***This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review The Telomere Effect by Blackburn and Epel is a groundbreaking, fascinating look at telomeres, which are the ending sequences to your chromosomes, and who length is an indicator of longevity and health. The longer they are, the better. These are what govern how we […]
Story Summary Dan “Tito” Davis comes from a town in South Dakota that’s so small everyone knows their neighbor’s cat’s name. But once he got out, he made some noise. While at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, he started manufacturing White Crosses, aka speed, and soon had the Banditos Motorcycle Club distributing ten million pills […]
**This book was reviewed for Limitless Publishing via Netgalley *****Spoilers warning Lockdown is one of many in the post-apocalyptic subgenre that utilises disease as the source of the apocalypse. In this case, it is the AM13 virus, a disease at first believed to be part of a hoax. Leah, our protagonist, sends a […]
Title: Addicted to Rhapsody Author: Selena Laurence Series: Rhapsody #4 Genre: Contemporary Rockstar Romance Release Date: July 24, 2017 Blurb: Guilt is the hardest habit to kick. Garrett Jakes is the sexy and sex-addicted lead singer of Rhapsody. Now in recovery, trying to clean up his act and atone for his mistakes, he’s decided […]
**This book was reviewed for Random House/Ballintine via Netgalley Master storyweaver Laurie R King has done it again. Lockdown may be a novel of suspense, but more than that it is a novel of humanity in all our myriad glory and debasements. It is a novel of disconnect, where communications break down. And a […]
**This book was reviewed for Macmillan-Tor/ Forge via Netgalley River of Teeth hits you with the two-ton force of a raging bull hippo, dragging you down into the depths of well-wrought words. This is an alternate earth story of what life might have been like if the US went ahead with plans to import […]
Title: Broken Little Melodies Author: Jennifer Ann Genre: Contemporary Rockstar Romance Release Date: June 26, 2017 Blurb: Star-crossed lovers… Deep among the Jeffrey Pines of Lake Tahoe, Isabelle Martin and Roman Stone find comfort in each other at a summer camp for musically gifted teens where their love grows stronger every year. But they couldn’t […]
Gate of Air by Resa Nelson (Dragon Gods, #1) Publication date: June 19th 2017 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Synopsis Frayka must find and convince the dragon gods of the Far East to appease the gods of her Northland heritage. If she fails, her own Northlander gods will destroy all the mortals who once promised to worship them. […]
This has been a slow reading week. I’m not even sure why either. Just an overall lack of energy. I did apply to do reviewing with the Portland Book Review, and the San Diego Book Review. Pretty sure I won’t have a problem being accepted either of those places. I have also applied to be […]
Shades of the Gods by Erin Hayes (Elysium Legacies #1) Publication date: September 27th 2013 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Mythology Synopsis Caught between life and death, all Callie wants is to live again. Homicide detective Callie Saunders knows that death isn’t all pearly gates and angels. After being hit by a bus, she finds that it’s the ancient gods […]
