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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.

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...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

The Surface Of Earth by Reynolds Price

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  This is the story of the Mayfield family in the states of Virginia and North Carolina during the early 1900's.  There is one constant ...
Monday, August 10, 2026

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills

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  Adam Bunting is not sure what to do with his summer off from Cambridge.  His tutor suggests that this might be a good time to do the resea...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

All Them Dogs by Djamel White

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  Tony Ward has come home.  He went to England after killing the man who killed his best friend and has been there several years.  Now he is...
Saturday, August 8, 2026

The Cradle In The Grave by Sophie Hannah

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  In this fifth novel of the Zailer/Waterhouse series, someone is committing murders of a very specific group.  The victims are women who we...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Murder Through The English Post by Jessica Elliott

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  Things have been slow in the detecting business that Edwina and her best friend Beryl have started.  So when Edwina is drafted to become t...
Thursday, August 6, 2026

The Last Book Club by Joanne Rock

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  Jordyn has come to Sarasota Springs on a mission.  A year ago, the woman she regarded as a sister was killed there in a hit and run.  No o...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Others Were Emeralds by Lang Leav

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  A small Australian town named Whitlam now houses mainly immigrant families from the Far East.  The narrator of this novel and her family f...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

The Graveyard Killings by Wes Markin

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  Yorkshire police are investigating two murder cases, one occurring in 1980, the other recent.  Both cases focus in a graveyard.  In the ol...
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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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