San Diego is truly a wonderful city to live in. But if you’ve been here the past 5 years, then you know that San Diego was faced with a tragedy we as a city didn’t want to admit could happen. Over the course of a year, two young, beautiful high schoolers went missing. And when one was later found murdered, it appeared there might be a serial killer stalking our most innocent and vulnerable citizens, our children. Amber Dubios was a ninth grader at Escondido […]
SD Noir as a Quick, Easy Read
I had the opportunity to meet with Corey Fayman one afternoon. We sat at a small cafe in Little Italy and talked about books (duh) and writing. I was interested in knowing how someone just *decides* to self-publish a book…or two. I was also curious about what, if anything, lay on the horizon for Rolly Waters. Waters is a private investigator living in San Diego. When he’s not searching down runaway teenagers or spying on cheating spouses, he’s playing gigs at local events with his […]
An Inspirational Message that Just Wasn’t for Me
Okay, this is a tough one for me. Quite simply, I know the author and I’m not sure I can give this book a rave review. Despite this, the book is intriguing and evoked strong emotions in me. I’m just not sure they’re the emotions the author was hoping to elicit. Smile is the autobiography of Jenny Matula, who was raised in the Philippines. Because English is not her first language, the book is rife with grammatical errors. For me, it was endearing, because it […]
Young adult fiction that’s not about vampires or fanatasy or death…wait, just no vampires or fantasy
I reluctantly put this book on hold at the library more out of a sense of duty as a book blogger, rather than a real desire to read it. Much like my 9 year old niece’s attitude to the Harry Potter series, I was reluctant to grab my board and join the wave of popularity that surrounded this book (my niece is totally wrong, by the way, but that doesn’t mean I am). I was something like 116th in line at the library. So I […]