Day: June 7, 2011

Vlog

Accent Vlog

Tara

So I saw this over at Jackie’s blog, House Wife Blues and Chihuaua Stories, and thought I would jump in. So here’s my Vlog:


And here’s the “rules”:

LIST OF WORDS TO PRONOUNCE:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER WITH WHAT YOU IN YOUR AREA, COUNTRY, STATE OR REGION OF THE WORLD WOULD NORMALLY SAY:

  • What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
  • What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
  • What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
  • What do you call gym shoes?
  • What do you say to address a group of people?
  • What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
  • What do you call your grandparents?
  • What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
  • What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
  • What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

So I hope others participate in this as well and if you do, I’d love you to come back here and leave your link so I can come visit!

4/5, AUTHOR, Book Review, Fiction, K, RATING, Read in 2011, SERIES

2011.28 REVIEW – The Hundredth Man by Jack Kerley

Tara

The Hundredth Man 
by Jack Kerley

Copyright: 2004
Pages: 307
Rating: 4/5
Read: June 3 – June 7, 2011
Challenge:  No Challenge
Yearly Count: 28
Format: Print

First Line: Seconds before one of the most long-awaited events of Alexander Caulfield’s adult life, an event he’d spent years planning and pursuing, an event marking his ascension into professionalism, a decent salary, and the respect of his peers, his left eye started winking like a gigolo in  third-rate Italian film.

Blurb: Bizarre and cryptic messages found on a pair of corpses in Mobile, Alabama, launch junior police detective Carson Ryder and veteran cop Harry Nautilus into a desperate search for a mysterious killer. With the body count rising, Ryder descends into his family’s terrifying past by seeking advice from his brother, a violent, taunting psychopath convicted of similarly heinous crimes. Ryder soon confronts not only his past fears and nightmares, but also the knowledge that someone he knows is the next target. And time is running out.

Review: This is the first in the Carson Ryder series, I had never even heard of this author before until a fellow member of the MysteryBookSwap on Yahoo groups mentioned that she was reading it and that it was up for trade. I took a chance and requested a trade with her for it. I have to say that I am very glad that I read this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were humorous moments sprinkled in here and there at just the right times. The storyline was good, the characters were likeable. I’m really looking forward to reading more in this series. Highly recommended.