“I have made mistakes. As surely as those eight women are twisting in the wind right now, in my own way, I’ve been twisting in the wind my whole life…”
The year is 1914.
Suspected of Witchcraft, Sari is an outcast in her small Hungarian village of Falucska. Life is hard for most in the village but [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Fiction . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
There is an evil that hunts during the night. An evil so terrible that it would feast upon the flesh of humans. There are stories of these beasts, these demons; they are called the Vampyre. Hungry for flesh and the blood in our veins. Lilith, the darkest vampyre of them all, is preparing for war. [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Chick Lit, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Romance . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
What would you do for love?
After a marriage filled with hard times and harsh words, Harry and Elizabeth have been divorced for nearly twenty four years. One Christmas, they meet at their daughters, not knowing that they are both about to receive the best Christmas present of all: a lost love.
It has been nineteen years [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Autobigraphy, Non-Fiction, Romance . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
There is a myth that is as old as time. The world was created by Raven, the dark bird of mystery, as he stirred magic in an old black pot. The pot created more than the world: it created the Animal People, spirits as old as time itself. They are the First People and they [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Fantasy, Fiction . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
I am a new fan of the Hard Case Crime series. I stumbled upon the book “Branded Woman” by Wade Miller one day and was astonished. Hard Case Crime is bringing back all the old pulp novels of yesteryear and publishing new pulp novels by some of today’s most amazing writers. I thought, what a [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Fiction, Mystery, Stephen King . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
When we last left the Baudelaire Orphans, they were fleeing from Count Olaf and entering a car with a woman in the back seat who they had never seen before. That woman was Kit Snicket. Kit Snicket, one of the many on the right side of the schism, takes them to The Hotel Dénouement. There, [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Children, Fantasy, Fiction . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
In the eleventh book in “A Series of Unfortunate Events”, we find the three young Baudelaire siblings in a grim bit of trouble, escaping from the nefarious Count Olaf by riding a toboggan down the Stricken Stream, hoping to find a sugar bowl before he does.
The Baudelaire siblings don’t know what is so important about [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Children, Fantasy, Fiction . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
Susan Anderson has been having nightmares.
Her husband, dead by Doorman’s Creek and a strange man dressed in black watching her through the trees. She doesn’t know why the dreams frighten her so much, or who the man in black is, but there is something about Doorman’s Creek that frightens her. They say that old Mr. [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Paranormal . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
For those of you who have yet to read a book by Christopher Moore, what are you waiting for? Moore writes hilarious tales that are laugh out loud funny and so very enjoyable. The characters are fresh, funny and delightfully flawed. When you read a Christopher Moore book, you’ll feel better and your health will [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Humour, Vampire Fiction . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments
Right off, I have to say that I love this book.
I have been waiting, along with many others, for years to find out how Hannibal Lecter became what he became. I wanted to know what caused his transformation into one of the most frightening killers in literature (and the movies) known to man.
I was thrilled [...]
February 28, 2007
Categories: Fiction, Horror . . Author: thebookpedler . Comments: No Comments