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The Wife Stalker – Liv Constantine

 Ok so I guess it’s time to put to rest the idea that abbook like The Wife Stalker is not the type of book I typically read. I guess it’s more appropriate to say it’s one of the various types of books I read. In fact I’ve read more of these types of books than science fiction so far the year. The Wife Stalker is a fine Psychological Thriller. There are no serial killers lurking in its pages just two women fighting over one family. One a young woman Piper Reynard  has experienced tragedies in her life. And she is…

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The Current – Tim Johnston -Book 19 of 2019

  The Current by Tim Johnston The Current by Tim Johnston begins with a tragedy. Audrey Sutter is coming home from college to visit her dying father. Her friend Caroline Price offers to give her a ride. Tragedy strikes on a snowy night. The girls stop for gas and to use the rest room. Leaving the rest room they  are attacked by two men. They fight them off and escape only to end up off the road at the edge of the.   River. After a stranger asks if they are ok .Soon another vehicle hits their car sending it into…

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An Update – August Reads After the 2018 Booktube-a-Thon

<h5><em><strong>August Reads After the 2018 Booktube-a-Thon</strong></em></h5> So August just blew by. I started the month in a reading frenzy, as I participated in the 2017 Booktube Tube-a-thon. A seven-day event with seven challenges presented concerning the seven books you are reading in the challenging. I completed the challenge having read five of the seven books in the seven-day period. I finished August reading four more books. That brought the number of books I’ve read in 2018 to 44 books. And kept me on pace to reach my goal of 65 books for the year. However, since finishing Burning Angel by…

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Recapping EKReader’s  2018 BookTube-A-Thon Challenge

<h5><strong><em>Recapping EKReader’s  2018 BookTube-A-Thon Challenge</em></strong></h5> I have yet to write  about the books I read during the  2018 Booktube-a-Thon. So here they are…… 1. A Book Decided by a Coin Flip… The Overlook by Michael Connelly. Over the last three years Bosch the Amazon Prime TV series has been one of the few tv series that my wife and I watch. I like Titus Welliver’s Harry Bosch more than Clint Eastwood’s. For some reason though I have only read a couple of the books. However, that may change after reading The Overlook.  I really enjoyed the book and every tome Harry…

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New Mystery Releases From Slaughter, Krueger and Hamilton!

<div></div> Coming Soon New Mystery Releases From Three Favorite Authors So I’m circling August 21,2018 on my calendar.  Tell us why you say? Well maybe not. Anyway,  that magical day will see three new mystery releases from  three of my favorite authors. Karin Slaughter – Pieces of Her   The first of the  three Mystery Releases is a new standalone from Karin Slaughter Pieces of Her. From Amazon What if the person you thought you knew best turns  to be someone you never knew at all . . . ? Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother Laura. She’s knows she’s…

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EKReader Picks His Booktube-A-Thon Challenge Books

<h5><em>2018 BookTube-A-Thon Challenge Book Selections</em></h5> So I’m a 66 year-old man and until yesterday I had never heard about the world of booktubers. The reason may be that the majority of them are young women to whom I could either be a father or grandfather. Anyway as I was exploring  I ended up finding Ariel  Bissett and her BookTube-a-Thon 2018. My understanding is that the BookTube-a-Thon is a seven-day event that includes seven challenges designed by Ms. Bissett. The participants read books from their “to be read“ (TBR) pile that meet each challenge. Then they create YouTube videos chronicling the…

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Book 2 – Other Worlds Reading Challenge – Way Station – Clifford D Simak

The other day I finished <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><strong>Way Station</strong></span> by Clifford D. Simak. It is the second book in my June-July  “Other Worlds” while Reading Challenge.I didn’t visit any “other worlds” in the novel, but there are beings from other worlds in the book. Way Station – Clifford D Simak   Way Station by Clifford D Simak is based on the premise that there are millions of sentient being throughout the universe These beings travel from world to world via transporter  like machines. In order to travel to far reaches of the galaxy it is necessary to make frequent stops…

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Other Worlds Challenge Bk 1 -The Worlds of the Old Man’s War Series – John Scalzi

<h5><i>The Worlds of  Old Man’s War Serie</i>s – John Scalzi</h5> So the other day I finished the first book in my Other World’s Reading Challenge. The world that I visited or should I say “revisited” was the world that John Scalzi has created in his “Old Man’s War” series. The book that I read was The Human Division. It is book five in the series. John Scalzi – Old Man’s War Series While The Human Division is the fifth book in the series. It is only the fourth book In the series  that I’ve read. I read the first two…

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Free Books at the Library Rekindle Memories of a Great Writer

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Ok so I don’t think there are may of you under the age of 40 who can identify this iconic mystery author…..</p> John D MacDonald Yes, it is the great John D MacDonald, author of the also great Travis McGee series. MacDonald died 1986 at the age of 70. He left behind a legacy that included 21 books featuring Travis McGee. Now I must say that I haven’t read a John D MacDonald book since, well probably 1986. And since, I didn’t start keeping a record of the books I read until 1987. I really can’t remember all…

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A New Challenge: The June-July Other Worlds Reading Challenge!

I am currently reading the science fiction book , The Human Division by John Scalzi. I have also checked out another sy-fi book The Soldier by Neal Asher. Additionally, I also have books by Greg Bear and Stephen  Baxter on my “to be read” shelf. So I have decided to create a new challenge! My June and July Other Worlds Challenge. The goal is to spend the next two months reading Science Fiction books. Hmm, as I sit here thinking about this challenge, I wonder if I have created it as a way to get away from this world that I…

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