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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What Am I Going To Do With All My STUFF? – Julie Hall

Posted on November 28, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) "The more stuff you keep, the more it becomes a monkey on your back. The stuff doesn’t go away without your efforts. One day, your heirs will have to clear out what you keep." You may be in the process of moving and need to downsize. Maybe you are going through…

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Cleopatra – Ernle Bradford

Posted on November 23, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC)     My fascination with Egyptian history      attracted me to this book and I am glad to  report that my choice didn’t disappoint me.  The name of the book pretty much says it. Cleopatra is one of the most common names in the history books when it comes to Egyptian…

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Memphis Noir – Laureen Cantwell and Leonard Gill (Editors)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “He played his trumpet for her, blew it soft so it rolled around her curves, pushed all that suede the wrong way and then smoothed it over again. And she sang for him, hummed at first before it became words so he could get a foothold and climb aboard.”  -…

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Run Baby Run – Michael Allen Zell

Posted on November 14, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “He’d been in two worlds his whole life. His tender spot. What gave him perspective and experience beyond most people. It was also what could wound him to the quick like nothing else. Why he lived in two worlds. Not quite fitting in either. Wondering which person he was. Here he…

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