All things bookish moving to Pinterest

Truth is I’m lazy and have better things to do than blog. It’s never really been something I’ve enjoyed. That’s why I’ve switched blogging gears so many times in the last 5 years. Trying to find my comfort zone. I’ll probably switch gears again, one never knows. Writing, editing and proofing blog posts just isn’t the way I want to spend my evenings and weekends. I’d much rather be turning the pages of a really good book then torturing myself over a keyboard. Besides I’m a truly visual person and the cover of a book will catch my interest or spark a memory long before reading a blog post does/will. So all things bookish are all moving to Pinterest boards. And it’s so much faster/easier/lazier to pin a book cover than put together a blog post.

Hooked by a Book/Mailbox Monday Pinterest boards

2012 reading list
Book ‘em Dano (misc bookish stuff)
Library Loot & Marcia’s Mailbox
T.I.M.B.E.R. – Too Incredibly Many Books (I’m) Expecting (to) Read (book wish list)
Love the cover (book cover art)

Marcia’s Mailbox | Tania Carver

The Surrogate by Tania Carver
The Creeper by Tania Carver
Cage of Bones by Tania Carver

Marcia’s Mailbox | Mysteries

Peril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle
A Raging Storm by Richard Castle
Hidden by Kendra Elliott
Chilled by Kendra Elliott
Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen by Bill Crider
Last Lawyer Standing by Douglas Corleone

Marcia’s Mailbox | YA fiction

The Forbidden Game (omnibus): The Hunter, The Chase and The Kill by L.J. Smith
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
Fallen by Lauren Kate
White Cat by Holly Black

Marcia’s Mailbox | 7.24

Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron

Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile, transferred by his superiors to a remote outpost on the Canadian border. When a blizzard descends on the coast, Bowditch is called to the rustic cabin of a terrified couple. A raving and half-frozen man has appeared at their door, claiming his friend is lost in the storm. But what starts as a rescue mission in the wilderness soon becomes a baffling murder investigation. The dead man is a notorious drug dealer, and state police detectives suspect it was his own friend who killed him. Bowditch isn’t so sure, but his vow not to interfere in the case is tested when he finds himself powerfully attracted to a beautiful woman with a dark past and a troubled young son. The boy seems to know something about what really happened in the blizzard, but he is keeping his secrets locked in a cryptic notebook, and Mike fears for the safety of the strange child. Meanwhile, an anonymous tormentor has decided to make the new warden’s life a living hell. Alone and outgunned, Bowditch turns for assistance to his old friend, the legendary bush pilot Charley Stevens. But in this snowbound where smugglers wage blood feuds by night – help seems very far away indeed. If Bowditch is going to catch a killer, he must survive on his own wits and discover strength he never knew he possessed.

Marcia’s Mailbox | 7.18

Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain

Archie Sheridan should be healing – mentally and physically – from his past run-ins with serial killer Gretchen Lowell. But while he seems to be making some progress, he’s just as haunted as the day she let him go. He tries to focus on his work: a cyclist has come across a corpse in Mount Tabor Park on the eastern side of Portland. The man was gagged and hanging by his wrists from a tree, his torso skinned. It is the brutal work of a killer bold enough to torture his victim for hours on a sunny summer morning in a big public park.

The investigation isn’t far along before Archie gets a call from an unlikely source. In fact, after months of ignoring calls from a doctor at the mental hospital where Gretchen is supposed to be locked away forever, Archie is surprised to hear that she claims to have inside knowledge about the new investigation, and finally agrees to see her face-to-face. Archie is sure she is bluffing just to get close to him, but he can’t take the chance of losing his only lead.

Marcia’s Mailbox | 7.12

Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent

I died on a Thursday-killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul. The good news? He didn’t get it. The bad news? Turns out not even death will get you out of high school… Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is much harder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected. After weeks spent “recovering,” she’s back in school, fighting to stay visible to the human world, struggling to fit in with her friends and planning time alone with her new reaper boyfriend. But to earn her keep in the human world, Kaylee must reclaim stolen souls, and when her first assignment brings her face-to-face with an old foe, she knows the game has changed. Her immortal status won’t keep her safe. And this time Kaylee isn’t just gambling with her own life….

Possess by Gretchen McNeil

Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her mom, by the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, it turns out the voices are demons – and Bridget has the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from.

Terrified to tell people about her new power, Bridget confides in a local priest who enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession. But just as she is starting to come to terms with her new power, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. Now Bridget must unlock the secret to the demons’ plan before someone close to her winds up dead – or worse, the human vessel of a demon king.

Marcia’s Mailbox | 7.3 pt. 2

A Raging Storm by Richard Castle

Days after being brought out of retirement to investigate a kidnapping, Derrick Storm has a dead US senator on his hands, an assassin to track down, and nearly six billion dollars’ worth of gold bars–hidden by the Communist Party somewhere in the former USSR–to uncover. Teaming up again with FBI agent April Showers, Storm must talk to Ivan Petrov, a secretive millionaire who has ties to the assassination, coordinates for the gold, and a mole leaking information to the Russian government from within his inner circle. And while the CIA mission is getting heated, it’s nothing compared to the growing sexual tension between Storm and Showers…

A Sinister Sense by Allison
Kingsley

Visions of the future and turning into people’s thoughts come naturally to Clara Quinn thanks to her inherited Quinn Sense. Unfortunately, it offers no insight into her love life – or lack thereof – especially where hardware store owner Rick Sanders is concerned. But even though she’s still nursing a broken heart, Clara offers Rick a home for his troublesome dog, Tatters.

But Tatters is the least of Rick’s problems when a dead body is discovered in the back of his truck. The victim was seen in the hardware store – and bludgeoned to death with a hammer stolen from there. Clara believes Rick is innocent, but she’s not sure whether that belief comes from the Quinn Sense in her head or simply from a desire in her heart…

Marcia’s Mailbox | 7.3

Heir of the Dog by Judi McCoy
Professional dog walker Ellie Engleman is more than just a pal to her pooches – she can also read their minds. When Ellie and her terrier mix Rudy find the corpse of a troubled-but-harmless park-dwellerin Central Park, the dog walker becomes a prime suspect for murder.

When it turns out Rudy is the sole beneficiary of the victim’s inheritance, Ellie, Rudy, and Detective Sam Ryder follow the trail of clues to a key to a safety deposit box that just might point to the motive and help them sniff out the real killer.

Death in Show by Judi McCoy
Professional dog walker Ellie Engleman doesn’t know much about the ins and outs of dog shows. But when one handler is killed, Ellie will learn that it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Especially since the killer might now have it out for her. She and her sometime boyfriend, Detective Sam Ryder, will have to dig up the truth faster than a speeding bulldog…

Begging for Trouble by Judi McCoy
When Ellie, New York City’s most enterprising dog walker, goes to see one of her clients perform in a show, the screams aren’t just for the fantastic dance numbers…

A murder happens backstage, and the only witness is a dog named Bitsy. Taking Bitsy to a dog psychic might not be standard procedure, but it may stop a killer from biting again.

Till Death Do Us Bark by Judi McCoy
Professional dog walker Ellie Engleman may have a psychic connection with dogs, but she was hoping she would not get roped into dealing with the wet-nosed guests at the Hamptons wedding she’s been invited to. But soon she’s chasing her tail over trouble of the two-legged variety. Before the bride can say, “I do,” someone is murdered. And Ellie and her yorkiepoo Rudy must put their noses to the ground to sniff out the killer.

Fashion Faux Paw by Judi McCoy
It’s Fashion Week in New York and Ellie’s in charge of the dogs’ modeling outfits that match their mommy-models for a fashion competition. But before the first round closes, one of the designers drops dead of anaphylactic shock, her Epipen useless because someone’s emptied it.

The victim’s peanut allergy was well-known, so Ellie and her dog Rudy must comb through the brash designer’s rivals, colleagues, and many enemies to discover who was so desperate that she committed the ultimate crime of fashion.

Marcia’s Mailbox | 6.26

A Fountain Filled with Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks, Millers Kill, New York, is about as safe as it gets. That’s why Episcopal minister Clare Fergusson is shocked when the July Fourth weekend brings a rash of vicious assaults to the scenic town. Even Clare’s good friend, police chief Russ Van Alstyne, is shaken by the brutality of the crimes – especially when it appears that the victims were chosen because they were gay. But when a third assault on an out-of-town developer end in murder, Clare and Russ wonder if the recent crime wave is connected to the victim’s controversial plan to open an upscale spa in Millers Kill. But not all things in the tiny town are what they seem and soon, Clare and Russ are left to fight their unspoken attraction to one another, even as they uncover a labyrinthine conspiracy that threatens to turn deadly for them both…

Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson

Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country’s most exquisite gardens, and it’s Camellia Harris’ job to promote them. But when an out of towner turns up dead, she discovers there’s no good way to spin murder…

Camellia Harris has achieved a coup in the PR world. The premier national magazine for garden lovers has agreed to feature one of Roanoke’s most spectacular gardens in its pages—and world-famous photographer Jean-Jacques Georges is going to shoot the spread. But at the welcoming party, Jean-Jacques insults several guests, complains that flowers are boring, and gooses almost every woman in the room. When a body is found the next morning, sprawled across the azaleas, it’s almost no surprise that the victim is Jean-Jacques.

With Cam’s brother-in-law blamed for the crime—and her reporter boyfriend, Rob, wanting the scoop—Cam decides to use her skills to solve the murder. Luckily a PR pro like Cam knows how to be nosy…