Verdict: 3 Stars Shepherd's second title, The Poisoned Island (Washington Square Press), had an incredibly intriguing premise, but it dragged. The action got lost in chapter after chapter of descriptive narrative filled with back story, as opposed to dialogue and sequences. On the plus side, and at the risk of a vast spoiler alert, there is a tremendously intelligent … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd
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eBook Review: The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton
Verdict: 5 Stars In the final installment in the series which Clayton started with The Unidentified Redhead and The Redhead Revealed, "older" actress (she really hates to be called that) Grace Sheridan has a hit new series, a heartthrob sexy actor boyfriend, and a new house in LA. Unfortunately, she also has all of the baggage that goes with it, including stalker paparazzi, … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton
eBook Review: Topless Jihadis by Jeffrey Tayler
Verdict: 5 Stars Its full title, Topless Jihadis—Inside Femen, the World's Most Provocative Activist Group, by Jeffrey Tayler, only succeeds in scratching the surface of what this book really stands for, namely depicting the 5,000+ member international group of self-titled "watch-bitches for democracy." For the lengthy period of time that Tayler followed the radical women's … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Topless Jihadis by Jeffrey Tayler
eBook Review: King & Maxwell by David Baldacci
Verdict: 4 Stars There can be a lot of pressure on an author when his characters take center stage for a wider audience. It's one thing when reader fans become attached to a story line, but it's something else altogether when television or movie audiences also latch onto the story line and the players. Even before Baldacci put pen to paper (well, you know what I mean) to … [Read more...] about eBook Review: King & Maxwell by David Baldacci
eBook Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
Verdict: 4 Stars Game developer and author Jeff Kinney has done it again with a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid title, Hard Luck (Amulet Books). In this go around, life is even tougher for everyone's favorite cartoonish middle schooler. Not only does he have the usual obstacles to juggle, like unpopularity, not doing well in school, and the proverbial middle child problems, this … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
eBook Review: Sycamore Row by John Grisham
Verdict: 5 Stars Fans of the author's suspenseful legal thrillers will love this title that revisits one of the settings that made John Grisham a household name. Almost twenty-five years after the release of A Time to Kill, Grisham takes us back to Ford County and back into the fray of legal dramas. From the book's description, "Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Sycamore Row by John Grisham
eBook Review – Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It
Of Dice and Men is a compelling novel chronicling the rise of Dungeons and Dragons. The essence of the book tells the tale of TSR who originally made the first rule book back in 1974 and later sold to Wizards of the Coast. Approximately 30 million people have played the game in its many iterations and has spawned many imitators. I have always played Dungeons and Dragons … [Read more...] about eBook Review – Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It
eBook Review: Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Verdict: 5 Stars This book should come with a warning: Don't even open the cover until you've got your adult diapers firmly in place. Even from the Introduction, Brosh will have you crossing your legs while you laugh. Fans of Brosh's blog, Hyperbole and a Half, turned out to purchase the author's debut graphic novel (Touchstone), complete with her intentionally crudely … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
eBook Review: After Action by Dan Sheehan
Verdict: 5 Stars There is no shortage of reads--good, bad, and ugly--that offer readers either fictional stories in the military genre or completely honest, raw, non-fiction accounts of actual war. But Dan Sheehan's self-published title After Action offers readers something that not many well-known books present, which is an amazingly well-written open look at what happens … [Read more...] about eBook Review: After Action by Dan Sheehan
eBook Review: Beautiful Player by Christina Lauren
Verdict: 5 Stars You can keep your billionaire's with their torturous red rooms any day...I want to hang out with the riotously hot characters in author duo Christina Lauren's Beautiful series (Simon & Schuster). In this installment in the series, nerdy grad student-slash-recluse Hanna Bergstrom is practically forced by her own family to agree to get out more, … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Beautiful Player by Christina Lauren