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Title: Keeping PepperAuthor: Scott BrodyGenre: Fiction, Mystery DetectiveBook Length: 248 pages (print)Book Type: eBookYear Published: September 25, 2023 Date Started: December 29, 2023Date finished: January 2, 2024 This story is about an older man named Pepper who lives in a nursing home. His friends come by and take him on a road trip without letting... Continue Reading →
Title: Gods in the RuinsAuthor: E.R. BarrGenre: Fiction; Historical ThrillerYear Published: March 21, 2021 Date Started: December 8, 2021Date finished: December 10, 2021 This was one fascinating story. It’s about archeologist Fr. Daniel Aza and his friend, Swiss Guard Luca Rohner. Daniel was asked to investigate inscriptions on a tomb and invites his friend along.... Continue Reading →
Title: Thomas Jefferson SurvivesAuthor: C.J. HayekGenre: Alternate Historical FictionYear Published: March 4, 2020 Date Started: June 30, 2022Date finished: July 2, 2022 This is a story about an alternate history where Thomas Jefferson, through a special type of mushroom, slumbers waking up two centuries later to a world very different from what he is familiar... Continue Reading →
Title: The Circle Around the Wall: A Fictional Biography Inspired by Carl Jung (The Mind the Heart the Spirit)Author: Suzanne SteinbergGenre: Fiction, Alternate History, Women’s Literary FictionYear Published: January 28, 2023 Date Started: February 21, 2023Date finished: February 26, 2023 This story is a twist on the famous psychologist, Carl Jung. Instead of Carl, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Planet QAuthor: Peter QuinonesGenre: Literary; QuotesYear Published: 2022 Date finished: April 15, 2022 This book was an interesting read. At first, I wasn’t sure what to think of it because it’s not your typical book. It’s a bunch of short and long phrases/clips of thoughts that provoke…thoughts. It’s sort of like a comedy show... Continue Reading →
Title: The Looking Glass Author: H.L. SudlerGenre: Contemporary RomanceYear Published: March 2021 Date finished: April 14, 2021 This was a quick and short read. It’s a story about love and coming to terms with a friendship. I really enjoyed it. Wasn’t expecting to read something like this but I liked the characters and the way the... Continue Reading →
Title: A Man Called OveAuthor: Fredrick BackmanGenre: Literary FictionYear Published: May 5, 2015 Date finished: December 29, 2020 A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Bachman is a story about a 59-year-old man who’s done with life after his wife died and after he was replaced at his job. He comes across extremely grumpy. He’s irritated... Continue Reading →
Title: Theseus’ LostnessAuthor: Stefan CalinGenre: Fiction, Literary, EroticaYear Published: August 5, 2020 Theseus’ Lostness by Stefan Calin is the first book in The Journeys We Wander trilogy. The story is about a man named Allan who finds himself between two relationships. He seems to struggle with which woman to get closer to but eventually makes... Continue Reading →
Title: Fake Like MeAuthor: Barbara BourlandGenre: Fiction, ThrillerYear Published: 2019 Fake Like Me is a thriller by Barbara Bourland. The story is written in first person point-of-view through a no-name narrator who starts out as an art student and moves her way upward. While in art school, the narrator becomes obsessed with a particular art... Continue Reading →
Title: An American StoryAuthor: Mark LagesGenre: Fiction, Literary, MemoirYear Published: 2020 An American Story by Mark Lages is a fictional memoir about a man named Huey Baker. Huey tells us stories and experiences from his life and within it, he includes some satire, war stories, alcohol abuse stories, family dynamics, and many other facets of... Continue Reading →
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