An UnderratedRead Revisited: Torment: A Novella – H.D. Hunter

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I wish I could tell them how hard it was. How hard it still is. I wish I could tell them that just because a person doesn’t understand what it means to be broken doesn’t mean they can’t tell they aren’t whole. “ This young man plagued with the label of…

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Wishing all a Happy New Year along with a reminder…

( by JD Jung) First, we want to wish all our readers a safe New Year filled with love and happiness throughout 2020 and beyond! Second, you may wonder why we don’t post reviews more often. Yes, we realize that "Content is king", and we know that you want to see it all the time.…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited:To My Beloved Heart: The Last Journey Of Edgar Allan Poe – James Marchiori

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I felt as if my native land was rejecting me. Making me more hostile. My country was dismissing me all means. I thought about the many unintelligent and corrupted doctors that tried to place me in a psychiatric hospital in Utica. Then I thought of the perverse editors, who would have…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited:Christmas Eve Can Kill You – William Marantz

(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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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Philosophy Made Simple – Robert Hellenga

(Reviewed by JD Jung) , #CommissionsEarned Rudy Harrington, a sixty-year-old widower, is trying to find the meaning of life…his life. Is there any purpose left? To try and answer this question, he takes up the study of philosophy. Since his wife, Helen, died seven years ago and his three daughters have moved out on their…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: House of Beauty- Melba Escobar (Author), Elizabeth Bryer (Translator)

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I also hate the ladies of Bogotá among whom I count myself, though I do all I can to stand apart. I hate their habit of using the term “Indians” to refer to people they consider to be from a low social class…. I hate so many things in so many…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris- Philip Greene

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.”                                      - Henry Miller “… shining a spotlight on the Paris of the 1920s and the expats and…

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A Tortuous Path: Atonement and Reinvention in a Broken System – Christopher Pelloski

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) This is a very different - and some might say, difficult book, to read or review. It is the story of Christopher Pelloski, a renowned cancer doctor and researcher who was arrested, charged, and convicted of viewing child pornography on the internet. It is the second book written by Mr.…

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My Piece and My Peace: The Autobiography of Brandon A. Rowell – Brandon Rowell

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) My Piece and My Peace is an autobiography written about Brandon and his life. He has it all and is probably one of the luckiest people having the best life one could imagine. His job, love life, family life, living situation, and his desires in life are all met. Luck, as…

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Tales of Adventure With Nap Lapkin – Lance Manion

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “There was only one place to be if you were a vampire, the Marriott Marquis Times Square. It was time to dispatch Dick Clark once and for all.” Why would secret agent/ “super-spy” Nap Lapkin dub this American Bandstand icon as the evilest being on earth, even after his death? After…

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