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Review: The Supplement Guide: An Unbiased Review of the Best and Worst Sports Supplements by Tim Mielke

The Supplement Guide: An Unbiased Review of the Best and Worst Sports Supplements by Tim MielkeThe Supplement Guide: An Unbiased Review of the Best and Worst Sports Supplements by Tim Mielke is a revised edition of a previous publication, The Book of Supplement Secrets: A Beginner’s Guide to Nutritional Supplements, an insider guide to the pros and cons of the supplement industry, and the common lies bought into by consumers. The book has been rewritten, and is now around double its original size. It now includes more research, more content, and more tips and tricks to get the most out of your supplements, and how to use them in your training properly, without getting […]

2014-11-22T10:51:22+02:00November 22nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta García de la Rosa

The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta García de la RosaThe Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta García de la Rosa is a collection of short stories for children featuring the titular Little Nani, an eight-year-old girl who wants to become a great witch. Using her magic spells she tries to help everyone she comes across, making the most unlikely of friends along the way. Unfortunately, Nani never properly learned how to become a witch, having only half-read the messages of her online witch lessons, and her spells almost always go in an unsuspecting direction. The result is a unique collection of tales of “be careful what you wish […]

2014-11-21T06:28:36+02:00November 21st, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Choices by Staffan R.B. Nordqvist

ChoicesThere is a trend in self-publishing for the “selfie” book, a written version of the frequently-seen Instagram snap that appears online so often. Choices: A Physician’s Journey On Two Continents by Staffan R.B. Nordqvist is such a book:  a memoir of a Swedish doctor who emigrates to the USA.

Sometimes humorous, sometimes hard, Nordqvist makes the step to New York in this passage,

I arrived in New York in the early evening. It was raining, cold and dark. I took a taxi to Manhattan and MSKI, my new employer. I told the driver how happy I was to be back

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2014-11-20T12:35:43+02:00November 20th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Truth Insurrected by Daniel P. Douglas

Truth-InsurrectedTruth Insurrected by Daniel P. Douglas is a highly effective science fiction thriller about the charged topic of UFO disclosure. Down on his luck private investigator, William Harrison, becomes embroiled in a worldwide conspiracy of the UFO coverup after witnessing a UFO. As he learns more and more people attached to the conspiracy have been murdered, Harrison must unravel this conspiracy that spans the globe, and make sure that he’s not another one of the victims.

Harrison is a great protagonist and springboard for the action. Injured on the job as an FBI agent, Harrison is bored with chasing after […]

2014-11-20T08:26:29+02:00November 20th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: When Elves Die by Richard Poche

when elves dieWhen Elves Die is the debut novel of author Richard Poche.  It’s a traditional medieval fantasy tale, with all the mainstays and characterizations that are expected from the dark fantasy genre.

Here we have tribal clans of elves, cruel, brutish orcs, violent martial barbarians, evil witches, pure princesses, and even vampire-like creatures called killtooths.  In essence, When Elves Die is a survival tale, following a multitude of protagonists (some fleeting, some not) including Princess Carella, Zanfire the Cleric, Kelroar the Barbarian, and a veritable host of elven (or half-elven) characters.  It is up to Carella and the rest of her […]

2014-11-21T11:10:43+02:00November 20th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Divine Roosters and Angry Clowns by Frank Crimi

Divine Roosters and Angry ClownsIf there’s chicklit, Divine Roosters and Angry Clowns by Frank Crimi should be put in the category of Dude Lit. This is especially true because the novel is reminiscent of “The Big Lebowski” and the Coen brothers at their most zany. Tarantino is in there as well. Talking about filmmakers is an appropriate starting point because this novel is distinctly cinematic. Not because it reads like a screenplay but because there’s a very entertaining movie in this book crying to get out.

Divine Roosters is an apocalyptic novel, but in a way it’s an old fashioned one. It harkens back […]

2019-01-22T10:40:02+02:00November 18th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Review: Home Again by Michael Kenneth Smith

Home AgainMichael K Smith’s Civil War novel, Home Again, is a fantastic debut.

Zach and Luke come of age right when the nation breaks into two and both young men enlist. Zach fights for the North, while Luke joins up with the South. Even though they are on opposing sides, both young men learn valuable lessons about life, death, and war.

War is hell. The best war novels remember this and don’t idealize war. It’s hard to glorify the killing of other human beings, especially young men who haven’t had the opportunity to experience life yet, and the stories that […]

2022-09-21T11:31:13+02:00November 17th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: The Gertrude Threshold by Christopher Brooks

TheGertrudeThresholdWhat would happen if it were the last day on Earth? In The Gertrude Threshold by Christopher Brooks, a scientific formula named after its creator calculates to the day the last moments of global warming: when Earth crosses that threshold, Earth will burn up taking those last human beings left, who are living in brown tubes underground, with Her.

In the novella we follow one family as they struggle through the last day. Ky, a young, good-natured boy who was born into an apocalyptic world. His grandfather Brandon: grumpy, old and waiting to die to join his wife Lilly. Brandon’s […]

2014-11-17T04:49:05+02:00November 17th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |
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