Job 2.0: God and Lucifer battle again for a single soul – Del Staecker

Posted on May 28, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)     “God really liked Lucifer, despite the bad jokes, the rancorous departure, all the efforts to misdirect humankind, and even his plan to take over Heaven. But God did not want to encourage Lucifer’s bad behavior. God still had hopes for Lucifer. “ Still,  God accepted his  challenge.  Lucifer would …

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The Illustrated Guide To Insanity – F. and Violet Mole

Posted on May 25, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” - Mark Twain “All art is neurosis” - Sigmund Freud The essence of these quotes is embodied in the single-frame cartoons in The Illustrated Guide To Insanity. Though the drawings look spontaneous, they were drawn over a…

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Amsterdam Noir (Akashic Noir Series) -René Appel and Josh Pachter (Editors), Josh Pachter (Translator)

Posted on May 22, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It wasn’t until he’d come to see me a dozen times that he told me he wanted to concentrate on women who looked like the victims who’d escaped from him his first time around.” This man thinks that executed serial killer Ted Bundy comes out at night to instruct him how…

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The Unlikely Occultist: A Biographical Novel of Alice A. Bailey – Isobel Blackthorn

Posted on May 19, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) In The Unlikely Occultist the author uses historical references and records in order to write a fictional tale about Alice’s life. A few characters are invented and fabricated in order to produce a beautiful narrative.  However she stays true to Alice’s personality and character teachings. The story is written in two…

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Dark Paradise: A Caribbean Noir Murder Mystery (Boise Montague Book 1) – Gene Desrochers

Posted on May 15, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The St. Thomas I knew died long ago, even longer than Roger. Maybe I’d changed so profoundly in California that the whole world felt like a strange land.” After his wife’s untimely death, PI Boise Montague left Los Angeles to go back home to St. Thomas, US VI. Though he left…

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MAD About the Trump Era – Various (Author, Illustrator)

Posted on May 9, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Are you looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift for the mom who doesn’t think she’ll be able to stand one more day with this corrupt, narcissistic president? Is she depressed that her worst fears have been realized and there's more to come? That is,  we have a con man  running…

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Challenges of the Gods – C. Hofsetz

Posted on May 6, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Challenges of the Gods is a fictional story about Mike who somehow falls into a secondary world where it is neither heaven nor hell. There, he realizes that he has been chosen to destroy Earth. He is returned with a different body, meets a woman and that’s where the journey takes…

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Fight No More: Stories – Lydia Millet

Posted on May 3, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “South Africans were rumored to be rapists. The white ones especially.” Nina, a single real estate agent specializing in expensive Los Angeles homes was nervous about meeting a potential buyer. Little did she know that her life would change that day, but for totally different reasons. This opening piece, “Libertines” sets…

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Mr. Glamour – Richard Godwin

Posted on April 30, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) This is a dark murder mystery based on the jet- set crowd of London. Two detectives assigned to the case have very demented and bizarre personal lives. Oddly enough, they’re after a serial killer who seeks out the rich and famous and is even more demented than they are. He kills…

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Blackwell: Prequel to the Magnus Blackwell Series – Alexandrea Weis, Lucas Astor

Posted on April 29, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “You have to fight to regain you soul. If you do not, you shall lose it forever.” It was the late 19th century and Magnus Blackwell resented his father but attended Harvard through his Boston blue-blood family name. While at the university he met Jacob O’Conner, who was orphaned at a…

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