Verdict: 4-StarsSpanning several generations and evolving over the course of some of the worst times in recent history for the Jewish people, I Am Forbidden (Hogarth) is Markovits’ haunting account of what happens to a people who are so at odds with both the world and their own spirituality. One of the constant underlying threads in the book was the desperate need the … [Read more...] about eBook Review: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
eBook Reviews
eBook Review: Black List by Brad Thor
Verdict: 5-StarsI sincerely hope that Brad Thor is just a great fiction writer because if he’s not, if he’s simply writing the truth, America is in a lot of trouble. According to Black List, the real bad guy is our own government. Worse, the people who are charged with keeping us safe are often in more danger from internal orders than the terrorists they hunt.That was … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Black List by Brad Thor
eBook Review: Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
Verdict: 2-StarsThis book only scored that second star because Shipstead is very adept at forcing you to watch the car wreck of other people’s lives. The players in this story all carry their own baggage with them throughout the novel, but unfortunately for them, their past mistakes are all born out of selfishness and stupidity. These might be the wrong economic times for a … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
eBook Review: American Sniper by Chris Kyle
Verdict: 4-StarsThe sometimes overdone bravado and gung-ho attitude portrayed throughout this book was initially an obstacle for me, one that I almost didn’t want to overcome in order to keep reading. The stereotypical superhero tone of voice and the “only good enemy is a dead enemy” mentality were a little hard to take at times, but there’s one crucial difference between … [Read more...] about eBook Review: American Sniper by Chris Kyle
eBook Review: Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
Verdict: 5-StarsNon-fiction that somehow manages to grip the reader so tightly that he can forget that he already knows how this story ends is amazing. Mrs. Kennedy and Me is a stellar example of what memoir writing, especially when it pertains to public figures, should be: accuracy, behind-the-scenes insider information, and above all, a delicacy in the storytelling that … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
eBook Review: I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
Verdict: 4 StarsScreenwriter-turned-author Justin Halpern has made an entire career out of being emotionally roadkilled by his saintly father while allowing the readers to have front row seats to laugh at his misfortune. The accidental author of Sh*t My Dad Says, a bestselling title that grew from his Twitter account of the same name which literally chronicled the daily … [Read more...] about eBook Review: I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern
eBook Review: Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Verdict: 3 StarsMantel has had quite an illustrious career, with ten previous novels and a published memoir entitled Giving Up the Ghost. For those prior works she has won an impressive string of accolades, including the 2006 Hawthornden Prize, as well as both the 2009 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, both of which went to the book … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
eBook Review: Sacre’ Bleu by Christopher Moore
Verdict: 5-StarsSacre’ Bleu is a completely surprising story of a grand age of tortured, starving artists, whole communities of painters in Paris who labored with each other and fought with each other. But if the triumphs and downfalls of struggling artists aren’t really all that interesting, just mix in a mystical immortal creature who creates the necessary blue paint and … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Sacre’ Bleu by Christopher Moore
eBook Review: Stolen Prey by John Sandford
Verdict: 4 StarsThe NYT bestselling author of Storm Prey and Buried Prey is back with a book so suspenseful that I literally read it through squinted eyes, not sure of what I would find as I turned the page. What I found, though, was a work that carried our perceptions of what we think we know about our comfortable lives to a whole new realm of dysreality.Lucas … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Stolen Prey by John Sandford
eBook Review: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Verdict: 3 Stars This fifth installment of Clare’s tremendously successful and well-loved series, The Mortal Instruments, has all that the first books have to offer: demon slaying, love triangles, evil super-villains bent on destroying the world, and boyfriends who have been possessed and turned into aloof clones of their former selves. Unfortunately, that’s pretty much the … [Read more...] about eBook Review: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
eBook Review: The Witness by Nora Roberts
Verdict: 4.5 StarsRoberts is one of those rare writers who can blend genres as easily as flipping on a light switch. Part literary fiction, part romance, and still completely a mystery/spy novel, The Witness really brought something for every reader to the table.When sixteen-year-old Stepford child Elizabeth Fitch commits one completely typical act of teenage rebellion, … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Witness by Nora Roberts
eBook Review: The Serpent’s Shadow (Book Three, The Kane Chronicles)
Verdict: 4 StarsI really wish Rick Riordan had been my history teacher. I would have paid a lot more attention to the side plots and back story of so many of the well-known stories from ancient civilizations if my teachers had made history as exciting as Riordan does. The author who introduced middle grade and young adult readers to the Percy Jackson adventures through … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Serpent’s Shadow (Book Three, The Kane Chronicles)
eBook Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Verdict: 5-StarsInsurgent, the sequel to the bestselling first title in the YA series by Veronica Roth, Divergent, pulls no punches in picking up exactly where the first book left off and diving directly into the fray on the first page. Beatrice “Tris” Prior, faction-swapping Dauntless novice and potential savior of her civilization, knows only slightly more than she did at … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Marvel Infinity Format for Digital Comics – Review
Marvel released their first comic a few weeks ago that used their new Infinity Digital format. This is a very unique experience that gives you full HD comics on the new Apple iPad. It provides innovative features not found on any other platform and gives you a robust format to read your comic books.The first comic we reviewed for this new format was Avengers VS. X-Men and … [Read more...] about Marvel Infinity Format for Digital Comics – Review