Category Archives: mystery

My June and July Reading Log

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells was so very fun and I wanted it to be so much longer. She’s an autobuy author for me, because her characterization is so very, very good and emotionally involving. … Continue reading →

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My December and January Reading Log

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I breezed through Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). This series isn’t getting any better, but offers the comfort of familiar characters and plot patterns. A new character was introduced, a deputy from out of state, who … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Immortals: Olympus Bound by Jordanna Max Brodsky was a strange but intriguing mixture of Olympian gods with a suspense novel involving serial killings. The Olympians are fading away as they live in the modern world, gradually losing their … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Taking the Lead by Cecilia Tan is a contemporary romance with BDSM, first in a new series. The heroine and her sister have inherited their gazillionaire grandfather’s secret Hollywood BDSM club, and the hero is a rock star who’s … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: There’s Something About Ari by L.B. Gregg was novella length, I think, a m/m romance that never took off for me, though I did finish it. I picked up another in a long-running series. Obsession in Death by J.D. … Continue reading →

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November Reading Log

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Trifle Dead by Livia Day is a humorous small-town mystery. I enjoyed all the quirky characters and the to-me-unusual setting of Hobart in Tasmania; there’s also a lot of excellent, excellent food description, as the first person narrator … Continue reading →

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April 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Lone Wolf (Bluewater Bay Book 4) by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt is a male/male romance. I’d read one book previously in this series, which focuses on the creative personalities surrounding a series of werewolf books and the television … Continue reading →

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November 2014 Reading Log

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan – First in the Nell Sweeney series, it’s a historical mystery set in Gilded Age Boston. The heroine has a terrible past and so does the man accused of murder, whom it … Continue reading →

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March 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (galley) – I have known the author online for many years, though we’ve only met in person a few times, briefly. I loved this. Straight up loved it. And since now it’s been … Continue reading →

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February 2014 Reading Log

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Marketplace (Book One of The Marketplace Series) by Laura Antoniou – this was a freebie of a well-known book about dominance and submission. I’d read it back when it came out, but didn’t remember much. Anyway, Submission is … Continue reading →

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