SUB-GENRES for Mystery & Suspense Reading Challenge: Action thrillers – often feature a race against the clock, contains lots of violence, and an obvious antagonist. Treasure hunt, search for a lost archeological site, the world’s lost meteorite, a mystery lost to time–action-adventure brings back our childhood fantasies of being the adventurer. Examples are Sahara by Clive Cussler, Thunderhead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston Amateur Detective Mystery – solved by an amateur, who generally has some profession or affiliation that provides ready access to information…

I have many series on my shelves which I haven’t even dipped into yet, and I am certain I will keep adding more. Although I do enjoy the stand alone novel, I especially love a series. I enjoy getting to know the characters further than just one book allows and the characters become my friends – to escape into their world just for a little while is a real pleasure. Once a month I will be spotlighting a series, just so we can add more books to our ever growing…

‘Books We Love’ is where we discuss our favourite books; the books we absolutely love and adore, would recommend over and over, and will keep forever on our bookshelves. I hope you enjoy and find some new-to-you books and authors to read. You can see a list of all participants HERE You can view all ‘Books We Love‘ posts HERE

From Page to Screen (Rare) ‘From Page to Screen‘ is a feature where we write a review of a book and its movie adaptation. To view all ‘From Page to Screen‘ posts go HERE Month in Review (Retired) This is my monthly wrap-up of Book Chick City news, so all books I’ve reviewed that month along with the interviews and guest posts, awards giving by my wonderful fellow bloggers, reading challenge progress and anything else that has occurred that month. I also add a personal touch to this post as well….

Due to life and other commitments, reviewers come and go here at BCC. Because of this we are always on the lookout for people like ourselves who love reading and have the same voracious appetite for books. We are opening up a few reviewer spots to reviewers aged 18+. Although these positions are voluntary, they do take up quite a bit of time so please keep this in mind when applying. The requirements of a BCC reviewer: Be able to write a well written/constructed review Be able to meet a deadline…