Time to Run: Part One (Nick of Time) – John Gilstrap

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A young woman, on the verge of dying, decides to take a last joyride with a man who is killing more than time. John Gilstrap has made a name in crime thrillers so I had really high expectations when I requested  this book in exchange of an honest review. Being the first…

Read More →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers | Tagged | Comments Off on Time to Run: Part One (Nick of Time) – John Gilstrap

Amerikan Krazy – Henry James Korn

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The next thing Herb knew he was standing naked in the Johns Hopkins University powerhouse with a combination of Kennedy’s brains and his study date’s menstrual blood smeared all over his body…” This hallucination was among many as Herb Horn was near death after an explosion in Viet Nam. He had…

Read More →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Humor & Satire, Political fiction | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Amerikan Krazy – Henry James Korn

Under the Surface – Anne Calhoun

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Eve Webber, the gorgeous and savvy owner of Eve Candy, may belong to the wrong side of the tracks. But she is determined to run a clean business and fix up the East Side. But her new hire seems to have a knack of making her temperature rise higher than ever…

Read More →

Posted in Romance | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Under the Surface – Anne Calhoun

The Memory of Lemon – Judith Fertig

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “My body thrummed with the energy I knew to be vivid intuition… Wanderers. Healers. They had something important to tell me. “ Claire, a pastry chef who also caters weddings, depends on her intuition based on flavors. This gift, which she inherited from her grandmother, helps her to cater the perfect event.…

Read More →

Posted in Modern Literary Fiction | Tagged , , | Comments Off on The Memory of Lemon – Judith Fertig

Magnate (The Knickerbocker Club) – Joanna Shupe

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Born in the slums, Emmett Cavanaugh has known and learned the true grit of life and hard work at a very early age. With his booming steel empire,  he now lives in an opulent Fifth Avenue mansion. But he knows he will never be welcomed amidst the welcoming arms of London’s…

Read More →

Posted in Romance | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Magnate (The Knickerbocker Club) – Joanna Shupe

Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large – Walter Mosley

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I spent that morning inside the mind of a madman or a genius or maybe outside of what Lawless refers to as the hive mind, the spirit that guides millions of heedless citizens through the aimless acts of everyday life." Felix Orlean, a New York journalism student originally from New Orleans,…

Read More →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large – Walter Mosley

The Jolly Coroner: A Picaresque Novel- Quentin Canterel

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   Finally, a novel that encompasses what I enjoy most in a read… “If we can get the news stations interested, maybe we could find something that would lead to the closing down of a prostitution ring and we could all get medals.” Coroner Billy Rabino desperately sought fame and would…

Read More →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart – Anna Bell

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Abi thought she completed her search for Mr. Right since the day Joseph entered her house. So color her surprised when the love of her life decides to dump her, just before their anniversary. When Joseph leaves a box of her possessions on her doorstep, she finds a bucket list of…

Read More →

Posted in Romance | Tagged , | Comments Off on The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart – Anna Bell

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser – Philosophy – Richard Brian Davis and William Irwin (Editors)

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Is Alice in Wonderland simply a fantastic children’s tale? Is it a result of author Lewis Carroll’s madness or opium addiction? No, according to some academics, there’s a lot more. In fact, philosophy professors Richard Brian Davis and William Irwin claim that this story carries the codes to unlock one’s personal…

Read More →

Posted in Philosophical reads | Tagged , | Comments Off on Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser – Philosophy – Richard Brian Davis and William Irwin (Editors)

Most Wanted – Lisa Scottoline

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Christine always wanted to have a family of her own – a husband whom she loved and who loved her back and the children they would have together. What she never imagined was that her husband might end up being infertile and the child that she wanted would have to be conceived using a…

Read More →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers | Tagged , | Comments Off on Most Wanted – Lisa Scottoline