CROSSOVER (THE CHASER CHRONICLES Book 1)
Great Unique Christian Fantasy. I only picked up this book because I enjoy the author’s Jason Strong detective stories. This book is a Christian fantasy. I have read many more mysteries than fantasies and only read about ten Christian books in my entire life (all Christian love stories) so IContinue Reading
Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace 1)
Absolutely fantastic book! Just finished Eeny Meeny while taking a furtive extra-long break at work. This book is so good that it is hard for me to express how I feel about it. Let me just say that I tried to finish the last 300 pages last night after IContinue Reading
Force of Nature
Great characters in an absorbing paranormal romantic mystery. This was a good paranormal romantic mystery. Maybe it’s because I have read so many mysteries, but Force of Nature seemed rather easy to figure out. However, I loved the characters in the book–each had their own voice, motivations and quirks. TheContinue Reading
Seconds: A Graphic Novel
Makes you think what would you do! If you loved Scott Pilgrim, you will love this one more. I loved this graphic novel. The plot was totally unpredictable. It also mashed together so many genres that it is hard to categorize, which is great. Maybe young adult paranormal mystery sci-fiContinue Reading
Breakout
Compelling short read. Highly recommended! Usually I don’t like short stories because they are either slice-of-life character studies with little plot or characterless stories with a “surprise” twist at the end. This story in contrast has just the right amount of interesting characters and action-driven plot. It is rather amazingContinue Reading
Roseblood
Good short thriller. I read the author’s second book, Breakout, before this one and to be honest that one was better. Still Roseblood held my interest for the half hour it took me to read it. I enjoyed it a lot until the end, which I didn’t like.Continue Reading
Highs, Lows, and Plateaus: A Path to Recovery from Stroke
Great book about the symptoms, effects and treatments of strokes. Highs, Lows and Plateaus is an important book about the symptoms, effects and treatments of strokes. I read this book because my mother-in-law had a stroke 20 years ago and I was curious if treatment options had changed. The answer, asContinue Reading
Out on the Wire: Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Good graphic novel about storytelling, radio and podcasting. Out on the Wire starts out interesting but then bogs down in the middle. It is based on an interesting idea: show the creative process of telling stories through non-fiction podcasts. However, I think the author loved her subject so much thatContinue Reading
Canning Recipes: 150 Home Canning Recipes For Canning and Preserving
Uses processed ingredients in many recipes. I didn’t like that many of the recipes used canned ingredients (like tomato paste). I’m canning to get away from processed food so adding them to my home canning just doesn’t make sense.Continue Reading
Food Dehydrating: How to Dry Fruit & Vegetables
Dehydrating recipes for basically every fruit and veggie. I bought a new food dehydrator despite knowing nothing at all about dehydrating. I just wanted to save some money and have some control over what was in my fruit rollups and beef jerky. I downloaded about five dehydrating books from theContinue Reading
Secondhand Souls: A Novel
Waded through this book to a good ending. The previous book in the series, A Dirty Job, was much better and is highly recommended. Secondhand Souls: A Novel not so much. This book has almost the same plot as the first book in this series, A Dirty Job. Though theContinue Reading
Canada under Attack
Little known history of America attacking Canada! Canada Under Attack is an interesting story of Irish-American Civil War veterans, the Fenians, who decided to invade Canada to force England to free Ireland. I wonder how many pints it took to dream up that scheme (don’t hate on me–I’m also Irish-AmericanContinue Reading
Turner
Great scary read! I truly loved Turner. It reminded me of the feeling I got reading The Exorcist and The Omen for the first time years ago. It was straight up scary (though I did read it at night in the dark on my Kindle after everyone else was asleepContinue Reading
The Man Who Wasn’t There: An Emma Golden Mystery
If you like wine, you will enjoy The Man Who Wasn’t There. It is a mystery set in Oregon’s wine country. I love reading mysteries both to challenge myself to figure out the solution and to learn about something new. This novel, the third in the Emma Golden Mystery series,Continue Reading
Badlands
Great Atmosphere and Characters! The atmosphere in Badlands is extraordinary. I live in the high desert but the descriptions of a North Dakota winter were so effective that I actually got a blanket to use while reading it. I also enjoyed Kyle as he was a most unusual protagonist. MostContinue Reading
The Grid (Jon Cantrell Thriller 3)
Good Police Procedural with Compelling Lead Character. More of a police procedural than a mystery since it is obvious who the villains are. This novel kept me reading to determine how the bad guys were caught (similar to Columbo). I liked Jon, the series’ lead, so I’ll look for theContinue Reading