REVIEW: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Pages: 323, Level: Easy Book Description: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Classic/ Dystopian Fiction, Pages: 158, Level: Easy/ Intermediate Book Description: The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord … Continue reading →

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What would motivate you to read, write a review and then post that review to Goodreads, Amazon and Barnes & Noble for an independently published book?

REVIEW: The Wizard Returns (Dorothy Must Die #0.3) by Danielle Paige

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 100, Level: Easy Book Description: The Wizard left Oz in a hot air balloon- or did he? This digital original novella is the third installment in the prequel arc to the edgy and exciting New York Times bestseller Dorothy Must Die. Dorothy Gale is back… … Continue reading →

REVIEW: The Darkness by W.J. Lundy

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 253, Level: Easy Book Description: The Darkness is a fast-paced story of survival that brings the apocalypse to Main Street USA. While the world falls apart, Jacob Anderson barricades his family behind locked doors. News reports tell of civil unrest in the streets, murders, and … Continue reading →

REVIEW: The Witch Must Burn (Dorothy Must Die #0.2) by Danielle Paige

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 100, Level: Easy Book Description: There’s a new Wicked Witch in Oz- and her name is Dorothy. This digital original novella is the second installment in the prequel arc to the edgy and exciting New York Times bestseller Dorothy Must Die. Dorothy Gale is back… … Continue reading →

Audible Daily Deal: May 25, 2015

Today’s Audible Daily Deal is The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams. Purchase it here.

REVIEW: Children of God (The Sparrow #2) by Mary Doria Russell

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 436, Level: Intermediate Book Description: Mary Doria Russell’s debut novel, The Sparrow, took us on a journey to a distant planet and into the center of the human soul. A critically acclaimed bestseller, The Sparrow was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly’s Ten Best Books … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Undead and Unsure (Undead #12) by Mary Janice Davidson

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Humor/ Vampires, Pages: 301, Level: Easy Book Description: It’s no surprise to Betsy that her trip to Hell with her sister Laura landed them in hot water. Betsy isn’t exactly sorry she killed the Devil but it’s put Laura in a damnable position: assuming the role of Satan … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Zom-B #7: Mission by Darren Shan

YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Fiction/ Zombies, Pages: 175, Reading Level: Easy Book Description: B Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission to safely escort a group of … Continue reading →

REVIEW: The Sparrow (The Sparrow #1) by Mary Doria Russell

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 408, Level: Intermediate Book Description: In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first … Continue reading →

Discussion (SPOILERS)- Old Man’s War (Old Man’s War #1) by John Scalzi

You have the regular soldiers who have a lifetime of experiences behind them before they enter their new lives and then you have the Ghost Brigade who have absolutely no life experiences but complete knowledge and skills necessary to their job from the moment they wake up. Which do you think is more effective and … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Old Man’s War (Old Man’s War #1) by John Scalzi

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 314, Level: Easy Book Description: John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to … Continue reading →

REVIEW: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars, Genre: Alternative History/ Science Fiction, Pages: 259, Level: Intermediate Book Description: It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some 20 years earlier … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Apocalyptic Fiction, Pages: 333, Level: Intermediate Book Description: An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Watership Down by Richard Adams

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars, Genre: Fiction, Pages: 475, Level: Easy/Intermediate Book Description: A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage … Continue reading →

REVIEW: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Fiction, Pages: 403, Level: Easy/Intermediate Book Description: Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her “our little genius.” Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his … Continue reading →

I gave them a try…

I gave these a try… and now I am officially calling it quits. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean Biographies are not my thing and biographies about dogs are really not my thing. I read more than 100 pages and the book was not horrible, but if it had not … Continue reading →

$1.99 The Lady Elizabeth on Nook & Kindle

Right now, The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir is $1.99 on both Nook and Kindle!

REVIEW: Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Contemporary Fiction (WARNING), Pages: 225, Level: Easy Book Description: “A billion husbands are about to be replaced.” From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure. Sisters will be doing … Continue reading →