Book Giveaway of Family Trust
Enter this book giveaway to grab a paperback copy of Family Trust by Kathy Wang. Family Trust is Crazy Rich American Asians set in San Francisco rather than Singapore. My review is here and now you have a chance to win your own copy. Giveaway begins November 1, at 12:01 A.M. PDT and endsContinue Reading
Yule Log Murder
Three novellas in bestselling cozy mystery series all involving yule logs and set in the Christmas season are told in the Yule Log Murder. The Yule Log Murder is part of the Lucy Stone series. An assistant on a movie shoot is killed while transporting a yule log. It includesContinue Reading
Winter Riddle
Part Game of Thrones, part The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and part Viking mythology, Winter Riddle is a thinking person’s fantasy. And it’s hilarious! At the North Pole, Volgha the Winter Witch is just trying to live an introverted life. However, her younger sister took over the kingdom,Continue Reading
United States of Murder Inc Vol 1
With mob rats, mob war and President Kennedy’s killer, the United States of Murder Inc Vol 1 starts a new mafia graphic novel series off strong. Valentine becomes a made man in the mafia like his father and grandfather before him. With his cousin Dino, he is sent to D.C.Continue Reading
Nightmare Before Dinner
The Nightmare before Dinner includes recipes used in the famous Beetle House restaurants in New York and Los Angeles. There are chapters for sauces, appetizers, soups/salads, entrees, and desserts. Most look more tasty than scary though they do have clever names like Edward Burger Hands, Silence of the Lamb Chops,Continue Reading
Scarlet Book One
Scarlet is convinced the world is broken in Scarlet Book One. Scarlet and her boyfriend, Gabriel, are hassled by bad cop Gary Dunes. When he feels up Scarlet, Gabriel punches him. When Gabriel is shot by Dunes and framed as a drug kingpin, Scarlet vows revenge. But revenge doesn’t satisfyContinue Reading
The Flash: Starting Line
The Flash: Starting Line is a great value. It includes comics 0-12 plus the first annual for less than $25 on paper and even less digitally. These episodes of The Flash hold up well. The drawing is bright with beautiful coloring. The plots are great. I’ve never read some ofContinue Reading
Family Trust
Stanley is dying. All any of his family are concerned about is whether he has set up a Family Trust and named them as trustees. Stanley is the domineering and occasionally abusive father of Kate and Fred. Their mother and Stanley’s ex-wife, Linda, is concerned that Stanley will leave hisContinue Reading
Séances are for Suckers
Séances are for Suckers is a humorous take on old school romantic mysteries like The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart. Ellie is the youngest of a set of triplets. On her eighteenth birthday, her mother is killed and her sister descends into a vegetative state. Her brother is an elementary schoolContinue Reading
Lady in the Cellar
A long-dead body is found in the captivating, and true, Lady in the Cellar. In London in 1879, many people were looking to make their fortune by living together in boarding houses. In one, at Number 4 Euston Square, a well-to-do older woman’s body is found in the coal cellar.Continue Reading
Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously
Usually graphic memoirs are either funny or have good art but not both. Luckily, Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously has both laugh-out-loud (but embarrassingly familiar) slices of life and clearly beautiful artwork. What if your memory foam pillow starts whispering about the worst events of your life? YourContinue Reading
Book Giveaway of A Notorious Vow
Enter this book giveaway to grab a paperback copy of A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe. A historical romance set in NYC’s gilded age, this book incorporates a hearing-impaired hero and a spunky heroine who knows what she wants. Giveaway begins October 26, 2018, at 12:01 A.M. PDT and endsContinue Reading
Hellicious TP Vol 1
Hell is for Children in Hellicious TP Vol 1. Cherry is seven and mischievous. Her grandfather is Satan, literally. Cherry lives in Hell with her mom, Sin, the chief torturer. And she is bored, really bored. She is also the #1 fan of the famous death metal rocker Briggy BonesContinue Reading
Beyond Weird
Quantum mechanics is Beyond Weird, which is why this book’s easy to understand explanations, with minimal math, is such a great read. The first mention of quantum occurred in 1900 during prosaic research on emitted heat. This accidental discovery was to change physics and also our understanding of the universe.Continue Reading
Go to my Grave
Accomplished dual mysteries wrapped in an artful gothic atmosphere. Go to My Grave tells the story of two parties that went horribly wrong. “They were terrified. Every last one of them.” Donna and her mother spent their last dime opening The Breakers, a bed and every meal (rather than justContinue Reading
Batman and the Justice League Vol 1
Batman and the Justice League Vol 1 has Batman, Superman, the Joker and Lex Luthor set in a Japanese manga-style plot. A young Japanese man, Rui, goes to Gotham City to find his missing parents. His cab driver, in a VW bug (?), warns him of the city’s high crimeContinue Reading