The Watcher – Eli Carros

Posted on September 9, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Watcher is a crime fiction story written about Chief Inspector Jack Grayson and his journey, hunting a serial killer terrorizing London. The killer attacks blond girls, cuts their throats and then leaves behind a necklace with their birthstone. Jack really tries hard to find any lead or connection to find…

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Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People – Danny Katch

Posted on September 6, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Trump is a tumor, not the cancer. He can do deadly harm if we don’t stop him, but we also have to treat the deeper sickness.” So how did we get to this point?  How was Trump  able to connect  with “ enraged male impotence”?  This is what socialist Danny Katch…

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Late Fame (NYRB Classics) – Arthur Schnitzler (Author), Alexander Starritt (Translator)

Posted on September 3, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “Around him was an atmosphere of hope, youth, self-confidence, and he breathed it in deeply. …some of the words they were using began to sound familiar to him…words he had thought of from time to time over the course of the passing years as if of something opaque or daydreamt.…

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Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life – Diana Raab

Posted on August 31, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life is a psychology self- help book written about ways to heal and deal with trauma and stress, through writing. The author uses this technique in order to tell her story and transform her life. Writing is therapeutic…

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Addict (The Cassie Tam Files Book 1) – Matt Doyle

Posted on August 27, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Addict is a science fiction story about Cassie Tam, the first book of the Cassie Tam Files. The setting of the story is in New Hopeland. Everything is in the future with things like tech shifters and virtual junkies. Cassie is a private investigator and takes on the side jobs which…

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Killjoy – LeVar Ravel

Posted on August 24, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Gwen felt as if her familiar world had vanished. What was she doing in the middle of this wilderness? Was she safe in these shadows? Had Charles been right to trust this violent man with her life?” Gwen is married to the most powerful mobster in Boston, Charles Orangegrave. He has…

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A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing – Cherie Kephart

Posted on August 22, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) “You know you’re having a bad week when you call 911, the paramedics come to your house, and one of them notices you’ve rearranged your furniture.” This is the memoir, covering the years 1994 to 2011, of an adventurous soul trapped in a body that knocks her flat on her back.…

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Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup – Gabriela Hernandez

Posted on August 21, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Classic Beauty takes a historical look at makeup styles and trends, starting at 3300 BC Egypt, Persia and Greece, to current day Europe and America. It examines the political, religious and social conditions and how those elements affected the way women look. Did you know that many perfumes were toxic in…

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Harkworth Hall – L.S. Johnson

Posted on August 18, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Harkworth Hall is a late Georgian historical adventure novel that has hints of goth, romance, and thrill embedded into its story. The tale focuses on the lead heroine, Caroline who is very smart, adventurous, and likable. Her situation in life is very hard and it is very easy to see how…

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Skinny and Super Skinny Reads

Posted on August 16, 2017 by J D Jung

(by JD Jung) Want to read something short and sweet or maybe something short and not-so-sweet? Do you have a friend who claims that he/she doesn’t have the time to read? Or maybe you want to learn about an event or topic in history; but how are you going to find the time? We at…

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