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Review: My Ladybird Story by Magus Tor

★★★½

John Bird is your typical suburban American kid in many ways, and yet secretly, he knows he isn’t. His dad tries to beat it out of him with sports, and his words cut almost as sharply as the taunts his schoolyard bullies chant at him every day: “ladybird.” Everyone knows John is different, but nobody knows why, exactly. It’s only when newfound kindred spirit Aureus enters John’s life does he start to understand “himself” in My Ladybird Story: The growing pains of a Transgender by Magus Tor.

The author has a wide variety of other titles available, mostly romance […]

James Grimsby2019-01-22T15:38:11+02:00January 28th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: LGBTQI+ Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: Take My Husband, Please by Kimberly Jayne ★★★★

Take My Husband, Please, by Kimberly Jayne, is a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy.

Sophie Camden is a rookie realtor working on the biggest sale of her career. And she has the hots for a new man in her life. But not all is perfect for her.

Will Camden, Sophie’s soon-to-be-ex-husband, has been laid off and is reeling from an investment disaster. He has no choice but to move back in with Sophie and their two young daughters.

Sophie wants to move on with her life, but she can’t until Will moves on with his. They agree that he has to […]

T B Markinson2020-02-21T06:29:41+02:00January 28th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Humor|

Review: One More by Lance Haynes

One More by Lance Haynes

One More (The Solar Maximum Timeline) by Lance Haynes is a page-turning character study of one man facing an apocalyptic event and the turmoil in his own life. Richard Evans is a strong and goodhearted man with a difficult past. When he’s out surveying in the Nevada Desert, he comes back to hysteria: a solar flare has burned out the electricity, bringing the world back to the 19th century. Determined to reach his home and repair the damage in his personal life, Richard meets a cadre of people affected by the disaster, both good and sinister, who test his every […]

Henry Baum2019-02-11T06:59:26+02:00January 27th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Apocalyptic Fiction Book Reviews, Men's Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Myxocene by Troy Ernest Hill

★★★★½ Myxocene by Troy Ernest Hill

Sarah Bennett is many things: a writer, a scientist, and a mother. Her day job freelancing as a science writer has her meeting with the pioneers of future knowledge, although she doesn’t always find herself toward the cutting edge. When she interviews one Dr. Ronald Keating on the subject of the Chernobyl disaster, Sarah unwittingly enters a whole new world of scientific discovery in viewing an eccentric plan to combat global warming and promote better living through chemistry. As she comes face-to-face with hard questions of morality, ethics, emotional turmoil, and perhaps the safety of her family, Sarah must […]

James Grimsby2016-03-04T03:46:14+02:00January 27th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Literary Fiction Book Reviews, Thriller Book Reviews|

Review: Less Stress: 88 Best Practices by Gabriella Kindert

Less Stress

Inspirational quotes books are always fun and interesting, but when the person writing the book is also inspirational, that’s when the book gets really good. Gabriella Kindert, author of Less Stress: 88 Best Practices and Inspirations from Historical Leaders is something of an “overachiever” – mother, wife, hugely successful in her career, world-traveled, speaking several languages, and drop dead gorgeous. If she were a character in a novel, she’d be described as “having it all.” So what makes this book immensely attractive to inspire the reader is the idea that maybe if the author has made it this far by […]

Naka Jackson2019-02-11T09:28:39+02:00January 26th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Health Book Reviews, Non-Fiction Book Reviews, Self-Help Book Reviews|

Review: The Busy Executive Diet by Gabriella Kindert

The Busy Executive Diet

The Busy Executive Diet by Gabriella Kindert is a conveniently-planned and well-researched guide book to eating healthily while maintaining a hectic professional lifestyle including how to eat on the go while traveling and how to lose weight and stay hydrated. While a lot of offices now provide buffet breakfast with unhealthy cake and loads of strong coffee, it’s interesting to see how exactly it might be possible to cope with a modern lifestyle without resorting to that all-important sugar/caffeine combo we all have become dependent upon.

Gabriella herself lives by these rules. You only have to take a glimpse at […]

Cate Baum2020-02-21T06:37:12+02:00January 25th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Health Book Reviews|

Review: Pardon Me While I Close The Door by Marjan Sierhuis ★★★★

Pardon Me While I Close the Door, by Marjan Sierhuis, is a frank memoir about loss and a toxic relationship.

The author goes for a walk to clear her head and to contemplate the deaths of her father and mother, her relationships, including the memory of a toxic relationship, and the ups and downs in her life. The journey to overcome grief can take time, but it is possible for one to move on.

Opening up one’s heart and soul and pouring words on pages for all to read takes courage. Even more so when an author is penning […]

T B Markinson2016-02-05T06:43:41+02:00January 22nd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Memoir Book Reviews|

Review: Fractures (Book 1 of The Divine Revolution) by Will James

★★★★½ Fractures by Will James

Content warning for violence and some mention of sexual assault.

Deborah is a professional. She’s never been one to rest on her laurels and expect an easy job, even if everything seems to be going her way. Somehow she almost expected her own death; almost an inevitability for a life-long assassin. What she never expected was her fate afterward. Contracted into a legendary job by an ethereal client, even she admits she’ll need help on this job. Death breeds more death, but this job comes from beyond death in Fractures, the first part of The Divine Revolution.[…]

James Grimsby2016-03-04T03:46:52+02:00January 22nd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Thriller Book Reviews|