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“Roadside Picnic” by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
This is a 100-word book review. Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is less about alien contact than humanity’s need to make the unknowable meaningful. The protagonist, Redrick Schuhart, is a “Stalker” repeatedly drawn into the contaminated Zone. This Strugatsky novel explores greed, scientific ambition, guilt, love, and desperation. I initially expected a clear… — read more
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Dangerous Games
Dangerous Games by Lora Leigh is my first BDSM (Bondage-Domination-Submission-Masochism) novel; hence, my first Dom/Sub exposure and I didn’t know that until I’d read a chapter or two. Interesting setting in underground clubs and most of the exciting stuff happens at Diva’s. And yes, this is a sizzling story involving a super hot Navy SEAL… — read more
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“Dead Men’s Dust” by Matt Hilton
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. — read more
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse Book 1)
I finished EAD UNTIL DARK in one sitting. Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in small-town Louisiana. She has a ‘disability’ because she is telepathic and that makes dating very difficult. She meets a vampire named Bill Compton at the bar where she works and they fall in love. — read more
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“Be With You” by Takuji Ichikawa
BE WITH YOU by Takuji Ichikawa (translated from the Japanese by Terry Gallagher) has a quiet, sentimental value to it. It’s a touching story about a husband and wife, and a little boy. Mio (wife) had died but when she returns home a year later, Takkun (husband) and Yuji (son) are shocked. — read more
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“Darkly Dreaming Dexter” by Jeff Lindsay
DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay features a serial killer with a heart—the psychopath Dexter Morgan who is a full-time forensic blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police. He kills only the bad guys (and is never caught) and is driven by […] — read more
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“Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks
DEAR JOHN by Nicholas Sparks is about John Tyree. John is a troubled young man who joins the army after high school. He meets Savannah Lynn Curtis during his leave and in that short time, falls in love with her. Their feelings are mutual. Little did they know, the two words—“Dear John”—will change their lives… — read more
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“Isolation” by Travis Thrasher
A Christian family moves into a remote area called Edge Hill, North Carolina, seeking for peace. James Miller (a burned-out and disillusioned missionary) and his wife, Stephanie, sees strange and frightening things. Zachary, their eight-year-old son, explores the new home and discovers some horrifying secrets about the place. This book is a faith-based novel […] — read more
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“Airhead: Being Nikki” by Meg Cabot
AIRHEAD: BEING NIKKI by Meg Cabot picks up from the first book in the trilogy. Tomboy Emerson ‘Em’ Watts is living the glamorous life of the teen-supermodel Nikki Howard, but it’s not easy. It gets even more exciting now as Em discovers the truth behind her brain transplant into Nikki’s body. Something sinister is brewing… — read more
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“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins (Book 2)
This is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy and here it gets even more suspenseful. The Capitol is unhappy with District 12’s victory (something happened in the first book). The year of victory coincides with the Quarter Quell, “a glorified version of the games,” which happens on every twenty-fifth anniversary of the games.… — read more