Review: Blood Red

Blood Red by Wendy Corsi Staub
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When I find a good writer I tend to add that author to my "follow that author" list and then systematically read as many books I can from that writer when I find them. Learned that from my Mom. Wendy Corsi Staub has been added to that list.

Her writing is enjoyable with the right mix of history, believable characters and is a real page-turner that kept me guessing until the very last pages. The little hints that made you think, "okay, this has to be the killer" but then you start to think another person is to only find out that none of the people you originally thought was.

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Review: Licking The Salt Block

Licking The Salt Block by Jan Fink
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The things that go on behind closed doors can be the cause of many a nightmare. In this story of a young girl who finds some happiness when she spends time with her Granparents on their rural farm with the horse they bought for her. But she must face her fear head on with the situation of the blue demons comsuming her father each night and the deadly secret that has her fearing for her life.

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Review: Watermelon Snow

Watermelon Snow by William A. Liggett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Yeah! so happy with the story. There were many layers to the story that I really became involved with the story and even think I might want to actualy visit a glacier to see the beauty and frailty of this disapearing natural resource. There are several good charectors, lots of hidden dangers with a smattering of globals messages on the subject of global warming and how it effecting the glaciers that millions of people rely on for their fresh water supply. I was unable to put this book down once I started. I look forward to seeing what else this author has to offer. The book was not too long, kept to the subject and was very entertaining as well as informative.

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Review: Last Secret Chamber

Last Secret Chamber by Phil Philips
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

IN this action packed story we find our hero Joey Peruggia and his smart girlfriend getting talked into going to Egypt to uncover a lost library hidden possibly beneath one of the sphinxes. What could go wrong? I enjoyed the story with its historical theme about lost treasures in Egypt plus the characters are very likable and are easy to relate too.

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Review: Culling the Herd

Culling the Herd by Edward R. Etzkorn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As we all go about our normal daily lives there are those who must make life changing decisions for the world. Most humans inhabiting this world have some knowledge that our planet earth is going through many climate changes due to our relentless use of fossil fuels, over population leading to the deforestation of large areas of rain forests in the efforts to feed, cloth and provide material for manufacturing are destroying our world. So what are the long term goals to change this growing trend?
In this paralyzing story we are introduced to a team of scientists and environmentalists who have been covertly committing mass murders to cull the human race. When they up the odds with their next target being a large American city their only hope to stop them is a journalist for a trash talk magazine.

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Review: The Overleden: Hell On Earth

The Overleden: Hell On Earth by Terence Simmons
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Town Destroyed

Why is it that when young adults are instructed to not do something it always seems to happen. I was visualizing this whole book as a teenage horror movie with all the dings and whistles that was made into a box office smash hit or into a cult classic.

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Review: Coloring Book for Flower Lovers

Coloring Book for Flower Lovers by Sylvie Cyr
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The images were very nice but the lines could have been darker. Plus on some pages the image has been cutoff. You might try a different printer for future printing since they should have pointed out these problems. All in all, I am having fun coloring in it with my granddaughter who absolutely loves coloring and that is why I really like the book.

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Review: The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: Heroic Helpers from Comic Book History!

The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: Heroic Helpers from Comic Book History! by Jon Morris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In this book is a vast collection of graphic cartoon heroic helpers or villainous underlings that didn't quite make headlines along with their famous Hero's. As an amateur cartoonist I am finding many inspirations for my own funny sidekicks to the main character. The book starts in the 1930's and meanders it way to the end with present day comic books. This is a must have book for people of all ages who love comic books. Each chapter has high quality image reproductions of the comics with many interesting facts about the comic books history. I have added this book to the shelf above my work area for easy access.

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Review: Age of Asango: Book I

Age of Asango: Book I by Matt Russell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I liked the book so much I immediately downloaded the second book in this series of Asango after I had finished with Book 1 that I won through Goodreads. My interests were captivated from the very beginning of this tale of five siblings who possess magical powers. But only one can become the ruler of the Kingdom and Asango is both one of the two most powerful but he is also the most radical. He wants to end slavery and stop the religious persecutions among other things. In the first book, I was introduced to the main characters and the challenges that face them. Will Asango become the ruler and make the world a better place? I'm rooting for him and the slave girls.

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Review: The Last Woman in the Forest

The Last Woman in the Forest by Diane Les Becquets
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oh yeah, another serial killer novel to scare the crud out of us women and for good reason. Woman are statistically more likely to attract violence upon them based on just that they were born a female. The authors idea for the story was based on some true crimes and her husbands experiences as a forester compelled her to write this story told from the view of a woman who thinks that her dead boyfriend could have been the serial killer? I enjoyed the tempo created by going back and forth in time and the hints interwoven giving us glimpses of who the killer actually is. Violence against women has not been contained. Just look how long it takes for rape case DNA testing and speedy trials take! I really liked the book and I think you will too. I won a copy of the ARC version of this book in a giveaway sponsored Berkley Publishing Group on the Goodreads web pages.

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Review: The Hangman's Secret

The Hangman's Secret by Laura Joh Rowland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In London, the year is 1890 & photographer Sarah Bain & her companions are summoned to photograph the death of a man who used to be a "Hangman" for the city. In this Victorian mystery, we are reminded at how little woman are regarded as human beings with lawful rights by the opposite sex. A good reminder that women have come a very long way in our fight against male domination/suppression of our equal rights. I have always been fascinated by history especially English mysteries. This book kept my attention, has an excellent main character, some lovable witty co-workers & devious characters that I hope to meet in some of the other books in the Laura Joh Rowland's "Victorian Mystery Series." Well done and well worth reading.

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Review: The Devil's Fingers

The Devil's Fingers by Hunter Shea
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When a group of young adults hikes into the woods to scatter the ashes of their friends father along the lake he once loved. They become victims of a rapidly growing fungi called the Devils Fingers. But why has this plant mutated so rapidly and in this one specific area? Could it have something to do with the "Chem" trails they have been observing over their heads in the sky? Will they make it out alive? Can they really go back to civilization knowing the could contaminate the whole world? This novel reminded me of why I love them B flick horror movies!

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Review: Suicide Forest

Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In this the first but not last of "World's Scariest Places" series we find some English teachers taking a day trip to Mt. Fuji for a hike but somehow end up making a detour to see the legendary Aokigahara Forest dubbed the Suicide Forest due to how many individuals come there to end their lives. The forest seems devoid of any living beings. But when the campers start dying, the remaining campers must scramble to fight their unseen enemies. With a sick & twisted plot that will make you look over your shoulder every time, you walk through the woods again with trepidation. Now, on to the second book in Jeremy Bates series The Catacombs.

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Review: Why Mermaids Sing

Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Love these novels by C.S. Harris that blend history into a believable tale with numerous twists & turns that keep you turning page after page well after you said you would go to bed. When Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin is again drawn into a murder investigation by a local Policeman due to his background in the War & his Gentleman status he investigates the murder of several prominent sons brutally butchered and drained of blood. So what do all these victims have in common? And is the clue that ties all this together from an ill-fated voyage from India? So what are the surviving passengers hiding?

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Review: In Our Mad and Furious City

In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The truth is not always black and white, there are many layers unseen in-between that are sometimes overlooked and discarded as being false. How can religious men of peace become so abusive to their neighbors that they resort to violence instead of words? This novel digs deep into the hatred that festers when racial tensions flare in the city of London seen from the perspective of several young men and a young Irish lass from different religious or economical backgrounds living in a city under siege with hatred. The news carries so many headlines of hate and few solutions to poverty or peace. When will we change? Some very deep thinking in this book, hope it opens some peoples eyes to how others live precariously through life.

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Review: Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff

Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff by Andrea Portes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Twelve year old Eva and Henry who is ten but has an IQ of 180 making him quite smart for his young age, are visited by some of their family ghosts in a attempt to solve the mystery of who killed Henry and Eva's parents. Who could the killer be? Is it Uncle Claude with his real estate scheming or his kooky shopaholic girlfriend? or someone else completely? This was sad tale because of Henry an Eva loosing their parents but with their parents many words of wisdom that they had been taught they were able to over come their grief to bring their parents killer to justice. Well done!

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Review: Beneath the Eyes

Beneath the Eyes by Upender Reddy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When an Indian couple loses both their children, Basu, the husband dedicates his waking hours to developing a microchip that will enable others to see what the child sees through a computer monitor. But when a paranormal entity breaks out, several doctors lose their lives. India implanted human microchipping starting in or around 2009 with photos of your eyes, hands, and faces photographed. Will you be next?

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Review: The Haunting of Rachel Harroway Super Boxset

The Haunting of Rachel Harroway Super Boxset by J.S. Donovan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This series of books delves into a woman who can see ghosts similar to the "Ghost Whisperer" television show. I enjoyed most of the books but found that I was rereading some of the book from the previous one to refresh the readers mind on what happened previously. I found this series on Amazon and used my Kindle Unlimited status to read these books.

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Review: The Night Crossing

The Night Crossing by Robert Masello
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bram Stoker was running a theater in London where he worked with his friend and famous actor at that time a one Henry Irving. When a young woman returns from the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania, she also brings home an ancient deity housed in a small golden box. With Bran's help, they rescue a young boy and put a stop to the evil brother and sister who have been preying on the poor for their Egyptian rituals that suck the life out of their victims.

Love this book! What interested me most was the way history is woven into the storyline, it makes it seem all the more like a true story. Was also captivated with characters and how life was so different to what it is today.

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Review: Rabbit & Robot

Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

And here I thought this was a YA book, it is not. I won this book on Goodreads for a honest review. This book took me a little while to get into the tempo of the story but once there I was entertained with the the comical antics of the cogs and humans. Rowen and Billy, who are Cage's valet and best friend decide to kidnap Cage on a stolen cruise ship to space to get him off the drug Woz. Two female stowaways along with the many Cogs (robots) find that the ship has been invaded by a blue worm that is making the Cogs want to eat each other. There was much foul language and sexual sitations.

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