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Life of a Bastard – Damien Black
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Life of a Bastard is a book written about the life of Javier, an orphaned boy, and his will to cope with all the moves and suffering he encounters while being in American foster homes. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Non-fiction
Tagged book reviews, child abuse, foster care, Non-fiction
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Fall – Candice Fox
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “How to explain it all to him, a normal human man, someone with all his faculties, with a soul. How to explain that at the core of her being Eden killed people the way she breathed, … Continue reading
Mistletoe and Murder – S.L. Smith
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mistletoe and Murder is the fourth installment in the detective Pete Culnane series. The story starts out with a New Year’s Eve wedding reception in the historic Saint Paul Union Depot in Minneapolis where the matriarch, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, police
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Plato Wyngard and the Valley of the Immortals – Marc and James Lindsay
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Plato Wyngard and the Valley of the Immortals is a thriller fiction story, written about Plato Wyngard. He is in search of answers to his father’s death; instead, he becomes stuck in the Vietnam War trying … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Historical Fiction
Tagged book reviews, thrillers, Vietnam War
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Death of a Busybody (British Library Crime Classics) – George Bellairs
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Fifty year old Miss Ethel Tither has made a lot of enemies in her years in the English village of Hilary Magna. She is a major financial donor to the Home Gospel Alliance for Bringing Sinners … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Lost and almost forgotten
Tagged book reviews, British crime, classic fiction, detective fiction, fiction
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The Watcher – Eli Carros
(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 … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, fiction, London
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Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life – Diana Raab
(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 … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction, Your Best Self
Tagged book reviews, journaling, Non-fiction, self-awareness, self-help
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Addict (The Cassie Tam Files Book 1) – Matt Doyle
(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 … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Sci-Fi/Speculative/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged book reviews, fiction, futuristic, science fiction, suspense, technology
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Harkworth Hall – L.S. Johnson
(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. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance
Tagged book reviews, Historical fiction, Romance
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Skinny and Super Skinny Reads
(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 … Continue reading
Posted in Let's talk
Tagged book reviews, history, novellas
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