Welcome to the first Friday of May. Time to end the week with a Friday Post. I'll be linking up to:
Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop
My teasers for the first three this week will be coming from A Killing Way by J.R. Sanders.
This is the fourth in a series about a PI in 1930's Hollywood. Here's how the book begins:
Hollywood's always been a place where art imitates life and, more often than not, the other way around. The shooting of Ty Jones by Leo Rust was a primo example of the latter.
Yes, that shooting does play a large part of the mystery. How it does will make sense when you read the book.
But for now, let's jump to page 56. There, we find the follow exchange between Nate Ross, the main character, and a police detective:
"But I thought I'd better talk to Rust himself and see if I believed any of that. That's all I came here for."
Queenan nodded, chewing on all of this. "Okay. But you should have tipped me the minute Chipman's name came up. That's a definite connection to my case."
"Maybe so. But I figured if I put him and Rust together in this thing, I could possibly hand you two for one."
That got me the dog eye. "That's what you planned to do, was it?"
I enjoyed this one. My full review will be up on Tuesday, so I hope you'll come back for it.
Meanwhile, let's wind down with the Book Blogger Hop. This week's question is:
What's your typical process for writing a book review, from reading the book to publishing the review on your blog?
I typically don't take notes while I'm reading. But I try to write the review within a couple of days of finishing the book so everything is still fresh in my mind. I then sit down and write the review. The next day, I read through it again trying to clarify anything that needs it and catch any errors. (Yes, I do look for them.) Then I'll schedule it to run on my blog.
But this is why I am trying to finish books at least a week before I intend them to run. That way the review part isn't rushed.
That's it for me. Have a great weekend!
On the rare times I do write down notes, my reviews seem to be much, much better. I wish I would do that all the time, but I rarely do. I, like you, write up my reviews very quickly, right after reading the book.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read too many historical mysteries, but this sounds like a good one. Have a great weekend. :)
ReplyDeleteVery fun. I love it that the cover is black and white for Hollywood in the 30s. Yes, I want to know more.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great book and I love the time period. I'll have to look for the first in the series.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting sounding book.
ReplyDeleteI review as soon as I finish the book. Before posting I will read it 3 or 4 times and change it around. In the end I just have to post it!
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/book-blogger-hop-process-of-writing-my-review/
This is new to me. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteThat cover is interesting and so are the snippets shared!
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