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Welcome to Booksie's Blog! I write reviews of what I've read, some of which were books sent by publishers or authors. If you would like for me to read and review your book, please contact me. I'd love to have the chance to review for you although I don't usually read to deadlines. My email address is skirkland@triad.rr.com I can't accept everything but I do read and review everything I accept. I average about 10-12 reviews a month. I tend to favor physical books over ebooks for review.

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

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  Judas Coyne was one of the great of the metal era in rock.  But he hasn't toured or released anything in years.  The rest of his band ...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Counterplay by Robert Tanenbaum

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  Butch Karp is running for another term as New York District Attorney but things aren't going as smoothly as one might expect.  His arc...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Measuring The World by Daniel Kehlmann

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  In the early 1800's, two German scientists find ways to measure the world they inhabit and bring knowledge and clarity to areas that w...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

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  The villagers of Kosawa in Africa have inhabited the land and the village from time immemorial.  But things are not good these days in the...
Sunday, September 13, 2026

Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew

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  Lily grew up in British Columbia, Canada, the child of Southeast Asian immigrants.  Her father was determined to fit in but her mother des...
Friday, September 11, 2026

The Land In Winter by Andrew Miller

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  This novel is set in the remote English countryside in 1962 and focuses on two different couples.  The Parrys are considered gentry, he on...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Death On Demand by Carolyn Hart

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  Annie Laurance has inherited her uncle's bookstore on the exclusive island of Broward's Rock.  It specializes in mysteries and the...
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

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  Man has pretty much conquered the solar system with colonies on Earth, Mars and the in-between Belt.  But though all three colonies are th...
Tuesday, September 8, 2026

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

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  On November 29th, 2019, a nineteen year old young man leaped from a fifth floor balcony to the Thames.  He did not survive the fall.  The ...
Monday, September 7, 2026

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

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  Maggie Holt is determined to get answers.  Growing up, she barely remembers the couple of weeks her family lived in Baneberry Hall, a ramb...
Sunday, September 6, 2026

Desert Places by Blake Crouch

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  Andrew Thomas has a successful life.  He's an author of thrillers and each has been more successful than the previous ones.  He lives ...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

The Murder Book by Mark Billingham

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  Things are going well at work for DI Tom Thorne.  Nicola Tanner, who he worked with before after the death of her partner, has transferred...
Friday, September 4, 2026

The True True Story Of Raja The Gullible by Rabih Alameddine

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  Raja is sixty-three and lives in a tiny Beirut apartment.  He has always lived in Beirut and is a philosophy teacher.  He values his priva...
Thursday, September 3, 2026

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

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  In a small Austrian village, one boy is not content to grow up and live a routine life.  He teaches himself to walk a tightrope and to jug...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The Collector by Fiona Cummins

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  Brian Howley is known as the Butcher of Browley for his serial killings.  His niche is collecting victims with deformities and then saving...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Murder Takes A Vacation by Laura Lippman

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  Muriel Blossom had a mid-life surprise.  Walking along the street, she found a lottery ticket and it turned out to be for a huge amount of...
Monday, August 31, 2026

The Boyfriend by Daniel Hurst

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  Adele's life is finally working out.  She is engaged to Tom and they love their house.  They both have good careers and she also has a...
Sunday, August 30, 2026

The Debtor's Game by Isabelle Mongeau

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  In Myrmia, you are either a fae, a fairie or a halfling.  The Far rule everything and own the fairies.  Halflings are employed as administ...
Friday, August 28, 2026

The Memory Game by Nicci French

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  Two families, the Martellos and the Cranes are best of friends, almost one big family.  The men have been friends since their university d...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Anima Rising by Christopher Moore

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  Vienna in 1911 is full of characters.  It is a time of discovery and blooming in the art world.  Gustav Klimt led the way to a new type of...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

The Cold Hard Light by Christopher Amenta

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  Andrew Harrison is an archetypical Boston guy.  Now twenty-four, he was an ice hockey star in high school and college.  But those star day...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Engines Of Empire by R. S. Ford

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  This is the beginning of a trilogy about the kingdom of Torwyn which is based on industry and run by the Guilds.  The story of one family,...
Saturday, August 22, 2026

What Happened To The Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

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  It was a night like many before.  The Bennett family was on the way home from one of their daughter's field hockey games.  In the car ...
Friday, August 21, 2026

No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay

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  That night was the most embarrassing that fourteen year old Cynthia Bigge could remember.  She was in the parked car with her boyfriend, d...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

No Lawyers In Heaven by Henry Milner

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  This is the memoir of Henry Milner, the English criminal solicitor who was known as 'Mr. Big Of Criminal Briefs.'  I found this bo...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

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  This is a retelling of the Ted Bundy story, focusing mostly on his last rampage in Florida and seen through the eyes of Pamela Schumacher,...
Monday, August 17, 2026

The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni

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  This novel portrays the life of Vincent Bianco during two times in his life, the summer of 1979 and the present.  In 1979, Vincent had jus...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

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  Out of nowhere, every structure on Earth collapsed.  It was part of an alien occupation.  Carl was outside trying to track down his ex-gir...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Round Up The Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews

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  Meg Langslow is hosting her brother's wedding at her farm.  But no one told her that the mothers of the bridal couple were planning th...
Friday, August 14, 2026

The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell

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  DI Caius Beauchamp has more than enough cases.  There is a woman who has been found dead in the Thames, maybe an accident maybe a homicide...
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I'm the former CIO of a large community college, and an avid reader. I've reviewed here and for Curled Up With A Good Book, Amazon's Vine Reviews program and on Netgalley and Edelweiss. I also work with several publishers. The majority of books reviewed on this page were sent to me free of charge.
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