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 […]
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Book Review: Lockdown by Samie Sands
**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 […]
Book Review: Lockdown by Laurie R King
**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 […]
Book Review: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
**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 […]
Spotlight: Broken Little Melodies by Jennifer Ann
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 […]
Weekly Recap: June 18- 24
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 […]
Book Blitz: Shades of the Gods by Erin Hayes
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 […]
Weekly Recap: June 11th- 17th
This has been a bit of a slow week. My family and I did go to a dance performance Thursday which was a lot of fun, even if I did have to take my cane with me. I dislike when necessity drives me to use it. I started my beta-read for Lawrence Schoen’s new […]
Book Review: God’s Red Son by Louis Warren
*This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review God’s Red Son is a piercing, poignant look at one of the more shameful events of our country’s infancy. Warren shines a light on the factors behind the infamous ‘Ghost Dance’ of the Sioux and other indigenous peoples of North America during the end of […]
Book Review: Keep in a Cold Dark Place by Michael F Stewart
We shape our own worst nightmares, and so we hold the key to their banishment. Sometimes the things we fear the most need never be feared at all. Stewart’s Keep in a Cold, Dark Place is a witty commentary on fear, and how we often let it get the better of us. Ignore your […]