12-06-2011

In My Mailbox #2

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme created and hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren for bloggers to show all of the great books or book related things that you have gotten over the past week! It can be books bought, gotten from the library, received for review ect.
Go HERE to read more about IMM.

So this week I didn't buy as much books as I did last week.
















I got FEED and DEADLINE by Mira Grant.
Kitty and the silverr bullet by Carrie Vaughn.
And I got another dutch title Na zonsondergang (After sunset) by Stephen King.

Dragon's Pupils - Sword Quest by Martin Chu Shui












I also got some titles via Netgalley.










Eyewall by H.W. 'Buzz' Bernard
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Wolsbane (Discarded hero's #3) by Ronie Kendig
Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon
Fairhaven by Ken Coffman (no cover)

So this is what I got new this week. What did you get????

11-06-2011

Wisp a small town nightmare by Kevin R Maze

There is a psychotic killer on the loose in Ellerton, Alabama. Sheriff Stan Murphy and his paranormal journalist nephew, Alex Fiedler, have their hands full keeping the townspeople calm while ensuring that the city officials remain satisfied with their progress. The killer shows no sign of stopping as the bodies pile up and the physical evidence defies explanation. Someting strange is afoot in Ellerton and Alex is not the only one considering otherworld answers. (Backcover)


From the moment I read the blurb of this novel I knew I wanted to read it. The story sounded really good and well give me a book with a serial killer and I'm all happy (yeah I know me and my twisted little mind)

Wisp is what you get when you put some gruesome killings, well developed characters, a dash of horror and a great plot together.

The story is told from different points of view. We hear from different townspeople so we get see what these murders did to these people and how they reacted to them. But the most part the main focus are Stan and Alex trying to fit all the puzzle pieces together. Stan from a cop’s point of view and Alex is trying to get Stan to look outside of the box.

So now to the murders.

We have a few clues here. A few misshaped footprints at the first murder that stop a few feet from the body. Than after the third murder we get some DNA, but the person has a solid alibi and definitely couldn't have done it.

The three victims don't seem to have anything connecting them to each other. The first victim, a real estate agent, is killed in the woods. The second, a teenage girl who snuck out of the house to go on a date with her boyfriend, on the street a few meters from her home. And the third, a no good, lowlife, girlfriend beating, bastard (sorry can't think of another thing to call him, well maybe worse) inside a locked bathroom.
Then there are the townspeople who all know each other, who have their own little secrets and cannot be connected to all of the murders.

So who's done it?????

Yes well for that you will have to read the book because I'm not going to tell you and Kevin saves that one for the end.

My rating: 4/5

05-06-2011

In My Mailbox #1

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme created and hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren  for bloggers to show all of the great books or book related things that you have gotten over the past week! It can be books bought, gotten from the library, received for review ect.
Go HERE  to read more about IMM.

I got a lot of new books this week and a lot of dutch titles and this doesn't happen a lot. I mosltly buy english titles but this month it's the mot of suspence novels (aka de maand van het spannende boek) I bought a few extra dutch titles and books by dutch authors.

I'll start off with the english titles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Die for Me by Amy Plum
* Finch by Jeff Vandermeer
* To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
 
And here are the Dutch titles I bought
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* De vrouw in de kooi (serie Q #1) by Jussi Adler-Olsen (English title: Mercy)
* Berlijnse trilogie by Phillip Kerr (English titles: March Violets, The Pale Criminal and A German Requiem)
* Zwart ijs by Anne Stuart (English title: Black ice)
* Tegenwerking (Myron Bolitar #2) by Harlan Coben (English title: Drop shot)
 
And I also bought a few books from dutch authors (so no English titles for these)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Harten Sara by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
* De Verbouwing by Saskia Noort
* Alles te verliezen by Esther Verhoef
 
So these are my new books this week what books did you get?