Author Archives: J D Jung

A Diamond in the Rough – Rich Fogel

Posted on April 27, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) Want to step back into 1950’s baseball and traditional themes of good versus evil? Emmy award winning writer, Rich Fogel does just that in his first novel, A Diamond in the Rough.  Whitney Snow is an avid … Continue reading →

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The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales – Laura Madeline Wiseman (Author), Lauren Rinaldi (Illustrator)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Is hunger who you’ll go to bed with tonight because there’ll be no dinner? Or is hunger not a person, not a sentient being who lives in the store with you, sleeps curled up by your … Continue reading →

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Sailor Man: The Troubled Life and Times of J.P. Nunnally, U.S. Navy – Del Staecker

Posted on April 16, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Glenda Anderson) Tremendously touching and skillfully written, Del Staecker’s Sailor Man is succinct yet powerful. And it stunned me. This is a true story of a sixteen-year-old so anxious to join the Navy in WWII and so patriotic to do … Continue reading →

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In Secret Service – Mitch Silver

Posted on April 11, 2015 by J D Jung

Reviewed by Lillian Thurston Ian Fleming may be gone, but this fascinating tale of a 40-year-old secret resurrects the old master. Raymond Greenberg of New Haven, Connecticut, is dead. As executor to his will, his granddaughter, Amy Greenberg, a young … Continue reading →

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The Alpine Zen: An Emma Lord Mystery – Mary Daheim

Posted on April 7, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) The Alpine Zen is the last of the alphabet series by Mary Daheim. For me, though, it is the first; and I am looking forward to starting from the beginning. In this Emma Lord Mystery, we … Continue reading →

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Intent to Hold – Thonie Hevron

Posted on April 2, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “But she’d killed a man. Even though he was inches away from stabbing a deputy, it instigated a worse series of incidents that had almost killed her. The last months had drained her in ways she … Continue reading →

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A comment I just had to share

Posted on April 1, 2015 by J D Jung

Why does your damn website underrate dreads? And I have yet to see a single one mentioned, let alone properly evaluated . You, JD Jung, need to be educated ! Check out this article to learn something . I expect … Continue reading →

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A Killer Retreat – Tracy Weber

Posted on March 28, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Glenda Anderson) Orcas Island, Washington, site of a beautiful resort, is the locale of the new Downward Dog Mystery, A Killer Retreat. Invited to a wedding, Kate, a Seattle yoga teacher, drags along her newish boyfriend and her … Continue reading →

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Dogwalker – Arthur Bradford

Posted on March 23, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) You know what it’s like when you first wake up from a weird dream, but you remember that it didn’t seem weird at all at the time?. That is, it seemed quite natural, then totally surreal … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Win – Jack Black

Posted on March 20, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “From the day I left my father my lines had been cast, or I cast them myself, among crooked people. I had not spent one hour in the company of an honest person. I had lived … Continue reading →

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