Larry Bond’s Arctic Gambit is a shifting-chessboard of a military thriller. With a lost American submarine, unrest in the Baltics, and suspicions of advanced Russian missile technology, Bond moves the plot forward in each chapter with quick shifts in the point of view from all sides of the conflict. Set in the near future, the... Continue Reading →
Thrillers in my Past. My Recommendations Pt. 3
These are some of the best thrillers I've read in the last ten years. A fun list to make. I highly recommend them all. Robert Galbraith's (J.K. Rowling) Cormoran Strike series: I have to be upfront about my reading history. I have only read the first Harry Potter book. I thought it was good, but... Continue Reading →
TBR Thursday
Here's a preview of some of the books and reviews I'll be writing in the coming months. I try to only glance at the blurb to get a feel for what the book is about because I don't want to be overly-skewed by another's interpretation of the work. Here are the covers with a few... Continue Reading →
How and Why I Became a Book Blogger
I thought I'd write a short post about what brought me to become a book blogger. This may serve as an introduction to others in the blogging community as well as an explanation to my friends who have asked me about all those FB posts... I came up with three reasons. Here they are, in... Continue Reading →
Hooligans, Zombies, Detectives, Livin’ Right, and War. My Recommendations Pt.2
Here's my second installment of my all-time recommendations. Several different genres are on this list, maybe one for everyone. Thank you for the support and enjoy! The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History in Four Meals by Michael Pollan: This is the book that started me on Michael Pollan's great advice, and partly inspired me to... Continue Reading →