by vjbooks | Dec 5, 2012 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John Reviews “The Kings of Cool” by Don Winslow I recently finished reading Savages by Don Winslow and was very excited to dive into The Kings of Cool. This story is the prequel to Savages and it was very intriguing to discover how Chon, Ben and O came...
by vjbooks | Dec 3, 2012 | Books to Movies, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John Reviews “Savages” by Don Winslow It has been a long time since I have read a book that was as difficult to put down as “Savages” by Don Winslow. The writing style is like nothing I have ever seen. It defiantly breaks all the rules of...
by vjbooks | Jul 12, 2010 | Books to Movies, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
In Savages, two pals from Laguna Beach pals share the same girlfriend and a thriving business growing and distributing the best-quality pot on the planet. When they resist being muscled by a Mexican drug cartel, the girl is kidnapped and the ransom is every cent...
by vjbooks | Jun 25, 2010 | Books to Movies, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Don Winslow savages the American war on drugs (and immigration) with this wild bloody thriller. In between the flowing of red and profanity, celebrities and politicians are lampooned as capitalism at its oligopoly best. Mr. Winslow makes a case for more of the trade...
by vjbooks | Jan 25, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(mystery-books.com, Jan. 18) Robin Agnew announced today on the DorothyL bulletin board the nominees for the 2009 Dilys Award. The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) to the mystery titles of the...
by vjbooks | Jan 5, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(theaustralian.news.com, Dec. 6, Graeme Blundell) A time for old mates, Christmas is a good reason to renew acquaintance with saved-up favourite genre authors, friends who can still provoke our attention. These are the guys we know won’t let us down, their books...
by vjbooks | Dec 20, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...
