a "whack cut-out jobbie" click here.
Or to "snap that sucker up" click here.
Ooh, and a bonus "wiggity wham wham wozzle" this week: an audio interview with Morgan C. Talbot herself!
Ok, fun stuff first then we'll get down to business.
FIRST TO FIND is like NCIS if it was staffed by Inspector Clouseau.
Well...that wasn't such a great tag, but it was pretty funny. I was actually going to drop VERONICA MARS, except I already used that one, and then I was thinking of GOONIES, except I'm pretty sure I used that one, too.
Aaaaaaanyhoo...I sort of vaguely had a notion of what geocaching was before I read this book because I had a friend who was "in to" that whole "scene" back when I was in "college." I gather that the geocaching community or "GCC" has kind of advanceed since then. No, don't bother asking me when "then" was. I've spent way too long already this weekend trying to dodge questions about my "age."
So FTF is about a couple of "geocachers" who get drawn into a "net" of murder and "intrigue." The one character, Margarita (which, awesome) is a jiujitsu expert or something so she's constantly kicking ass, but she's kind of a hare-brain so it's not always the right ass. The other, breakout character, Bindi is an Australian fashion designer (no, I'm not kidding) with a "nose" (ha!) for trouble. Yeah, that joke will make more sense when you've read the book.
So, anyway, for the back cover blurb which will have far fewer digressions and much less of the "lingo" I've been "pimping in your face" go here.
And to "catch" a "whack cut-out jobbie" click here.
Or to "snap that sucker up" click here.
Ooh, and a bonus "wiggity wham wham wozzle" this week: an audio interview with Morgan C. Talbot herself!
July 19, 2013
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July 15, 2013
The 2013 Hundie Challenge #56: Lay Death at her Door
All right, without any further preamble, let's take a crack at making a tag for LAY DEATH AT HER DOOR by Elizabeth Buhmann.
LAY DEATH AT HER DOOR is like CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY meets that 2002 Katie Holmes vehicle ABANDON.
Yeah, you really didn't think I'd be able to do this one, did you? I read. And, uh, watch movies. So there.
You know, everyone told me this book was twisted. And I was like, "I've met Elizabeth Buhmann. She's a nice lady. There's no way it could be all that twisted."
I was wrong. "Death" fucking wrong.
I thought I had figured this book out about halfway through. I said to myself, "Oh, well, there's only one possible outcome to this." Well, I was right after a fashion. But I was only about 10% right. This is one of those mysteries that blows your brains out, like THE SIXTH SENSE.
Oh, so, there was a reference to Sam Spade about halfway through this book, and it occurred to me what the author was trying to do. If I could sum up this book in a sentence (anyway, a better one than the one I already tried), it's like an old noir novel, except from the perspective of the femme fatale instead of the PI. Pretty cool, no?
For the back cover blurb click here.
For an excerpt click here.
And to go ahead and knock this one out of the park with a buy, click here.
LAY DEATH AT HER DOOR is like CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY meets that 2002 Katie Holmes vehicle ABANDON.
Yeah, you really didn't think I'd be able to do this one, did you? I read. And, uh, watch movies. So there.
You know, everyone told me this book was twisted. And I was like, "I've met Elizabeth Buhmann. She's a nice lady. There's no way it could be all that twisted."
I was wrong. "Death" fucking wrong.
I thought I had figured this book out about halfway through. I said to myself, "Oh, well, there's only one possible outcome to this." Well, I was right after a fashion. But I was only about 10% right. This is one of those mysteries that blows your brains out, like THE SIXTH SENSE.
Oh, so, there was a reference to Sam Spade about halfway through this book, and it occurred to me what the author was trying to do. If I could sum up this book in a sentence (anyway, a better one than the one I already tried), it's like an old noir novel, except from the perspective of the femme fatale instead of the PI. Pretty cool, no?
For the back cover blurb click here.
For an excerpt click here.
And to go ahead and knock this one out of the park with a buy, click here.
July 12, 2013
July 11, 2013
My First Published Work - ANOTHER 100 HORRORS
If you don't follow my author Facebook page you may not be aware that I was finally published this year. 2013 is going to be a big year for me, with BRAINEATER JONES coming from Red Adept Publishing in October (not to mention a few other things that may be in the works), but as an appetizer, check out my drabble (100 word short story) CLOCKWORK OFFAL found in the collection ANOTHER 100 HORRORS. All the drabbles are great (though I have a soft spot for my own) and I've already had a friend who's not a big reader advise me that he can really get onboard with drabbles. The whole collection shouldn't take you more than a night to read, and I'd be happy to autograph a copy for anyone that buys one, free of charge. (Take that, Stephen King!)
