The Face Transplant – R Arundel

Posted on December 29, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “These are the weapons of our future, gentlemen. Guns, airplanes are over. Steel and iron useless. Bioweapons, facial transplantation, these are the weapons of our time.” This is what is referred to as The Binary Sequence, which integrates these new warfare techniques. The facial transplantation portion, researched and performed by the…

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Christmas Eve Can Kill You – William Marantz

Posted on December 27, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) For many of us, ushering in the New Year serves as a letdown, following the joyous Christmas season. For Izzy Miller (aka Muddy Rivers, aka Val Virgo), the season represents the low points of his life. Not only did he feel like an outsider looking in as a Jewish kid, but…

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After the Evil – Cary Allen Stone

Posted on December 24, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) "After she placed the duct tape over his mouth, it became very difficult to make out some of his words. "No" was muffled, but reasonably understandable. "Don't " didn't quite sound right, but she got the idea. She mimicked his muted pleas pretending to feel his fear and pain. It was…

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The Bette Davis Club – Jane Lotter

Posted on December 21, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Fifty-something year old Margo Just seems to be running in circles; or should I say, remaining stagnant. She just can’t accept or face her past, which includes family and romantic relationships. However, Margo is finally forced to face her family when she is invited to her niece Georgia’s wedding in Malibu,…

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Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life – Brian Wansink

Posted on December 18, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Britney Lentz) As a recent nutrition graduate, I love reading the latest on food and nutrition to help me make choices that are more nutritious and delicious. But, as a recent nutrition graduate, I also need a little break from the hours of reading complicated research papers filled with scientific jargon and endless…

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The Treacherous Net – Helene Tursten (translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) You would think that Detective Inspector Irene Huss had enough to contend with between a gang war and a mummified body in the chimney. In The Treacherous Net, Helene Turston makes Irene's work life really difficult. She is saddled with Superintendent Efva Thylqvist who keeps her attention on the male detectives…

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Small Change – Andrez Bergen

Posted on December 10, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Saving Melbourne from zombies, vampire-ish creatures and other “immortals”—for a  fee, of course- “Scherer and Miller, Investigators of the Paranormal and Supermundane” found their niche. But how do you tell them all apart? After all, the "young" but sophisticated Mocha Stockholm who was named after the Scandinavian city (or was it the…

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Breakthrough – John C. Robinson

Posted on December 8, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff)   I was attracted to this book because it was described as a “fast-paced spiritual contemporary novel.” Intriguing, no? I’m a person on a path of spiritual growth. I think we all are, but some of us are more intentional than others. So, I was looking to this book to help…

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A Sportscaster’s Guide to Watching Football – Mark Oristano

Posted on December 3, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) You love spending Sunday afternoons with your friends, but they’re partying as they watch the NFL games, one after another. Or how about screaming for your team at a local bar during Monday night football? Oh wait, you can’t yell; all you can do is sit there because you know nothing…

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Signor Dido: Stories – Alberto Savinio , Richard Pevear (Translator and Intro)

Posted on December 3, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Signor Dido feels himself borne along by the present as by a river. He loves those who share the same river with him, his river companions: he loves them out of solidarity, even those he hates. But does Signor Dido hate anyone?…Signor Dido has no time to hate. To hate means…

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