Review: Trickster's Choice

Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Being the daughter of the Kingdoms champion knight who is also your mother makes things a little difficult for the youngest of three siblings to manage. From a young age our young heroine has always wanted to follow in her fathers side of the families work, which she has been training for her whole life. So when she gets made at her Mother and attempt to travel alone, only to be captured by slavers, where she is sent live with a family as their slave but soon the family comes to depend on this young girls skills as a spy to keep them alive...

Awesome! this looks like the beginning of a new series that I am just going to have to read, I'm hooked with the adventures, the unique people and places with so much unknown that keeps me wanting more.

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Review: For My People: Awacha Nay

For My People: Awacha Nay by Heidi Ennis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“We are responsible for all things, as they were a gift to us.”

Author Heidi Ennis's historical fiction takes us back in time when the white man had not yet decimated the red man from his homes in the Pacific northeast. This tale takes you through a young chiefs son coming of age with many life lessons that build character to become a leader of his tribe. The story unfolded to weave a tale with our main character receiving visions from a past Chief that helps and confuses the young brave. I laughed and cried with the tribe, plus I found the book immensely entertaining.

I did not win the book on Goodreads but instead was able to read it with my Amazon Unlimited.

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Review: Last Tango in Cyberspace

Last Tango in Cyberspace by Steven Kotler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. In this Syfy thriller mystery, we meet Lion Zorn empathy tracker, who in the past was hired by companies to define the next big trend. But when several people wind up dead after doing a new drug, an eccentric pharmaceutical company owner decides to hire Lion Zorn to locate this compound. Good storyline and relatable characters with some memorable events taking place throughout the book.
I look forward to more from this author. Thanks, Goodreads and St. Martins press for a chance to review this book.

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Review: The Touch: A Supernatural Story

The Touch: A Supernatural Story by Robert Flynn III
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What an exciting new twist on the who and what is an Angel or a Demon kind of thinking that most people perceive as truth. In this first book, we are introduced to all the main characters who will be playing significant roles in the continuing story. The stage is set for the world to experience what many people are already feeling through just a touch from one of the chosen ones who can make bad people do good things. Who has chosen these individuals? And what will these chosen ones accomplish? I guess I am just going to have to read the next one in the series to find the answers.

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Review: The Cursed Coin

The Cursed Coin by Culliver Crantz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was the first book in the Fright Vision series. I enjoyed reading about this paranormal mystery book for young adults. The story kept me entertained but I was a little disappointed in the ending since it left a red herring I think it is called. The book never really ended since it brought a new mystery that needs to be solved. Guess I will just have to keep reading this series which I will look forward to reading.

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Review: Five Steps: from blank page to movie release

Five Steps: from blank page to movie release by Nancy Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Excellent! I took a college course about film making and this book was so much easier to follow than the class assigned book. Loved that you started at the very begining of writing the screenplay. Have been motivated to get my own project going! I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is interested in writing and producing their own movie or just writing that next Steven Speilberg movie this book is for you.

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Review: Trickster's Choice

Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Alianne is our young teenage royal heroine in this enthralling tale, she is the youngest of three children who has yet to find her path in life. Her mother is the famous Kings champion, The Lioness whom is constantly away fighting in the name of the King. She has been following in her father and grandfathers path of learning about spying. When she has an argument with her mother she takes off and unfortunately gets captured by slavers. Sold into slavery she quickly finds that her skills as a spy quickly being utilized to keep the family she has been indentured to alive and safe. Who will be the next person to become King or Queen of the realm? and how many will die in the quest for the crown? This was the first book in the series, so there really was no ending, which is kinda bothersome but I do like the style, characters and story enough to read the next in the series.

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Review: Infestation

Infestation by William Meikle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We humans are always discovering new species of animals as we search out new sources of fuel in extreme locations around the world. What could go wrong? It this horror book we find our crew of British special forces investigating the spotting of a Russian ship in Canadian waters. What they encounter will force the team to fight for their lives and the young female Russian scientist that they find as the only surviving crew member of the Russian ship. Will they be able to seal the hole in the ocean to keep the carnivorous animals from spreading to the whole ocean? Lots of action and creepy crawly hungry beast from the ocean depths keep this book exciting.

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Review: Secret Coven: Dark Journals Book 2

Secret Coven: Dark Journals Book 2 by Stephen Skoblick
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I did not finish the book; it was that bad. The story is based on a coven of a young woman who are similar to sorority sisters who are thinking of breeding with their young male witch to produce pure witches with higher powers. The book felt more like a rough draft than a polished story; lacking was the character development, not much in the way of setting the scenes up for maximum visualization and the dialogue was like I am watching a dull day time soap opera. This might appeal to some readers, but it fell short for me.

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Review: The Dark Game

The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When a famous author sends invitations to ten contestants in a secluded writing competition that promises the winner untold fame and fortune how can they resisit. At an alarming rate many of the guests get the impression that things are not as kosher as first lead to believe. What happened to the other contestants? Why does the famous author seem to be getting younger as if he is tapping into the fountain of youth each evening? Will anyone make it out alive? This seemed a cross between the Twilight Zone or a Alfred Hitchcocks movie...very intense.

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Review: The Little Book of Bad Moods

The Little Book of Bad Moods by Lotta Sonninen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I burned it. After I spent sometime going through the pages that ask you to pretty much write about every bad thing that has happened to you and name the names of these individual that might have caused you this pain. Not the kind of book you would leave around for another person to find. While it was good to get somethings out and on paper, it was also troubling and hurtful to reexperience those old wounds again. Somethings are better left buried and forgiven...

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Review: The Missing Years

The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When a person disappears from your life without the benefit of knowing what may have befallen the missing person your left with a finding a fesiable story to fill in for why the missing person is gone. When two sisters decide to meet and stay at an old home in Scotland that once belonged to their mother and Aisla's father who went missing 27 years earlier with some missing diamonds... from the moment they arrive, strange happening begin when uninvited neighbors are found lurking inside the home. I found the book intriguing as more layers of the story unfolded with a good solid ending.

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Review: Temper

Temper by Layne Fargo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bravo! Bravo! Nicely done, I had several different possiable endings thought out in my mind but how it actually ended was even better than anticipated. Maniplation seems to be the name of the game in this story about how some individuals use and mistreat others is criminal.

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Review: Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine by Rea Frey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, never saw that ending coming. What people won't do for revenge and love... in this story we find a young mother with an exceptional child with special needs who finally get talked into taking a much needed mini vacation from taking care of her son. This captivating tale shows us how a past mistake can come back to haunt you and that some people are never who they say they are...this book will keep you up late finishing the story.

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Review: The Land: Founding

The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Most of us are familiar with the expanding realms of virtual reality games and how many of our young people are addicted to their playing of these games. When a young man is transported into one such game he quickly learns that he likes his new home and is willing to take on many quests, make new friends and foes and get a chance to build his own town. I liked the story, characters and how the author keeps the whole tale flowing from one quest to another. This is a great book for gamers or just about anyone. I look forward to reading the other books that follow after this first book. Will other humans come into the game from Earth?

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Review: The Monster Catchers: A Bailey Buckleby Story

The Monster Catchers: A Bailey Buckleby Story by George Brewington
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

No matter your size you have talents that make you a formidably adversary to many foes. Baxter Bailey along with his lumber jack size father own a monster pet store along with catching pesky monsters. With the ruins of San Francisco looming in the back ground from either the truth that monsters destroyed it or the government version that suggests that it was destroyed in a earthquake. Baily soon realizes that his life is about to change when a evil dog headed man tries to steal Baileys pet troll Henry. But what if Henry is not really a troll? How could his father be wrong? This was a interesting story with many twists and turns that brought laughs and smiles but also some sadness. There were many fine charectors and hope that this won't be the last we see of Bailey Baxter Monster Catcher and his new business partner.

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Review: The Good Daughter

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another fabulous novel by author Karin Slaughter! The subject matter, characters really set the tone for this riveting story of murder and forgiveness. I won't spoil any surprises which there are plenty of... so you'll just have to pick this book up to read, hopefully as much I did.

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Review: Paper Craft

Paper Craft by Gemma Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Easy to follow instructions with plenty of ideas for different projects for different skill levels.

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Review: Cricut Project Ideas: A beginners Guide to Mastering Your Cricut Machine

Cricut Project Ideas: A beginners Guide to Mastering Your Cricut Machine by Angela Carson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A well written book that will answer most of your questions in an easy to follow book that will make a good reference book for anyone who owns a Cricut machine.

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Review: Storm and Fury

Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In this fantasy book we are introduced to our young heroine who is a trueblood which means she is half human and half angel. When the town she lives in is attacked by Demons her protector is taken hostage by the demon Bael. So for the first time she will get to travel to the big city to locate and rescue him. With the help of her new friends, Zayne a Warden/Flying Badass or the "good" Demons who are friends of Zayne. This was a nice adventure where you learn that people are not always who they say they are...

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