Weaving on a Little Loom
Everything a beginning weaver needs to start Weaving on a Little Loom. This book has clear and concise instructions—most with pictures or diagrams. It begins with the tools needed. Next, the author describes the different weaving and edging techniques. Finally, there are five project plans: a wall hanging, a clutchContinue Reading
Book Giveaway of Ancient Nine
Enter this book giveaway to grab an advanced reader copy of Ancient Nine by Ian Smith. A great thriller set in a Harvard fraternity in the 1980s. My review is here and now you have a chance to win your own copy. Giveaway begins September 21, 2018 at 12:01 A.M. PDT andContinue Reading
Rising Out of Hatred
Rising Out of Hatred is the fascinating true story of how a heir apparent to a white nationalist dynasty turned away from hate. Home schooled by his racist family, Derek Black seemed on a path to hatred. Derek was a frequent contributor to his father’s prominent white nationalist website. HeContinue Reading
How to Invent Everything
How to Invent Everything is “a complete cheat sheet to civilization”. You’re welcome. Beginning with hilarious FAQs about your new state-of-the-art FC3000 rental market time machine, the book then explains how to invent everything and restart civilization in case the machine breaks down in the past. It starts at aContinue Reading
Ancient Nine
A thrilling chase for a secret buried for decades enlivens the Ancient Nine. The Ancient Nine is a rumored fraternity inside a fraternity inside Harvard. Legend states they protect a secret called Harvard’s Holy Grail. Investigating the Grail has already cost one student his life. Spenser Collins receives a mysteriousContinue Reading
We Sold Our Souls
We Sold Our Souls and all we got was this lousy band t-shirt. High concept but ultimately unsatisfying book about a fictional heavy metal band. Kris, Scottie, Tuck, Terry and first JD and then Bill started Durk Wurk, a heavy metal band, in high school. They were good but notContinue Reading
Drink Me!
Drink Me! has 25 cocktail recipes all linked to the plot of Alice in Wonderland. Each recipe comes with a brief explanation of how it relates to the Alice in Wonderland story. For example, the Unbirthday Cake Martini uses cake frosting-infused vodka, hazelnut and raspberry liqueurs, and pineapple and lemonContinue Reading
Upgrade Soul
Upgrade Soul is a thought-provoking new graphic novel about the nature of humanity and the dangers of technology. Hank and Molly are rich and elderly. They decide to do an experimental medical treatment that promises to make them young and healthy again. Problems occur. Ethical questions arise. What does itContinue Reading
7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Innovative plotting and world building fill the 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. What would make the replay of a day over and over immeasurably worse? How about also waking up as different people each time you fell asleep? The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a clever blendContinue Reading
Lies
Everyone Lies in this fast-paced rollercoaster ride of a thriller. Joe and Mel have an ideal life. Happily married for almost ten years with a perfect young son, William. When Joe and William see Mel turn into a hotel garage, they follow. Joe sees her sitting in the hotel restaurantContinue Reading
Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought is a great British golden-age mystery with a killer twist. Mrs. Julia Bickleigh was born into wealth and minor aristocracy. When her father blew the family fortunes before his death, Julia was forced to marry a common doctor. She never let her husband, Dr. Edmund Bickleigh, forget heContinue Reading
Dinner List
It’s a familar party game. Put your five favorite people, living or dead, on your Dinner List. This book speculates on what would happen if the dinner actually occurred. Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner at a trendy restaurant. Seated at the table are the five guests she named.Continue Reading
Book Giveaway of The Bridge
Enter this book giveaway to grab a paperback copy of The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York by Peter J Tomasi (writer) and Sara Duvall (illustrator). It’s a surprisingly interesting graphic novel of how the iconic Brooklyn Bridge was created. My review is here and now you have a chanceContinue Reading
Read and Gone
Where are the haunts in Read and Gone, the second book in the Haunted Library series? Carrie has her life on track. She has a boyfriend, a job as a library events coordinator and a cute cottage where the rent is cheap. So she isn’t happy when her thieving ex-conContinue Reading
Oblivion Song Vol 1
Oblivion Song Vol 1 is a great sci-fi horror comic by the creator of The Walking Dead. Oblivion was created ten years prior when Philadelphia was overrun by huge alien beasts from an alternate dimension. Unfortunately, the beasts like the taste of human flesh. 20,000 are missing and presumed dead.Continue Reading
Guess Who
Guess Who is a mash-up of Saw and The Game, where nothing is what it appears. Sheppard, a famous true crime television detective, wakes up handcuffed to the bed in a hotel room. He remembers nothing of how he arrived there. With him are five strangers: Mandy, Alan, Ryan, ConstanceContinue Reading