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[Bobbie Crawford-McCoy (NURTURE)]

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[Darlene's Book Nook]

Here are my latest YA book reviews:

4/5 stars! - Young Adult, Fantasy/Urban Fantasy, Fantasy/Paranormal

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/01/book-review-marked-by-p...

3/5 stars! - Young Adult, Horror

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/01/book-review-undead-by-k...

5/5 stars! - Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/02/book-review-harry-potte...

4/5 stars! - Young Adult, Fantasy/Urban Fantasy

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-review-beautiful-d...

5/5 stars! - Young Adult, Fantasy

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-review-beastly-by-...

4/5 stars! - Young Adult, Fantasy

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-review-beastly-lin...

5/5 stars! - Young Adult, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/05/book-review-harry-potte...

[Darlene's Book Nook]

Here are my latest Juvenile Fiction book reviews:

5/5 stars! - Juvenile Fiction, Historical Fiction

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/02/book-review-by-great-ho...

4/5 stars! - Juvenile Fiction, Historical Fiction

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-review-perilous-ro...

[Darlene's Book Nook]

Here are my latest non-fiction book reviews:

5/5 stars! - Non-fiction, Biography

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/02/book-review-freedom-tra...

4/5 stars! - Non-fiction, Biography

http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-review-lincoln-pho...

[Susan Keefe]

The Revenge of John W by Joe Corso

Gripping tale of power, revenge and retribution.

The Revenge of John W Set present day Mohave, Arizona, we follow the life and times of John W. In this enthralling thriller about his fall and rise to power, we discover wonderful, very believable characters, and find John becoming the victim of a grave injustice, which leads to his meeting with Dutch Henry, a man who changes his life.

This book has a fantastic storyline, exciting, involving large corporations and powerful men, and of course John, who persistently tracks his prey – the people who destroyed his life!

I read this in one session, went through a myriad of emotions and could quite happily have picked it up and re-read it again straight away. Joe Corso goes from strength to strength; I can’t wait to read his next one.

Available at Amazon in Paperback here http://www.amazon.com/The-Revenge-John-Joe-Corso/dp/0578113465/ref=...

and on Kindle here http://www.amazon.com/The-Revenge-John-W-ebook/dp/B009KVHYQS/ref=sr...

Available at Barnes & Noble in Paperback here http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-revenge-of-john-w-joe-corso/111...

and as a Nook Book here http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-revenge-of-john-w-joe-corso/111...

[G Tyler Mills]

What do Jack London's White Fang and David Anthony Durham's Walk Through Darkness have in common? Check out here in this brief post!
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[Kerri Capelli]

This was a great book!

Here is my review-

http://turnthepagereviews.com/2013/05/05/the-best-of-us/

[Raymond Mathiesen]

The Ugly Machine Saga by Wallace Provost

4 out of 5 stars

 

A look at the ugly side of life

What if a computer programmer, intent on creating an unbeatable game of infinite variety, designed a self-teaching, neural net that could use all the power of the internet: every computer connected to it?  What if that neural net became ‘conscious,’ and assumed the name Henri?  Rick Koenig and Patrick O’Toole, in separate adventures, find themselves thrust into the world of criminality and government corruption: kidnapping, violence, and double dealing.  Each man, though, is not alone.  Each will find friends along the way, but as well as this each will have the help of Henri, a wisecracking ‘avatar’ with knowledge for beyond the limits of the human brain.

 

Wallace Provost has written a work of fiction that draws on science, but stretches it a little proposing a future that is imaginative, though not unreal.  The book has elements of science fiction, but is also hard boiled action/crime thriller.  This is Provost’s second book and it is in some ways a ‘prequel’ to his first, The Moon Is Not For Sale.  While that first novel was set some way into the future, this book is much closer to our time and very much about our society.  If you enjoy books of adventure, with a little imagination thrown in, you may certainly enjoy this book.

 

Properly speaking The Ugly Machine Saga is two interconnected novellas, consisting of Part 1, My Father, The Avatar, the story of Rick’s struggles against Mexican drug cartels, and Part 2, The Man Who Sold The Planets, the story of Patrick’s attempts to solve a case of murder in his small town home of Granbury, Texas.  Both stories have an omniscient narrator, though both mainly keep to the perspective of the main protagonists.  These stories very much have a little of the feel of 1940’s movie serials with captures, escapes, revelations and daring-do.

 

To read the whole of this review please click:

Review of The Ugly Machine Saga by Wallace Provost

[Beck Valley Books Blog]

http://beckvalleybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/book-review-searcher-...

Book Review - The Searcher by Ray Dacolias

It is a long time since I picked up a book and gone wow after the first couple of pages, but this book made me do exactly that.

The authors descriptive writing of both the characters and their surroundings draw the reader in and you actually envisage yourself being there alongside them.

You follow our hero on a trail of excitement and dogged determination in his quest.  After being haunted by the killing if his family our hero begins a life of homelessness and wandering.  When the man who is responsible of the killing of the heroes family robs the local bank and kidnaps a young girl our hero sets off to find and return the girl.

The writer will touch the hearts of every parent and release their worst nightmare their child being snatched and taken by a stranger.

The methods and survival techniques used by Joaquim (our hero) in tracking the kidnappers is expertly described and the emotions he is feeling make you believe you are travelling alongside him .

The writer also spends a lot of time on the villain of the piece and you get a feeling and the understanding of his motives, which makes you want him to be caught and receive justice.

The reason that I really love this book is the authors use of language and descriptive terms which enhance the characters bringing each and everyone of them to life .This author has a unique style of writing which will appeal greatly to any reader and I strongly recommend him.

This book carries a really strong message of hope and faith when you believe you have nothing left to live for.   Something comes along which shows that God made you for a reason and you have to survive to find your true path and learn to live again.

Our Rating

Full post here http://beckvalleybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/book-review-searcher-...

[BeaCharmed]

I'm reviewing children's books all week for Children's Book Week. So far, I've reviewed Loki's Wolves by Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr; Stephanie Lisa Tara's Turtle Book; and a book inspired by a Chinese folktale, The Five Mouse Brothers by Rachel Yu.

[Go Book Yourself]

My Review of "Busted" by Karin Slaughter:

http://xgobookyourselfx.blogspot.ie/2013/05/review-busted-by-karin-...

[Miss Lucy]

My latest book's review. The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine. For 8 up to 12 year-old children. It's a really good reading!

Little Rock, Arkansas, 1958. Marlee is a shy and introverted twelve- year-old. She loves maths and prime numbers, but she finds it really hard to talk to anyone except for her family.

One day, a new girl arrives at her school. Her name is Liz and it seems to be the friend that Judy was hoping that Marlee would find.

Things continue improving in Marlee's life till the day Liz, suddenly, disappears from school, apparently without any reason.

In the meantime Little Rock's high school is being kept closed by the local governor to protest against the new Integration Laws and to avoid white students from mixing with Negroes.

http://misslucysteachingfun.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/the-lions-of-li...