Month: January 2013

Book Review: Greg Kincaid’s A Christmas with Tucker

Book Review: Greg Kincaid’s A Christmas with Tucker

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Christmas with Tuckerin Hardcover edition on November 2, 2010 and has 180 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A prequel in the McCray Family fictional series about a dairy farming family in Kansas in 1962. Do try to read this story before A Dog Named Christmas — it’ll just be a teeny bit less sad, although Kincaid has written it so that it isn’t necessary — the prologue introduces how Tucker comes into the McCrays’ neighborhood while the last chapter is a blend as George reminisces. My Take Oh god, I cried and cried. A story that was bittersweet with loss and love. George learns some powerful lessons this winter from his grandparents and his mother. Lessons that will hold him throughout his life. George’s dad sounds like such a great guy. Kincaid is a powerful storyteller, although not a great writer as far as his syntax goes. I did enjoy getting the dog’s perspective for at least this short time in the prologue. This would have been a bit better if […]

Posted January 22, 2013 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments

Book Review: Karen Chance’s “The Gauntlet”

Book Review: Karen Chance’s “The Gauntlet”

I received this book for free from the author as a free story in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the author as a free story “The Gauntlet”by Karen ChanceIt is part of the Cassandra Palmer #0.5 series and is a urban fantasy in eBook edition that was published by the author on October 12, 2010 and has 52 pages.Explore it on Goodreads Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Curse the Dawn, Death’s Mistress, Hunt the Moon, Chicks Kick Butt, Fury’s Kiss, “The Queen’s Witch”, “House at Cobb End”, Midnight’s Daughter, Claimed by Shadow, Touch the Dark, Embrace the Night, Tempt the Stars, “In Vino Veritas”, Updating Pritkin, Reap the Wind,, Ride the Storm, “Black Friday”, Brave the Tempest, Masks, Shatter the Earth, Shadow’s BaneA free short story, 0.5, in the Cassandra Palmer urban fantasy series. This one involves Kit Marlowe when he’s still a young vampire and he’s working for the Queen in Elizabethan England. Download it for free (so far) at Karen Chance’s website. My Take This one is a blip in the […]

Posted January 17, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments