I enjoyed Prodigal Sons a great deal, I think that likely comes out in my review of it. I am a student of history, particularly the cold war era. Prodigal Sons is set in 1950, in Germany, and pits the newly formed Israel against the remnants of the Nazi organization.
After I had read the book, […]

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Steve Billings has just published his debut novel Real Cops – Wear Uniforms And Ride In Patrol Cars. He is himself a 24 year veteran of the Police force, which makes him well qualified to write such a book. I enjoyed Real Cops a great deal, as you can see from my review.
Many of the […]

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Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer prizewinning political columnist and Conservative commentator was interviewed by Der Spiegel on a variety of political topics — the interview was published today.On Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize:
Charles Krauthammer: It is so comical. Absurd. Any prize that goes to Kellogg and Briand, Le Duc Tho and Arafat, and Rigoberta […]

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I first came across Jennifer Swanson when she published Penny & Rio – The Mysterious Backyard Meeting, a child’s book for sure, but one that was exceedingly well done, you can read my review here. She contacted me recently to let me know that the second book in the series was now being published, Penny […]

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Merchants Of Deception takes up into the murky world of Multi Level Marketing, specifically Amway and its various subsidiaries. You can read my book review here.
Eric was involved in Amway for very close to a decade, he and his wife made it to the lofty Founders Emerald Level, this is a position that only something […]

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Gravestoned is currently on a limited release in Texas, and heads to DVD on November 3. Billed as a horror/comedy movie it tells the story of two hapless stoners who want to break into the movie business. Their one chance to make it into this vaunted industry comes when they are tasked with finding a […]

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Jeffrey Wood has just released his first novel Lyft Faetels. Although it is labeled as Science Fiction it is not your run of the mill Sci-Fi. Jeffrey has produced a superbly funny book that is filled to the brim with pieces of historic trivia.
One of the joys of being a book reviewer is interviewing authors. […]

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I recently had the opportunity to read C.P. Stewart’s debut novel Through The Triangle. I am not usually a big fan of science fiction, but this author knows how to blend reality with just enough touch of the unknown to make for a book that will appeal to a wider audience than most sci-fi oriented […]

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Anyone that has been following the search for Haleigh Cummings is familiar with investigator William Cobra Staubs. Like so many people who have associated themselves with this case he has faced a great deal of adversity. For some reason this single case has brought out the absolute worst in a large number of people.
Cobra’s problems […]

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Sonya M. Buchanan has just hit the literary road, and I think it is fair to say she has hit it at full speed. If there were Book Cops, they would be busting her for speeding while on a first book!
Few people, well few regular people understand the vagaries of the book world. Writing a […]

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Byron Lorrier has just published a a very dark satirical novel Murder In The Magick Club. I enjoyed it a great deal, my review can be read here. He has created a wonderful cast of delightfully vile characters.
I had the opportunity to interview Byron on Blog Talk Radio. It was to say the least an […]

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I recently had the good fortune to receive a copy of Jess Ballier’s new children’s book Tess’s Tree. I enjoyed it a great deal, and in many ways it could be considered the perfect children’s book. It balances entertainment with education, and the illustrations are rich yet simple, ideal for the age group it is […]

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We’ve all played the waiting game – that inevitable time period between putting that first word on our eagerly awaited book-to-be to the time it finally becomes published.J.R. Hauptman, author of The Target: Love, Death and Airline Deregulation, waited twenty years for his book to be published. He began the book about five years after […]

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I enjoyed Piercing The Veil a great deal, so much so, that I decided to pierce the veil of Eric Wentz and invite him onto my Week In Reviews radio program for an interview. I have no idea how many interviews I have conducted over the years, but it is a fairly substantial number, and […]

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I am a fan of history. Oh, not the sanitized pasteurized, homogenized version taught in our school system. History is about society, it is about the life and times of the people concerned. The American Civil War was a period of huge upheaval in our recent history, it pitted brother against brother, it put a […]

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From the moment I saw the cover of Jerome Peterson’s book Thumb Flagging I just knew that I was going to enjoy it. My mother has a saying, ‘you should never judge a book by its cover’. I disagree, but that is the subject of another article, you can indeed tell a great deal about […]

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Jimmy Root Jr. has just published his first book Distant Thunder, it is the first of a planned trilogy The Lightning Chronicles. I was greatly impressed with Distant Thunder, and knew that I had to track down Jimmy Root Jr. to ask him about this book.
There are few perks being a book reviewer, but a […]

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Phil Davidson has just published a great action/thriller novel Dreamer. It hit my radar a couple of weeks ago and it is a wild ride from start to finish. What I enjoyed most though was the depth of this book. It operates on several levels, and it is up to the reader to decide how […]

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Gary Lamit has a long history of of writing books, most though are of a technical nature. His latest venture is into the world of children’s books. Children’s literature is a very different beast. A completely different set of dynamics come into play. I enjoyed Wally The Walking Fish and think that it contains a […]

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It was an interesting program as always. The panel Consisted of the Barrett’s, William “Cobra” Staubs, and Denny Griffin.
We started off with a quick update on the Caylee Anthony case. In particular the hearing last Friday. Little by little we are beginning to understand the defense strategy, clearly Baez wants to point the finger at […]

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I am likely one of the few people that can honestly say that I enjoy my job. I get to read books, and talk to the authors. Generally I can tell how an interview will unfold just on the book itself. I read No Mad, and was firmly convinced that Sam Moffie and I would […]

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Victoria Cristiani Rossi has just released a memoir Spangles, Elephants, Violets And Me. It takes us behind the scenes of the traveling circus, a staple of the first half of the 20th century. The Cristiani family are one of the best known multi generational circus families, their skills on horseback were legendary, and over […]

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I can honestly say that I love my job. I bounce out of bed everyday and have no idea what is going to happen next. No boring 9-5 for me, more 6am to 8pm of sheer fun! My office, and I use that term loosely, consists of three computers, a couple of phones, CD and […]

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Sheila Dane has just published her first book Fairy Hunters, Ink. it is a delightful romp into the fairy world. Although billed officially as a children’s book I think it should appeal to children of all ages.
I had the chance to sit down with Sheila. In 30 minutes we covered a lot of ground, there […]

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Jimmy Root Jr., has served as an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God since 1982, including service in Nebraska, Missouri, and a seven year term as a missionary in Colombia, South America. He is also the lead Pastor of Family Worship Center of Smithville, a growing suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. 
His writings, both in […]

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Portal are an up and coming prog rock band from a slightly unusual place. I generally associate prog with Europe, England, Germany, and Poland seem to be the real hot-beds of the genre. Portal though are Canadian, up until very recently Edmonton, Alberta was their center of operation. Alberta is famous for a couple of […]

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I recently read Bill Bean’s first book Dark Force. To say the least it is a disturbing book. It chronicles his childhood between 1970 and 1980, from age four to fourteen. For most people this is a period of your life that you have fond memories of, for Bill it is a period that that […]

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You wonder where authors get ideas for writing books.  They might see a movie which triggers an idea or maybe even a living experience that makes them say, “This would make a great book!”
J.R. Hauptman got the inspiration for writing his book, The Target, from his life experiences as a professional pilot.
Hauptman enlisted in the […]

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F. W. vom Scheidt is a director of an international investment firm. He works and travels in the world’s capital markets, and makes his home in Toronto, Canada. He is also the author of a new book, Coming for Money (Blue Butterfly Book Publishing), a remarkable and provocative novel about the world of international finance […]

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I find that as I grow older, I find myself drawn more and more into a genre of writing that I call ‘living history’. Nothing can beat a first hand account. Our school text books are crammed with the ‘official’, historically correct, and impeccably ‘politically correct’ versions of our past. I find little information or […]

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