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Author Archives: J D Jung
Super Nuke!: A Memoir About Life as a Nuclear Submariner and the Contributions of a “Super Nuke” – the USS RAY (SSN653) Toward Winning the Cold War – Charles Cranston Jett
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “We thought about the young men on that submarine, officers and enlisted men, who were fellow submariners like us. They were doing their job for their own country and were using the same sort of training … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged military, U. S. History
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Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A. – Eve Babitz (Author), Matthew Specktor (Introduction)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Los Angeles isn’t a city. It’s a gigantic, sprawling, ongoing studio. Everything is off the record. People don’t have time to apologize for its not being a city when their civilized friends suspect them of losing … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Lost and almost forgotten
Tagged baby-boomers, biography, drugs, Los Angeles, memoirs, San Francisco
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Trampling in the Land of Woe – William Galaini
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “Perhaps Hell is a place where you’re surrounded with thousands of others that feel as lost as you die, but nobody speaks of it”, he muttered to the dead Yitz on his back, then grunted at … Continue reading
Posted in Sci-Fi/Speculative/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged adventure, book reviews, fantasy, Greek history
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Quest for Kriya – Rahul Deokar
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Her aroma engulfed him, enticing him to stay. A few seconds seemed like an eternity, but still not enough. Strangers that they were, they stood lost in each other anyway, holding their longing gaze for some … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Culture, Romance
Tagged book reviews, India, Romance, San Francisco, spirituality, suspense, Thailand
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Disillusioned – Christy Barritt
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Nikki Wright is desperately looking for help for her traumatised brother, who escaped from a detainment camp run by terrorists in Colombia and is now undergoing an extreme case of PTSD. Or is it really the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance
Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, PTSD, Romance
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Beat the Rain – Nigel Jay Cooper
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It scarcely seems possible that they’ve settled back into ordinary life…Painful, gut-wrenching normal life, killing them bit by bit as the seconds tick by….Life disappears behind them in a trail of sameness, the lies and unsaid … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, fiction, sexuality
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Two Legged Snakes: Understanding and Handling Manipulative People – Dr. Ed Slack
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Like many Americans, I’ve been disenchanted with U.S. politics and all three branches of government. This reminds me of a book I read and reviewed in 2010. Unfortunately, nothing has changed. We’re constantly bombarded by people … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction
Tagged book reviews, deception, Non-fiction
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Friendly Fire- John Gilstrap
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) In a fit of rage and as an act of vengeance, Barista boy Ethan Falk stabs a customer to death. On his arrest, he tells an eleven year old implausible story of kidnap and molestation where … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged Action thriller, ADULT FICTION, BOOK OWL, book review, BOOKS, BOOKWORM, crime fiction, fiction, GENERAL FICTION, mystery, PATRIOTISM, REVIEWS, thriller
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The Devil’s Defender: My Odyssey Through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre – John Henry Browne
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Does helping the devil make you a devil too? That is, while defending Ted Bundy did I somehow absorb evil?” Many question the motives of attorneys like John Henry Browne as to why they agree to … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs
Tagged book rev, evil, serial killers, Ted Bundy
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Deception Island – Brynn Kelly
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A kidnapped son. A soldier with a haunted and tainted past. A cornered con woman looking to leave her past behind. A deadly game that has head, heart and lives at stake. The happiest days for … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance
Tagged book reviews, Crime, Romance, seduction, thrillers
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