81. Review-My Familiar Stranger
July 01, 2012
My Familiar Stranger: The Order of the Black Swan (Book 1), Victoria Danann, 2012, Kindle e-book
Elora Laikin is pushed into an interdimensional portal just before an assassination attempt. Imaging being run through a blender and flayed alive, at the same time, and somehow surviving. Also im...
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82. Review-The Curse of Borage-Doone
June 23, 2012
The Curse of Borage-Doone, RA Jones, 2012, Kindle e-book
This young adult novel is about a young boy, and his grandmother who opens the "wrong" email.
Sam is your average ten-year-old resident of Britain. His Gran is staying with him while Mom and Dad go hiking up European mountains....
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83. Review-The Success Attitude: Haunting Messages Guiding Us
June 22, 2012
The Success Attitude: Haunting Messages Guiding Us, Janice Davies, 2011, ISBN 9781421886312
This is the true story of an average woman who left an unpleasant personal situation, and found herself.
Born in New Zealand, Davies grew up in a very normal family. There were yearly Christma...
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84. Review-5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom
June 11, 2012
5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love and Get Rich Doing It, Duane Harden, 2012, ISBN 9780984822706
Many books have been written about how to make money doing what you love. This book reduces the process to just five steps.
Before anything else, you have to commit to ch...
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85. Review-Razor Sharp 3.0
June 02, 2012
Razor Sharp 3.0, Ola Adigun, 2012, ISBN 9781475039917
This novel is about a young man who, in trying to pay off a debt, gets in way over his head.
Zeus (real name Supo) is a resident of present-day Nigeria. His father died recently after running up large debts in online stock trading...
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86. Review-Holy Shmit!
May 21, 2012
Holy Shmit!, Corey Deitz, Kindle e-book, 2012
This novel is about your average parish priest, who is given a special assignment directly from the Pope.
Father Shmit suffers from Tourette's Syndrome. Naturally, it manifests itself at the most inconvenient times, except when he is cond...
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87. Review-The Lightbridge Legacy: Destiny's Call
May 04, 2012
The Lightbridge Legacy: Destiny's Call, Elayne James, 2011, ISBN 9780982886586
This is the first of a trilogy (actually one long novel split into three books). This young adult tale is an excellent piece of writing. Ani, an adolescent girl who, troubled by strange dreams and visions, finds h...
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88. Review-Wagons to Hangtown
April 25, 2012
Wagons to Hangtown: A Story of the California Gold Rush, Diana M. Johnson, 2010, ISBN 9780966150469
Set in the 1850s, this novel is about a trio of young men who travel across America, seduced by that word: gold.
Edward Daingerfield, his cousin, Richard, and their friend, Lewis, are ...
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89. Review-Socialpunk
April 23, 2012
Socialpunk, Monica Leonelle, 2011, B007RN7632 (Kindle e-book)
First of a trilogy, this novel is about a near-future world ravaged by environmental collapse. As usual, things are not always what they seem to be.
Ima is a teenage girl of Asian ancestry living in the domed city of Chica...
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90. Review-3 Steps to Recovery
April 20, 2012
3 Steps to Recovery: One Man's Triumph Over Alcohol and Drugs, Dan Farish, 2011, ISBN 9780983581109
This is the story of one person's journey from alcoholism to recovery and sobriety.
Dan was your average native of the Boston, MA area. Dad worked as a subway janitor, and seemed to co...
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