It’s December in Massachusetts in the latest adventure of Sid the animated skeleton where The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking in anticipation of Christmas morning. When Bryon, teenager Madison’s Akita, finds a human femur, it is no surprise. After all, their family has an animated skeleton named Sid living in theirContinue Reading
President Trump has been involved in over 3,500 lawsuits throughout the years. That makes him the Plaintiff in Chief. But what else does that tell us about him? By all accounts, young Donald wanted to be like his father—rich and aggressive. Fred Trump lied obsessively about everything. He believed thatContinue Reading
Their Last Breath is an engrossing British police procedural where nothing is as you expect. Gillian Lane is running for her life down a quiet English lane from a masked assailant when she is hit by a taxi and taken to hospital. When the police investigate, they find her husbandContinue Reading
Jackson Bird had a problem growing up in a 1990s suburban Texas neighborhood. Born female, Jackson identified more with boy clothes and haircuts. However, in high school, Jackson tried to ignore the feeling by dressing feminine. During college, Jackson became a gay trans male and a videographer. This is hisContinue Reading
Betray Her is an exciting concept for a thriller but with a literary fiction, (i.e., rather slow), pacing. Jo and Kate are best friends at boarding school. After they are grown-up, it is harder to continue to be best friends. Kate has the perfect life—handsome husband, beautiful daughter and aContinue Reading
Two Bites Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery) by Debra H. Goldstein My Review It’s all about the characters, baby, in Two Bites Too Many (and yes I did just reference an old Puff Daddy/Diddy hip-hop song from 1997.) Maybelle is the protective Southern mama of twins, Sarah and Emily.Continue Reading
Gallows Court is an atmospheric homage to British golden age mysteries. Cub crime reporter Jacob Flint is trying to get an interview with the rich and enigmatic Rachel, who has recently solved the chorus girl murder and is working on a new serial killer case. Rachel is the daughter ofContinue Reading
Being Healthy as F*ck is hard. You have to change your habits. You have to change your mindset. You have to put your big-girls panties on. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. This book attempts to straight talk you into actually changing yourContinue Reading
Take a large portion of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, add some additional pure absurdity and bad puns, and whirl madly in the blender of the author’s brain and you have Battle Beyond the Dolestars. A laugh-out-loud novel of when machines take over the world and humanity’s greatest hope isContinue Reading
My review of Strangers She Knows: In the stunning conclusion to the Cape Charade series, brain-damaged Kellen must fight with betrayed serial killer Mara. This is one case where the Strangers She Knows are not better than the devil she doesn’t know. Kellen, Max, and Rae are finally settlingContinue Reading
Once Upon a Time in France tells the, so unbelievably it must be true, story of Romanian Jew Joseph Joanovici. After immigrating to France in the 1920s, scrap metal makes him rich. When World War II begins, he slowly starts supplying the Nazis with metal after they occupy France. HeContinue Reading
Sheriff Walt Longmire is back home in Wyoming and deep in the Land of Wolves, both the four and the two-legged kind. Walt is still suffering both mentally and physically from his horrendous trip to Mexico in his last book, Depth of Winter (my review is here). He continues toContinue Reading
Strangers She Knows by Christina Dodd September 17, 2019 on Tour September 17 – October 1, 2019 Synopsis: Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Linda Howard, and Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd returns with the chilling finale to the Cape Charade trilogy.Continue Reading
Joan Dixon is having a bad year. She’s an unemployed journalist who can’t even get listicle jobs. This new reality has forced her to sell her car and move in with her parents—at age thirty-six. She truly is one of The Nobodies. Joan interviews as a junior copywriter at Bloom,Continue Reading
The Garden Club Murder (A Tish Tarragon Mystery) by Amy Patricia Meade About The Garden Club Murder The Garden Club Murder (A Tish Tarragon Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Severn House Publishers (September 1, 2019) Hardcover: 208 pages ISBN-10: 0727889443 ISBN-13: 978-0727889447 Digital ASIN: B07TXLVLPP Literary caterer Letitia ‘Tish’Continue Reading
A comic book blogger and a philosopher walk into a bar—actually they shared a college copier—and Superhero Thought Experiments was born. They have got to stop meeting like this… What is the difference between philosophers’ thought experiments and comic book plots? Surprisingly little. Take this short quiz and select theContinue Reading