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About T B Markinson

T.B. Markinson is passionate about reading, traveling, sports, and movies. While living in Colorado she worked at a newspaper in the news and advertising departments. Most recently she has moved from Boston, Massachusetts to London, England. Currently she is working on the draft of her first novel during her work hours and exploring her new city whenever she gets the chance. She loves to read all types of books, including young adult, literature, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, travel writings, history, politics, and biographies.

Review: Murder Takes Time by Giacomo Giammatteo

What would you do if you thought one of your two best friends from childhood was wanted for murder and you were the cop in charge of the investigation?  Would you be able to put your feelings aside and do your job?  In Giacomo Giammatteo’s debut novel, Murder Takes Time, he explores the power of friendship and honor.

Right from the start, the reader is thrown into the bloody world of mobsters.  The opening pages depict a horrific killing.  The murder scene is not for the faint-hearted.  At first I was uncomfortable.  But fear not, this is not a novel […]

2014-05-19T21:37:42+02:00April 26th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Left Unspoken by Brendan Cox

“I just wanted to see what was simply hidden by their shame.  I just wanted to see what they did when the forces of the social world weren’t constraining them.”

Brendan Cox’s Left Unspoken is not your everyday novella.  When Raymond “Ray” Cobley was six years old he learned that his parents agreed to have everything he says recorded.  The transcript won’t be read until after Raymond’s death.   In return, a certain amount of money will be deposited each week into an account for Ray.   Every word he utters over his entire lifetime will be written down.    Can you imagine […]

2014-05-19T21:51:35+02:00April 2nd, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Blue Fall by B. B. Griffith

Blue Fall: The Tournament: Volume One is B.B. Griffith’s first novel.  I am always a little hesitant to read someone’s first novel as one doesn’t know what to expect.  However, the book’s description intrigued me:

There was a time…long ago, when whole nations, entire races of people, pinned their hopes and futures on individual warriors. Whole wars were won and lost on the outcome of a single battle between heroes. Entire countries were moved. Empires rose and fell…”

In Blue Fall, that time has come again.

A routine investigation throws a hapless insurance agent down the rabbit hole, into

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2014-06-19T17:57:35+02:00March 2nd, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics by Jeffrey A. Zilahy

A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics by Jeffrey A. Zilahy “What did the number zero say to the number eight? ‘Very nice belt.’”  Okay I admit that this is a corny joke.  But did you know that the number zero did not make an appearance in history until the 6th century AD?   In fact, the Chinese didn’t create a symbol for zero until the 13th century.  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am not a math whiz.  I have to use a calculator for simple computations.  So why do I feel smarter when it comes to understanding math?  Simply put, I read Jeffrey A. Zilahy’s […]

2019-01-23T12:38:19+02:00February 28th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: All Storms Pass by Luke Benoit

today I will ask myself what would I be

without anything? ALL OF IT…

what would I be worth if it were all

just stripped away leaving me just

with me and I had to be just who I am?

Page 531

Someone once told me that reading poems was like looking into the poet’s soul.  Luke Benoit’s All Storms Pass: The Anti-Meditations consists of meditations that inspire, challenge, and guide the reader to look into their own soul and to find his or her true self.  Benoit is a Certified Life Coach and a Certified Professional NLP Hypnotist.  He […]

2014-05-19T22:12:04+02:00February 21st, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The River Secrets by Diane Dunning

According to The American Heritage Dictionary, hypocrisy is defined as “the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold up or possess; insincerity.”  Most people abhor hypocrisy, and yet many are guilty of it as well.  After all, we are human and intrinsically flawed.  Diane Dunning’s ebook, The River Secrets, delves into this issue.  Are there levels to hypocrisy?  And better yet are there levels to sin?   Does your notion of sin depend on the identity of the sinner?

The River Secrets centers on two lovers: Anthony and Francis.  Anthony is a nun living in […]

2014-05-06T22:34:13+02:00February 16th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Basic Options Trading by Rocco Pendola

Basic Options Trading by Rocco PendolaBasic Options Trading: Options Strategies For Beginners by Rocco Pendola is not a get rich quick read.  If you are looking for a book to offer you outrageous guarantees about fast cash and then retiring along the Mediterranean this is not the book for you.  However, if you are looking for a sensible, down-to-earth guide about the basic principles of options investing then Pendola’s eBook is a good start.    The writer focuses on defining the concept of basic options, not giving advice as to how to make a quick buck.  He writes, “I want you to be able to use […]

2019-01-23T12:49:29+02:00February 9th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Spiritual Alchemy by Anthony of the Desert

Spiritual Alchemy: The Fall, The Cure, The Jesus Prayer is written by Anthony of the Desert.  In the 1950s, Anthony, whose birth name is Frank Jarvis Atwood, was born in Northern California.  His childhood neighborhood was in an upscale area and he attended an impressive Military Academy.  However, Atwood became involved in the drug scene and when he was eighteen he was in a state prison.  Over the next decade, he would have several stays in different prisons in California.

In 1984, Atwood was arrested in Texas by the FBI for kidnap and murder.  These crimes were allegedly committed in […]

2012-02-08T14:07:23+02:00February 8th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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