Mockingjay
I loved EVERYTHING about this series, and particularly, MOCKINGJAY, the last book of the trilogy. Brilliant plot, lots of action, plenty of suspense. It’s such a page-turner. Terrible, brutal truths are revealed in this installment. It is shocking to learn of the things the Capitol did or will do to the victors of the Hunger Games where children fight to the death. It turns out that Katniss and Peeta are not the only ones plagued with problems. You will learn more as the story unfolds.
What will it take to break Katniss Everdeen?
Special of the Day
SPECIAL OF THE DAY by Elaine Fox is a charming and witty story with an interesting male character named Steve Serrano. Steve is not just a handsome and charismatic bartender, he is also a smart guy who is a regular at the Library of Congress!
The pub where Steve works has been bought over by a lady and he knows where she lives: in the same building as his. With good intention to welcome his new neighbor, he goes to visit her at her apartment with a very good bottle of wine. Here is where things go wrong right at the very start.
Driven to Ink: A Tattoo Shop Mystery
DRIVEN TO INK by Karen E. Olson is the third book in the A Tattoo Shop Mystery series. The protagonist, Brett Kavanaugh, is a female tattooist who owns her own tattoo shop, The Painted Lady.
The series can be read as a standalone. No, you do not have to read the books in sequence, but if you do, you would most definitely benefit from knowing who Brett Kavanaugh and her friends are, and appreciate them more.
Girl, Interrupted
GIRL INTERRUPTED is a memoir that is all of these: Poignant. Funny. Optimistic. Fascinating. Stirring. It is heartbreaking and it is memorable. It drew me in immediately and got me hooked like drug.
In 1967, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put into a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital to be treated for depression. There she met with the other girls in the psychiatric ward: […]
Dead Men’s Dust
DEAD MEN’S DUST, the first Joe Hunter thriller is a good read. Joe is a former Special Forces soldier who has worked 14 years as a counter-terrorism agent. The book has the necessary ingredients that make a good thriller, but it did not excite me as much as Lee Child’s Jack Reacher.
Over the Edge
Having read the first and second books of the Troubleshooters series, I knew I have to move on quickly to the third, OVER THE EDGE. The Troubleshooters series features action-packed thrillers of a certain group of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs.
OVER THE EDGE is a page-turner. In this installment, the focus of the story is on Senior Chief Stan Wolchonok and helicopter pilot in the naval reserves, Lieutenant Teri Howe. Stan is rock steady—to him no difficult challenges are unsolvable. Come to Stan and the problem WILL be solved. He takes Teri under his wings when he sees how she is being treated by her male counterparts. Teri shares her disturbing past […]
The Defiant Hero
THE DEFIANT HERO is the second book of the Troubleshooters series and I read it in March this year. I had totally enjoyed the experience—what a great mix of intense adventure and love story that involves a group of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs.
In this installment, the focus of the story is on Navy SEAL Lieutenant junior grade, John Nilsson, and translator, Meg Moore. John has not seen Meg in years but when she calls for him for help, all the memories of her being with him come flooding back. But what’s shocking though is that she’s not the victim but rather the person who is holding a foreign ambassador hostage.
What John does not know is Meg […]
My Move to Penang
I’m moving to Penang! Very busy days ahead and I’ve started packing. I’ll be joining a new company for a new and expanded role (regional platform manager) to be based at the client Intel. The main thing on my list is finding an apartment to rent […]