Pollock Confidential
Who knew that Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionist was financially supported by the CIA to beat Russian Communism. Mind blown! This and more secrets are in the accurately named Pollock Confidential. The artwork is very golden-age superhero. I expected to see color pixels if I looked really close. It fitsContinue Reading
Hello, Summer
When a new Mary Kay Andrews’ book comes out, everyone knows that summer is just around the corner. This year the book’s title, Hello, Summer, says it all. Conley wiped the dirt from her small Florida hometown off her shoes and eventually became a Pulitzer-prize nominated investigative journalist. She’s aboutContinue Reading
RIP in Reykjavík Spotlight
About R.I.P. in Reykjavík R.I.P. in Reykjavík: A Traveler Cozy Mystery Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Independently Published (May 19, 2020) Print Length: 149 pages Digital ASIN: B08477CQTR Traveling with your family can be murder. One wedding party + one estranged mother = another vacation that goes array forContinue Reading
Not Your Idol Vol 1
Karen is the unabashedly most famous member of Pure Club, a miniskirted all-girl pop band. After being stabbed at a fan event, she quits the group. Hikaru is a judo jock. Nina Kamiyama is the only girl in their high school who wears pants. How they relate to each otherContinue Reading
The Imprisoned Princess
The true tale of The Imprisoned Princess proves that the rich have always been different even in the late 1600s. Indeed the poorer royals, born on both sides of the blanket, were as prone to affairs as the royals at the Court of Versailles. Some like Clara were even havingContinue Reading
A Case for the Yarn Maker Spotlight
A Case For the Yarn Maker Ainsley McGregor Book 2 by Candace Havens Genre: Cozy Mystery Spin a yarn…at your own risk. Everyone at Bless Your Art in Sweet River, Texas, is excited about the Yarn Goddess (yes, that’s her real name) coming to town. Ainsley McGregor has set upContinue Reading
Technology Procurement Handbook
As society has moved closer to a service economy, so too has procurement moved from compliance to a value-added service. While not strictly a profit center, every dollar a buyer saves goes directly into the company’s pocket. To keep up with today’s fast-moving economy, procurement must go from a searchContinue Reading
Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds
Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds bills itself as a reference book. However, it is much more interesting than that. It contains 100 maps containing intriguing geographic and demographic facts shown on, of course, a map. For example, there is a map of the world with countries colored based on theirContinue Reading
Have You Seen Me?
“‘What are you doing here?’ he demands. ‘It’s my first day back.’ ‘What are you talking about?’ He steps closer, his eyes burrowing into me. ‘You haven’t worked here in years.’” So begins the new thriller, Have You Seen Me?, by Kate White. Ally Linden is thirty-four. And that’s allContinue Reading
The Split
The Split is a superb twisty thriller with multiple layers of mystery waiting to be unfolded. Felicity is working on South Georgia Island near Antarctica studying glaciers. She is also hiding from someone in her past. Felicity was hoping no one could find her in such a remote location. SheContinue Reading
Logging Off
“There just aren’t enough hours in the day!” Andy is a self-employed freelance graphic designer with intestinal issues. With a fixation on social media, gaming, and streaming, there is zero hope of his Logging Off anytime soon. Until he gets cancer… No. according to his real doctor—not the cancer-pronouncing Dr.Continue Reading
Seas the Day Review, Guest Post and Giveaway
My Review In the first book in a new cozy mystery series, Seas the Day, “Chili Bolz is missing.” His mother, Estelle, tells Shell Island caterer, River, to look for Chili because the police aren’t making much of an effort to find her grown son. It’s bad enough that EstelleContinue Reading
Eat, and Love Yourself
Mindy is thick, fluffy, or chubby depending on your culture. But she is definitely not feeling the motto Eat, and Love Yourself. However, when she finds a chocolate bar labeled like that, she hopefully tries it with eye-opening results. Eating disorders and bad self-esteem are serious and this book handlesContinue Reading
Shorefall
Shorefall is the sequel to Foundryside, which I loved. Now, the gang is back and off righting wrongs while personally profiting, of course. If you haven’t read Foundryside, please take a few days to read that book first. It will greatly increase your delight in this book if you knowContinue Reading
Sigh, Gone
Coming to American after the fall of Saigon, two-year-old Phuc Tran didn’t know the difficult path still ahead of him. For being the only Vietnamese, heck the only Asian, family in small town America, he was bound to stand out. Sigh, Gone is his tale of how he found hisContinue Reading
Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner
Who knew that there were so many tasty dishes featuring the humble chicken? It truly means Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner can be a 10-minute Tostada or an exotic Chicken Laarb. The flavor profiles come from all over the world. Sheet Pan Shawarma to Harissa Chicken to Filopino-style Chicken Adobo areContinue Reading