Stephanie Plum is Coming Our Way...

No, not that way. Pull your mind up out of the gutter!

Hollywood has made One For the Money into a movie, coming out January 27th.

Here's the trailer.

Looks like Lula is now a character starting from Story One, which makes sense. I've seen the trailer once, and my only complaint is, why isn't Morelli a young George Clooney?

I've been slacking off and not going to the movies, but I see a matinee in my future.

I need an exploding car icon for this movie....

Book Review -- Snake Agent by Liz Williams

Snake Agent by Liz Williams

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

With lush language and intricate world building, SNAKE AGENT takes us to a future world that may or may not be Earth. Our hero is Detective Inspector Chen, the “snake agent” of the Singapore Three police department. He’s the go-to person for any crime remotely connected to the supernatural or mystical.

Chen’s an overworked man with a lot of problems – his colleagues don’t trust him, his patron goddess appears to be offended by something he’s done, and his demon wife is bored staying home alone. Now, to make things worse, he’s been paired with a vice officer from Hell itself – Seneschal Zhu Irzh – to investigate the illegal traffic in souls.

As their search is blocked by both big money and big politics, it becomes apparent that the answers must be sought in Hell itself – and without the protection of Chen’s patron goddess. When his wife’s freedom is suddenly in peril, Chen’s cup runs over with more trouble than any individual should have to navigate.

This book is an occult thriller, if you will, with magic and SF swirled together to create a place you probably have never been before, but might be glad to visit – but only with a native guide. SNAKE AGENT has a steady horror that has little to do with boo-scares, and the characterization is wonderful. I found it hard to put down, and look forward to other adventures with the characters.

Recommended!

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Odds & Ends

Amongst researching today I stumbled across a lot of crazed and interesting things:

Oh, the Places You'll Go...at Burning Man

And I thought I'd seen bad cookbooks before.

You know how people sometimes buy cookbooks for the wonderful photography? Trust me. This cookbook may be the worst one ever created.

Warning. The pictures may put you off food for life.

The liability of "naked men" on dating sites has turned into a moneymaker for one group. Once they detect a person is naked, they kick him off their service and to another site -- which pays for the referral.

And lastly -- an Angry Birds birthday cake that can be played!