 | City of Whispers by Katherine Sorin Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Suspense |
They say that Manhattan is a jungle where survival is not guaranteed. They had no idea how correct that could be. The government demolished the bridges connecting Manhattan to the outside world. they were desperate to contain the deadly virus. The survivors begged for rescue swearing the virus was not airborn. It could only be contracted thru bite, vampire bite.
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I'm hoping everyone has a great day today. May your children bring you breakfast in bed, along with the book you are currently reading, and then give you peace and quiet to read it while lazing in bed. Well, we can dream can't we? Whether you are spending the day with your own mother, wishing you could spend the day with her while settling on a phone call, or remembering her fondly from years past, I hope you have a wonderful day. Don't forget to spoil yourself too!
  | Lost Tribe of the Sith by John Jackson Miller Genres: Science Fiction, Action Adventure |
These books are really too short to review each separately, so I'm just going to review the rest of the series in one post. I have to reiterate that I found it hard to sympathize with the Sith. This series is definitely for the hardcore fan that wishes to be educated in all aspects of the "history" within the Star Wars saga.
The lost tribe crashes on an oceanic planet, they know not where. Their ship is beyond repair in this strange world with no indigenous metals. They decide to make the best of their plight and do what Sith do best ... take over.
The series covers a few millenia and many generations. Eventually the Sith become bored with nothing new to conquer. Something needs to be done before they extinguish their race as they begin fighting amungst themselves. A new plan comes from an unexpected source.
 | Illegal by Paul Levine Genres: Mystery, Thriller |
Agustino, Tino to his friends, and his mother, Marisol, are running for their lives. They cross the Mexican border and enter America as illegal aliens. But things just go from bad to worse. The mother and son get separated during the crossing. The mother is a beautiful woman, who has been sexually harassed her entire life, and becomes the target of more unwanted advances.
I worked in construction and learned real quick to lose the makeup, pull my hair back into an unflattering ponytail, and not to wear tight or revealing clothes. It's fairly easy to go unnoticed when I want to. Granted it isn't right that women need to fear harassment, but it is a survival mechanism to learn ways to avoid it. Marisol is a smart, tough woman who can take care of herself and I find it a little unrealistic that she hadn't learned the art of blending in.
| UR by Stephen King Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Suspense |
This was the very first book that I paid for on my Kindle. I hate to admit it took me this long to read it. Although, at the time, I was working my way through Stephan King's many tomes. I was reading them chronologically. I had intended to read this, when its time came. Unfortunately, I got stuck after Insomnia. I don't own the next book, Rose Madder. It was one of many that was destroyed when my mom's basement flooded while I was relocating to another state and had stored what I couldn't immediately take with me. My local library doesn't have it. I have requested it several times, but have never received it. I swear the librarian hates me, but that is a different story.
I'm not sure what UR stands for. Wes Smith relates it to the city of Ur. It seems to be a gateway between alternate realities. But let me start at the beginning. Wes is a bibliophile. I had to laugh because while defending books vs. Kindle to his Literature class, he mentions that books have a smell. I had mentioned that fact in my recent post "Kindle vs. Real Books". But it is true, while I can't describe the scent as anything other than "comforting". For reasons that I won't go into, you'll just have to read for yourself, Wes buys a Kindle. I guess at the time, they only came in white and Wes's is bright pink. It has many more experimental features tham mine does, I must say.
I've been thinking that maybe I should mix things up a bit and throw in more than reviews every now and then. I was kind of thinking of adding an author biography each week. As I thought about this idea, I began asking myself some important questions. Does anyone really want to read a biography every week? Do I really want to research one every week? So instead, I decided to feature one author every month to write a bit about and then review one of their books every week. Of course this means starting with someone that I already have a lot of their books. Since I just happened to have finished reading a Stephen King book, I'm going to start with him.
| Stephen KingBorn: September 21, 1947 Main genres: Horror, fantasy, science fiction |
Author of over 50 published books, including 7 that were published under the pen name of Richard Bachman, that range in genres from horror to nonfiction. Though he is mostly known for his horror novels, don't just write him off as a horror novelist. Several dramatic movies were adapted from his short stories, such as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me. His ever growing Dark Tower series has a science fictiony western feel to them.
