Book Blogger Hop - 4/22-4/25

The blog hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books

This week's question comes from Christina who blogs at The Paperback Princesses. She asks:

"If you find a book you love, do you hunt down other books by the same author?"


My answer...

Absolutely! I go online and look for the author's website or check out some of the book sites looking for the author's backlist. Unfortunately, there have been times when I thought the next books weren't as good as the first I read. That's always disappointing, but I still make lists of their work and keep trying other books.

One author that stands out to me is Elin Hilderband. I read one of hers Nantucket Nights and absolutely loved it. So, I went out and bought everything I could find by her (which wasn't easy since her older titles were out of print, but I managed to find them). The next one I read of hers was equally as good. I've sort of got sidetracked from reading her books with other other authors and reviews, but I still collect her books and intend to read them all...eventually :) There are just too many books out there! LOL

Follow Friday 40 and Over

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1. Grab the button
2. Add your link to the list
3. Visit as many other blogs as you can
4. Follow the ones you like (and comment on their blog to say that you are following)

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Follow Friday Four Fill-in Fun Blog Hop - Week 9

This is a fun meme and it's hosted by Hilary at Feeling Beachie. Check out her lovely blog, if you'd like to participate.

This week’s statements

1. If not for my significant other, I’d never be happy!

2. On more than one occasion, I have read in a car

3. The worst meal I ever made was - I don't cook much, so it's hard for me to answer this but one time I made brownies and there was more oil then brownies in them.

4. My guilty t.v. pleasure is Here Come the Brides (this is an old 1968 TV show which they rerun on Antenna TV (a new channel for retro shows)- it's about 100 brides that were brought from New Bedford to Seattle - where the majority were men who couldn't find any women)


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Unsavory Delicacies by Russell Brooks

Genre:
Suspense, Thriller

Format:
EBook

Publisher:
Smashwords

Release Date:
April, 2011

Unsavory Delicacies is a short trilogy with three stories filled with tension, angst, and tragedy all rolled into one book.

The first story, “Crème Brulee” features a rogue operative and an operative for a weapons consortium. The rogue operative is determined to get the bad guy.

The next story, “To the Last Bite” is about a food critic and the price he has to pay when his reviews do not meet with everyone’s approval.

Last is “Shashlyk and Morozhenoe”. This one shows that it’s not so easy to be a mob boss and bad things can still happen.

As I said, this is a short trilogy and I was able to read it in less than an hour. My mistake was reading it before I went to sleep. I should have read it during the day. I’m usually not squeamish, but one story just left me thinking “ewwwwwwwwwwwwww”.

It’s not for the feint of heart, but those are the stories I love to read :) This is no exception. Russell Brooks is a “new-to-me” author and I’m going to be looking for more of his work. I’m already going to add his first book Pandora’s Succession to my shopping list. His writing is fast-paced and leaves the readers wanting more.




Check out these links to purchase the book...

Amazon
Amazon UK
Smashwords
B&N
XinXii

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This week's question...

CAN you judge a book by its cover?

My answer...

No, absolutely not! Even though I started a book cover meme last Saturday (hint hint...stop by and play every Saturday - LOL), you can't judge the quality of the book by the cover. Some of the chick lit covers are kind of cartoonish and if I went by the covers, I never would have read some really good books. Even some of the paranormals and ebook covers can be cheesy. OTOH, there are some books with beautiful covers and not so beautiful stories. So, it works both ways.


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