Seeing Red (A Bucks County Novel Book 2) – Margaret Sorick

Posted on November 11, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Sarah Charles) I’ve always thought romance novels are a bit like ice cream. When you eat ice cream, you know what you’re going to get—something cold, creamy, and sweet. When you read a romance novel, you also know what you’re going to get— two people falling in love, something that threatens to keep…

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Master Of Tides – Jennifer Kohout

Posted on November 7, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Catalina Thornley is the first women to ever captain a pirate ship. Her strength is reflected in the way her crew reflects. A pirate’s life is far from easy, irrespective of gender. And it is thrown for a binder when she meets Captain Kade Morgan and together they set out to…

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The Last Good Place – Robin Burcell

Posted on November 3, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) A serial killer is on the loose, attacking at San Francisco landmarks. This “landmark strangler” has put the city on edge. When Trudy Salvatori is strangled during her morning run around the Presidio, it looks like she could be another victim. Or as we later learn, maybe this murder is  totally different,…

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The Black Spider Revisited

Posted on October 30, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) "And now the people where gripped by the ancient fear that the spider might carry off an unbaptized infant, the pledge of their old pact. The woman was beside herself, she had no trust in God, so her heart was all more filled with hatred and revenge." In a farmhouse along…

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Calling out to all Alfred Hitchcock fans!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) From the UnderratedReads archives - What You See in the Dark  by Manuel Muñoz “The woman had to live before she could die...Even if it was the vulgarity of real life—the needs and the mistakes, but also the desire to correct them, the effort toward a forgiveness of herself. A woman like that.…

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Sin Tax: A One Eyed Jack Novel (Volume 3) – Christopher J. Lynch

Posted on October 14, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) "...Justitia, the symbol of equity in our society, her eyes covered, a broadsword in one hand and a set of scales in the other, stood by mutely while I took a posterior augering. That’s when it finally dawned on me that the expression, “justice is blind” was true. Justitia misses a…

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Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency–21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories – Paul Brandus

Posted on October 11, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) "I pray to heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it… May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this room." These words were carved into a mantle in the State Dining Room on orders of President  Franklin D. Roosevelt. This…

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Bernie Sanders, Independent for President: His Life Story, Ideas, and Goals, Plus a History of the Reagan Revolution and the Rise of the Billionaire Class – Matt Dukes Jordan

Posted on October 6, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Politics is ultimately about people coming together to improve the lives of all Americans, and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors.” Bernie Sanders I’m a political junkie and have been my entire life. My favorite pastime is watching national election returns and I always look forward to debates, Republican…

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In the Dark – Chris Patchell

Posted on October 1, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) What does a single mom,  a fifteen year old teenager and a diabetic college student have in common? A past that has decided to hold them captive. If only teenage angst and a horrible boss were the only things that Marissa Rooney had to worry about. While one daughter is being…

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Hades – Candice Fox

Posted on September 27, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Hades had fallen in love with two chimeras, two monsters in disguise, incapable of feeling the way he felt, of loving the way he loved. The horror they had experienced had cut a hole in them and they would be driven in vain to fill that hole for as long as…

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