Write a Dystopian Novel
Is your New Year’s Resolution this year to finally start writing that book idling in your brain for years? If so, Write a Dystopian Novel may just be the push you need to begin. The book starts with a brief description of the traditional structure of a dystopian novel andContinue Reading
Becoming an Artist
So your goal is Becoming an Artist. But you have no idea how to begin. And you need a bit, or a lot, of encouragement. First, what should you make? A drawing, a painting, a sculpture (wow, I’m impressed by your ambition), or something else completely. Actually, what is art?Continue Reading
The King’s Ransom
The King’s Ransom is another fun and fast paced Recovery Agent novel from the bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series. Gabriela recovers lost items for a living—not as a charity. But when her still sexy ex-husband Rafer needs help, she has to pitch in. Rafer’s cousin, Harley has obligatedContinue Reading
Nash Falls
Walter Nash has it all. He is a top executive with a beautiful wife and daughter. He has plenty of money to spend as he wishes. Then the FBI comes crashing into his life. They want him to inform on his crooked boss. Will he ruin his comfy life byContinue Reading
The Foodie Diet
The title of The Foodie Diet seems like a misnomer. I think of a foodie as someone who loves food, not supplements, which the author heavily promotes late in the book. I also expected more unusual recipes, and honestly, more of them. These recipes seemed too basic for a trueContinue Reading
Tidying the Abyss
In Tidying the Abyss, it’s like the author has snuck around in my house at night while I was sleeping. Otherwise, how does she know that I have an unopened mop box (she must have missed the still boxed Roomba, vacuum and generic swift jet in my garage)? She evenContinue Reading
God’s Junk Drawer
Mix Alice in Wonderland with Jurassic Park. Add a dash of every science fiction sub genre but especially time travel. Voila, you have God’s Junk Drawer! Twelve-year-old Billy is found in Thailand after being missing for five years from Maine. He has wild tales of the missing years including encountersContinue Reading
The Encyclopedia of Soups and Stews
The Encyclopedia of Soups and Stews has over 300 recipes. Every soup or stew you have ever heard of, and many that you haven’t, grace these pages. About 25% of the recipes have pictures. Unfortunately, none have nutritional information or allergen warnings. Even though the book states it is forContinue Reading
Secret Sauce
Who doesn’t love a fast food or restaurant’s special sauce? Secret Sauce contains a huge collection of copycat recipes from McDonald’s Big Mac to Olive Garden’s Alfredo and marinara sauces. The recipes are easy enough for anyone to follow. The ingredients can be found in most grocery stories. I madeContinue Reading
Cursed Daughters
I loved the author’s first book, My Sister, the Serial Killer. It was completely original and hilarious. The dynamics between the sisters was the best part. Seven years later, the author’s sophomore novel, Cursed Daughters, was released. I couldn’t wait to read it. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. While this bookContinue Reading
Best of “The Strand Magazine”
The Strand is a British mystery magazine known best for publishing the first Sherlock Holmes story well over a century ago. The Best of “The Strand Magazine” anthology collects 29 tales published within the last twenty-five years. Their authors are as diverse as Michael Connelly, Shirley Jackson and H.G. Wells.Continue Reading
With Friends Like These
A group of five women met at Harvard as college roommates. For the past twenty years, they have been playing essentially a game of tag once a year. Each player draws a name and must retrieve that person’s medallion by shooting each other with water pistols. The winner got braggingContinue Reading
The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder
Are you ready for a fun little Christmas mystery set in a rural English village, where everyone knows your name, and all your business? The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder provides all that while also managing to be gently humorous too. It really is the perfect cozy mystery when you needContinue Reading
Portals to a New Reality
Physics is at an impasse. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity works well to explain the world on a macro level. Quantum Mechanics works great at the subatomic level. But the two have never been reconciled into one giant universal law. Portals to a New Reality suggests five experiments that mightContinue Reading
The Midnight Knock
Seven people on the run from the police, a Mexican drug cartel, and/or the local human trafficker stop at a small motel in the desolate Texas desert. They are in for the longest night of their life in The Midnight Knock, a new paranormal thriller/locked room mystery genre mashup. AreContinue Reading
Death at the Door
In Death at the Door, twenty-something Ruby has recently moved to Boston. Unfortunately, her apartment has the ghost of a recent suicide, or was it murder, named Cordelia, living there too. Luckily, they become best friends even though their communication method, a magnetic alphabet on the fridge, is difficult atContinue Reading