Underrated Reads

Scouse Gothic: The Pool of Life… and Death – Ian McKinney

Posted on December 26, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “They romanticized the sex and violence but failed to appreciate the overwhelming boredom of being a vampire.” Lee Melville is depressed as he just arrived in Liverpool but has actually been alive a couple of centuries. He laments lost loves and knows that he can’t be attached for long. Then he…

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Sci-Fi/Speculative/Fantasy/Mythology | Tagged book reviews, British crime, suspense, vampires | Comments Off

A revisited Underrated Read – Christmas Eve Can Kill You – William Marantz

Posted on December 25, 2017 by J D Jung

(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…

Posted in Revisited | Tagged Canadian fiction, Christmas Eve, crime fiction | Comments Off

Proof of Virtue – Leila Snow

Posted on December 23, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Proof of Virtue is a romance novel written about Emma, a beautiful woman who is left with her brother and sister after her parents pass away. The story is set in the Victorian era where Emma has to work in order to survive and take care of her siblings. What then…

Posted in Historical Fiction, Romance | Tagged book reviews, Historical fiction, Romance, Victorian era | Comments Off

How To Be Owned By A Cat: Simple Action Plan For First Time Cat Owners Who Have NO Idea What They Are Getting Into – Kate C.

Posted on December 19, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) How To Be Owned By A Cat is a non-fiction, short, self-help book. It is for people who are loving the idea of having a cat but are unsure and have questions about how to undergo this desire with the utmost care. This book stands different among its peers because it…

Posted in Non-fiction | Tagged book reviews, cats, pets | Comments Off

F Is for France: A Curious Cabinet of French Wonders – Piu Eatwell

Posted on December 16, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Did you know that French president Félix François Faure was the only known head of state to have died while having an orgasm? How about that at one time in history male impotence was considered a crime In France? Do you know that there are more bakeries in Paris than bars?…

Posted in History, Non-fiction | Tagged book reviews, culture, France, French history, Non-fiction | Comments Off

Love is the Power: Moving Humanity from Fear to Love – Robert Odus Williams

Posted on December 12, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Love is the Power is a self-help, health and fitness book. In James Twyman’s words, “This book is a revolution.” By helping us, all understand the concept of changing how we look at relationships and the world we live in; the author answers questions like who we are and where we…

Posted in Reviewers' Top Picks, Your Best Self | Tagged fitness, happiness, health, Quantum Code Technology, self-help | 1 Comment

Netwalking Space: A Netwalk Sequence Novel – Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Posted on December 8, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Aliens have attacked Earth before using a Gizmo war machine that destroyed many cities on Earth. Bess and her family managed to confine this machine and stop the destruction. The machine endorsed Bess and her family to create a Netwalk. This Netwalking Space became a communication system that allows personalities to…

Posted in Sci-Fi/Speculative/Fantasy/Mythology | Tagged afterlife, aliens, book reviews, outer-space, science fiction | Comments Off

The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema – Michael Vaughn

Posted on December 4, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Welcome seeks of the odd and the strange! What you hold in your hands is not merely a book but a map to the sublimely weird, the wonderful, and the grimy side of cinema from all over the globe. It’s a labor of love and the result of a lifelong love…

Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Non-fiction, Reviewers' Top Picks | Tagged cinema, cult film, Grindhouse | Comments Off

Puzzle of Fate: Is Your Fate Predetermined or Can You Change It? – A. Reza Kamarei

Posted on December 2, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Puzzle of Fate analyzes fate from a scientific point of view. Many books are discussing this matter whether it is philosophically or through religion. Others have also attempted to discuss this through fiction. However here, we experience a novel approach towards something much debated amoung scholars. Is fate designed? Or can…

Posted in Non-fiction, Philosophical reads, Your Best Self | Tagged book reviews, fate, non[fiction, science | Comments Off

Havana Libre – Robert Arellano

Posted on November 29, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…now that doctors are malnourished malcontents while dropouts driving tourist taxis are relative millionaires.” Twenty -eight year old Dr. Manolo Rodriguez, a pediatrician for the national medical service in Havana, Cuba, resents how most of the medical resources go to tourist hospitals. He is also afraid that the family clinic that…

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