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Book Cover Year Published: 2017 Genre: Crime; Mystery; Suspense Blurb: The Last Straw ,  by Ed Duncan, is a suspenseful crime thriller. This is the second book in the Pigeon Blood Red series.  When a teenage girl witnesses a carjacking gone bad, she is marked for death by a crime boss with no apparent motive. A black lawyer and a white enforcer with an unlikely history forge an uneasy alliance to protect the girl from a hit man with an agenda of his own. After they find out that the crime boss is the father of the black teenage carjacker, Paul Elliott - lawyer and close friend of the witness’s family - begins counseling them. As the long-simmering feud between Rico and John D'Angelo reaches boiling point, bodies start to pile up in rapid succession... and old scores will be settled. About the Author: Ed Duncan is a graduate of Oberlin College and Northwestern University Law School. He was a partner at a national law firm in Cleveland, Ohio for ma...

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2017 Genre: Magical Realism; Young Adult with a tiny touch of Literary Blurb: What if you could bottle creative juices?  Emily Rainn is seeking employment. A career would be ideal but any job will suffice. She desperately wants a position that can transform her unutilised time into currency. Progressing to the next stage of one of her many job applications, Emily meets bestselling author John Crawford and the bygone writer offers her an opportunity far greater than any ordinary job or career.  Join Emily as she is introduced to the secret world of imagination and meet the men and women with differing ideas concerning the proper use of the spirit of imagination.  Has Emily been introduced to a marvelous, magical world or has she entered into something that is beyond her wildest imaginings?  Suspend disbelief and indulge yourself with a taste of The Spirit of Imagination. About the Author: S. A. Tawks ...

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2017 Genre: Fantasy; Young Adult; Dystopian Blurb: In a world where Greek Gods rule over the Allegiance, Marylyn O’Conner struggles to survive.  Marylyn is a rebel, forced to do the rebellion’s bidding until an unforgiving family debt is paid. A pawn in the war against the Allegiance, she is obligated to become a rebel spy, or her family will suffer.  When word spreads that an Allegiant Prince, Ariston, has escaped rebel captivity vowing to hunt down rebel spies, Marylyn realizes her only hope is to escape Allegiant territory.  While on the run, Ariston captures Marylyn, preventing her from any chance of returning home. Desperate, she knows she needs to escape her alluring captor or risk the safety of her family.  But Marylyn can’t keep herself from falling for the mysterious prince as she finds that he can empathize with her troublesome past - a past no ally has understood before. About the Author: E...

Hello Everyone, It's been quite a productive week for me; I managed to get three reviews done this week, so let's get started with them: Vespers by Meghan McDonnell: Amazon:  Amazon Review - Vespers Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - Vespers Genuine Jenn:  Genuine Jenn Review - Vespers On the Road by Richard Hammond: Amazon:  Amazon Review - On the Road Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - On the Road Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - On the Road And last but most certainly not least: Wicked Faith by Aaron Dawbot: Amazon:  Amazon Review - Wicked Faith Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - Wicked Faith Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - Wicked Faith As you can see; I've been able to do quite a bit of reading, which leads me to... Monthly Reading Goals: I've been able to finish one reading goal; I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish the other (I'll keep you updated on that). The goal that I manage...

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2013 Genre: Biography; Memoir; Travel Blurb: ON THE ROAD: GROWING UP IN EIGHT JOURNEYS - MY EARLY YEARS is a new form of autobiography, in which TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond tells the story of his early life through a series of significant driving episodes. He's a child in the back seat of Dad's car on the way to the seaside in Weston-Super-Mare. He's on his first bike, a red one, in Solihull, then on his first motorcycle, a Honda MTX50. He's at the wheel of his first car (and in the back with his first girlfriend). He is driving a furniture delivery van as part of his first job in and around Ripon. Now he is showing off with a friend, risking everything. ON THE ROAD is an emotional road map in which each chapter has its own registration number, and its own distinctive interior. Most importantly, each chapter sets off and arrives. ON THE ROAD surges on to its destination, reversing or moving quickly through the ...

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2018 Genre: Paranormal, with a small touch of horror Blurb: Wicked Faith (A Paranormal Mystery) Again, we join Thomas Arsen, the immortal reaper hybrid, and his two human friends (Lonnie the veteran killer and Fitz the cursed slayer), as they head to Barton/Texas, in an attempt to solve a puzzling series of deaths, mysteriously revolving around one Woman (Susan Day). Several bodies found, defiled in ways that could only hint to the victims' deepest secrets. As the mystery unravels, more details come to light that would indicate the malice of a creature more powerful and cunning than demons themselves. A convoluted thrill charged with mystery and suspense that could put our hero's talents to the greatest test he has ever undergone. In this episode, Lonnie discovers a hideous  truth about his estranged family, while Fitz faces the monstrous reality of his cursed origin. Thomas must find the creature responsible for robbing Su...

Hello Everyone, It's been quite a productive week; I've managed to do two reviews. Six Tinder Weeks by Bena Roberts: Amazon:  Amazon Review - Six Tinder Weeks Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - Six Tinder Weeks Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - Six Tinder Weeks Forever Since an Apple by Ken Welsch: Amazon:  Amazon Review - Forever Since an Apple Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - Forever Since an Apple Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - Forever Since an Apple Both of these books were relatively short reads and I enjoyed them both. Monthly Reading Goals: I've managed to finish one reading goal this month, though I'm not sure if I'll be able to manage the other one left or not. I'll have a review up of the book that I finished for this coming week.  Last Word: I've got quite a few reviews coming up this week, so it's going to be a bit busy for me. I'm also still doing some workstation painting (hoping th...