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Karin Slaughter: Blindsighted

January 30th, 2010

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While this author of thriller, crime-fiction has been around since 2001, Karin Slaughter has never been an author that I have taken for a test-drive, until now. Her first novel Blindsighted, in which she debuts her heroine, Southern coroner Sara Linton,  for novels to come, is flat-out a great read. As the book puts it, blindsighteness interferes with vision. You can see, but your mind can’t make out what it is your seeing. In otherwords, the truth could be right in front.. || Continue Reading →


Pirate Latitudes: Future Spielberg Film Project

January 12th, 2010

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The literary world lost a great contributor on November 28, 2009 when the author Michael Crichton passed away.  Having conquered all of the major medias such as TV (creator of E.R.), movies (Jurassic Park, Timeline, Andromeda Strain, Congo) and novels (Prey, Next, Airframe), and to say that Mr. Crichton left his mark on the world is an understatement. What a blessing it is for his literary fans to be left with still one last masterpiece that we are able to enjoy almost a year.. || Continue Reading →