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Book’s Name: A Killing Frost Author: R D Wingfield Detective Inspector Jack Frost is at the site of a macabre discovery-a human foot found in the woods. A serial rapist is on the loose, the supermarket reports poisoned stock and a man claims to have cut his wife up into bits but can’t recall where…
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Book Review: THE BURNT HOUSE (Thriller)
Book’s Name: THE BURNT HOUSE (Thriller) Author: Faye Kellerman Publisher: Harper A commuter plane with 47 passengers crashes into an apartment in Granada Hills, California. Shock waves ripple through LA, as the cops work overtime to calm rampant fears of a 9/11 repeat. But a grisly mystery lives on in the plane’s charred wreckage-the unidentified…
Berserk
In Berserk, a man named Tom and his wife are still grieving over the death of their nineteen year old son, who died ten years ago in an army related accident. Days before the ten year anniversary of their son’s death, Tom over hears a conversation he wasn’t meant to. After that, the next few…
Thorn Birds and Scarlett
Simpson’s Paradox shows what to do with The Thorn Birds and Scarlett. I have to agree, I recommend stay far from the book Scarlett, which claims to be the “long-awaited sequel to Gone With The Wind.“ An exception to this rule could be made if you’re on a very long plane trip with nothing else…
Book Review: VIVA SANTIAGO (Coming of age)
Book’s Name: Viva Santiago Publisher: Penguin Colin’s debut novel ready easy, sorta like the stuff a college kid would fantasise about-drugs, booze, cuss-words, rock music and a good dose of sex! Read it easy, feel it. The evocative imagery seeps into your mind as you enter the world of the crazy but lovable Gonzalez family…
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
If you love non-fiction and are interested in Buddhism, a great introduction is “Shambhala: The Sacred path of the Warrior.” This is by a Buddhist, Chompke, who is known for bringing Buddhist concepts into the United States and offering a Western perspective about the philosophies of what this particular type of thought includes. With this…
Createspace.com
Createspace.com is a great website where you can publish your own book for free! I am going to use it to publish a book I am creating. The best thing about this free service is that the books can be marketed on Amazon.com which is web site with lots of exposure and members to buy…
Edwin Black
I hold tribute to this investigative journalist. He is a genius of a writer and has literally pulled his audience into his research. There are pages and pages of biblography in the back of his books. After writing IBM and the Holacaust and War on the Weak I am suprised he hasn’t been shot yet….
Books going the way of the Dinos
Am I old or just really set in my ways? It wouldn’t look like it’s so with being only 35, but I am not ready for all books to go to computer disk. There is something uniquely private and well frankly connecting with touching a nice book cover that you know was inspired by someone…
Book Review: The Wise Woman (Historical fiction)
Name of the book: The Wise Woman Author: Philippa Gregory Publisher: Pocket Books Alys joins a nunnery to escape poverty but is thrown out when Henry VIII’s troops destroy her sanctuary. With her looks, magic and cunning, Alys treads a perilous path between faith and her female urges. She fails in love with the feudal…