All Blog Posts Tagged 'john' (9)

De Mortuis, Nil Nisi Bonum

I have to admit that I was supremely surprised to read the U S Presidents remarks concerning the death of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Granted Chavez was no particular friend of America; but international protocol and common decency dictate, that proper respect ought to have been shown towards the death of the Venezuelan Head of State.

I saw a statement by the U S President, I don’t know if that was his only statement;…

There is an old saying, if at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again.  Let me say once again, hi all.  A few minutes ago I wrote my first blog and read it over a couple of times.  It looked good, but out of abundant caution I decided to preview it before publishing it.  It was there, I read it and then it disappeared.  I searched but did not find it.  I was of course very disappointed.  This time therefore, I will not preview; I will copy it and publish it.

Let me repeat as…

My review can be found on my Blog, What I Read Yesterday at http://www.whatireadyesterday.com

Taste and See First Chapters  by Lorilyn Roberts is an anthology of written work, or as the subtitle reads ‘A Sampling by John 3:16 Marketing Network Authors ‘. In the book there are over sixty entries – everything from various fiction genres to self help to devotionals and even…

John Everson won the HWA Bram Stoker award for his first novel, Covenant. The Pumpkin Man is his fifth novel. I originally snapped up an advance reader’s copy of The Pumpkin Man because it looked so appropriate for Halloween. I’m not a huge horror fan so I was kind of dreading reading it. This is definitely an over 18 book, because of the nature of some of the rituals involved. That said, I really liked the main…

When the publisher made available an advanced readers copy of Black Diamond by John F. Dobbyn, I jumped on it. I used to be a fan of horse-racing mysteries but I hadn’t read anything like that in a long time so it seemed like it was meant to be. After reading Black Diamond, I learned it’s Book #3 in this mystery series; however, it makes a great stand-alone novel. If you like a good mystery like I do, you’ll be pleased with this…

Mexican Autumn

John Howard Reid

Lulu.com (February 9, 2006)

978-1411677203

312 pages



Mexican Autumn is a short story collection that reads like a novel, full of intriguing characters and trademark charm and wit from author John Howard Reid.



The first sixteen…

Fellow writers, if you’re feeling discouraged I ask you to consider the career of John Dunning.

A high school dropout, he was rejected by the Army after only two weeks service because of a broken eardrum and then spent a period…

The 19th Element-A James Becker Thriller

John L. Betcher

978-1451521016

Createspace (June 23, 2010)



Told from the point-of-view of a former elite U.S. military intelligence operative, and the perspective of an Al Qaeda-backed terrorist cell, …