It’s Just A Little Crush by Caroline Fardig Office politics can be tricky to navigate on a good day, but when your new (and super attractive) co-worker just so happens to take an interest in you at the same time women around town mysteriously begin to drop dead…now that’s a whole new level of complicated! …
Swimming Upstream by Ruth Mancini Ever had one of those times in your life when you feel like nothing is going right? Like no matter where you turn, the universe only kicks you down – sometimes before you’ve even gotten all the way back up again from the last time? Well, I certainly have, and…
Due to popular demand, our Haunted Review and Giveaway has been extended! Entries will now be accepted through Saturday the 19th at 1am (pacific). Winners will be announced on the blog Saturday afternoon! Good luck, and don’t forget to tell your friends!! Today I’m excited to announce that this isn’t just any ol’ What I’m…
Originally Posted on 10/7/13 – UPDATED 10/9/13 I’m super excited to announce to you all today that there will be another giveaway coming up on The Hand-Written Life next week! In addition to reviewing a copy of Unfinished Business by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, I also have two e-copies of the novel to give away to…
The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark I’ve been reading Mary Higgins Clark books for a long time now. I actually picked up my first copy, Where Are The Children?, at the behest of my best friend in 6th grade, during the quiet reading period. As readers, we were quite advanced for our age, and…
Lethal Outlook by Victoria Laurie Lethal Outlook is the 10th book in one of my favorite mystery series. Written by Victoria Laurie, the same author of the last book I reviewed, What’s A Ghoul To Do, I often go back and forth between the Psychic Eye series, and the Ghost Busting series, trying to decide which…
What A Ghoul Wants by Victoria Laurie This series is fun, but hard to take seriously. For starters, it’s about psychic ghost hunters. Though I know this is an actual job, it still doesn’t do much to help the seriousness factor since most books, television shows, and movies that fall into the genre tend to…
The Alpine Winter by Mary Daheim So obviously, it’s far from winter here in the United States. But regardless of the inappropriate timing, I had to read The Alpine Winter, because it’s the latest (paperback) installment of one of my favorite mystery series (there is a more recent novel – The Alpine Xanadu, but given…
Emelia at Trying To Be Good is one of my favorite bloggers because of her raw honesty about everything. In the “about” section of her blog, she is described as a “Social Acupuncturist” who “needles in to the heart of the matter” – and nothing could be more accurate, in my opinion! Her post from the…
The World’s Greatest Love Letters – Compiled by Michael Kelahan Remember months and months ago, when I mentioned that I was reading 10 books at once? Well, The World’s Greatest Love Letters compiled by Michael Kelahan was one of them. Although it’s pretty short, it took me up until just a few days ago to…
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