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.Redshirtsin Hardcover edition on June 5, 2012 and has 320 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo A science fiction parody about Star Trek…and be sure to learn the lesson from this! Avoid the Narrative!! My Take It starts off a bit lame with a ship’s crew and its leaders actually on an away mission. It’s just so dorky, and you start questioning why a captain of the ship would put himself in danger? Why wouldn’t the mission briefing be more complete? And it all starts to make sense when Dahl and company run into Jenkins. It does ratchet pretty quickly into too-funny-for-words territory, and Scalzi makes you want to know the big secret behind the silliness in ship operations. If you’re a Star Trek fan, you already know, but it’s Jenkins explaining the Narrative that will crack you up, and then Nick’s analysis of his own handiwork that opens up the truth. Now if that ain’t incentive to work them words, keepin’ people alive…lol… “Things quit making sense. The laws of […]

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.The Paris Lawyeron February 2013 and has 280 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo A story of suspense in Paris, France, that revolves around a young lawyer eager to make her mark. I received this book from the publisher for an honest review. God help them, that’s what they’re getting. The Paris Lawyer has won the Grand Prix Sang d’encre. I guess if it’s anything like most books I’ve read that received a literary honor, it makes sense that I can’t make sense of it. My Take In all honesty, I’ve only read 20% of the story on my Kindle. I simply can’t read any more as the writing is so stiff and leaps back and forth in time and from topic to topic so much that my eyeballs are rolling around in my head. In fact, it reads like a screenplay with directions to the actors as well as the stage manager. I think there’s a possibility of this being an interesting story, but it’s so convoluted and jumpy — […]

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.Forget Me Noton February 19, 2014 and has 285 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo First in the Collective urban fantasy science fiction series for Young Adults and revolving around Anamae Gilbert and her discovery of some unexpected tech. My Take It’s a melancholy start that ends in a burning question. And in between, it’s terrifying with an organization that knows too much and has a grip on too many people, up to the highest offices in the land. Determining which countries live or die, suffer or survive. How do you evade such people when it’s like the NSA on steroids? And you have no recourse to the law? Who use such advanced technology? It’s tech, and then there’s TECH that’s practically magic. Nash’s story has a freshness with an interesting premise that has me, in general, wanting to read book 2. It’s a cute romance, and Will’s reactions create a tension that Mae doesn’t understand. The training arenas fit the background for the resistance, and I like that Mae stands […]

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.Skinny Bitch Gets Hitchedon May 6, 2014 and has 320 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Second in the Skinny Bitch romance series about the attraction between a vegan and a carnivore. This is an interesting fictional series that takes off from a series of books Barnouin has written on vegan diet and cooking. My Take This was cute with a pair of strong protagonists and a fun look at the frantic pace in the kitchen. Definitely tells me that I do not have a passion for cooking, although I do enjoy the tasting. Ya gotta know someone’s passionate when they go into the kitchen to cook/play on their days off! I loved feeling as though I were there in the kitchen. The sound of the atmosphere at Clementine’s is so wonderful! I felt the frantic pace, smelled the mole, and inhaled the fragrance of sautéed garlic. I don’t understand why more kitchens can’t foster a work atmosphere like this. I love that Barnouin calls out the hypocrites like the woman […]

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.Laughon May 6, 2014 and has 281 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble Second in the Burnside romance series set in Lakefield, Ohio. The couple focus is on Nina Paz and Sam Burnside. I received this ARC from the publisher. My Take It’s love, love, love all the way in Laugh, only it’s not your typical romance. It’s a fearless, well-meaning, and graceless hero — a man suffering from ADHD, no less. Rivers did a fabulous job of taking me behind-the-scenes as it were of what it’s like to be this person, and how he copes with it as well as the family and friends who have to cope with him. It makes it much easier to understand both sides of this issue…and be incredibly grateful I haven’t had to deal with this in real life. Still, with knowledge comes understanding and consideration, a communication which can only produce patience and in turn reduce stress — for all parties. I enjoyed the emphasis on urban farming with its insight into what […]