(Reviewed by Don Jung) When I started reading The Dead Don’t Sleep, I soon realized that I would be in for an engrossing journey. Frank Thompson, a Vietnam vet, goes to a local shooting range accompanied by his nephew. They have a chance meeting with a former Army Special Forces soldier. It’s been over forty…
(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) Reading this book made feel like I was getting caught up with an old friend who also happens to be an irrepressible comedian. Is it fine writing? No. Did his extensive travels teach him compassion for humanity? No. Does it inspire me to travel? Maybe…but not with the author. That…
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(Reviewed by Don Jung) This story takes place in Ireland and starts out slowly as the characters emerge in this psychological thriller. A husband, Danny Walsh, disappears and his wife Maura is left alone to raise five sons. She mysteriously receives money each month and you assume the husband ran off but is still paying…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…the normal state of lovers, of couples, is not together. Together is a transient state. The normal state of things is as much about ending and leaving as it is about beginning and staying. The normal state of love is living with the possibility that everything can, at a moment’s notice,…
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Wow! I want to thank the author for this sentimental journey. I was only on page 15 when I had already downloaded two albums from iTunes. Be prepared to have a whole new perspective listening to some classic oldies. Put your headset on and keep your smartphone close. You are going…
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mr. Siegel sends a weekly letter to various Republican politicians on what they are doing wrong. This collection of letters to each Republican senator (including multiple ones to speaker McConnell) is filled with a satirical look at the problems that the U.S. Senate faces, and he describes his zany comments on…
(JD Jung) Dear readers, Yes, we realize that content is king. And we know that you want to see it all the time. That's the problem. There is so much out there to get our eyes on. We are constantly reading, searching for those literary gems to share with you. Unfortunately most of them don't…
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I’d still have to be Manis in name. I had his license, his passport, and his spotless record with the law. Manis was employable. Tom Gantry, the fugitive embezzler who’d violated parole in Illinois, was not.” Gantry did well in prison and the structure was just what he needed. When he…
