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A Great Series Starter

Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet

August 22, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Charlie Cochet is currently running a kickstart to fund special 10th anniversary editions of her THIRDS series, and in my excitement and anticipation I’ve decided to do a whole series re-read. Hell & High Water is the first book and introduces Dexter J. Daley as a detective working for the Human Police Force (HPF) who recently turned his partner in after he shot an unarmed Therian in the back. There is a lot of social conflict between Humans and Therians, and this translates to prejudice […]

Does this count as Sweater…Sweater?

Sink or Swim by Annabeth Albert

January 3, 2024 by jessisreading 3 Comments

I love a good Sweater/Disaster romance. You know, the kind where someone is incredibly buttoned up and their love interest is messy (in all the ways), and can’t even keep their head on their shoulders? So it was a surprise when I picked up Sink or Swim and discovered that this might be a book with a Sweater Guy…and another Sweater Guy. Except one sweater is argyle and the other is plaid, I guess. Felix is a well-dressed, well kept, slightly uptight doctor who is a single parent […]

The odd email that gave me my next read

Military's Most Powerful Powerful Tanks by Susan E. Hamen

December 14, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not a military person, though I have had family (past and present) who served, but it was not until my nephew joined The National Guards that the reality of The Military hit. I know some people think the Guards are not “real military” but coming from this aunt, those were real training drills he was doing, that was a real zip-line with no net over a very very deep ravine, and those were real bullets being shot at and by him. I’ve been informed he will […]

Eat Meat Or Not

Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir by Michael Anthony

August 25, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir is a very pro vegetarian/vegan lifestyle memoir. There are intense images of animal abuse/cruelty as well as human death, blood, and talk of war. I wonder what Chai Simone (illustrator) was thinking when they were asked to do this graphic novel. Because for them this was a debut and they are being asked to create images of slaughtering animals, missing limbs on humans and a guy barfing in a toilet holding a giant bong. There is also mention of […]

“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”

The Terminal List by Jack Carr

July 1, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I mentioned to a friend that I was entering the Dad Books/Daddington Island* phase of my reading life (thrillers, history, etc.). A few days later, that friend handed me a stack of Jack Carr books. You may be remember the Amazon Prime series based on the book – a Navy SEAL named Jack Reece comes comes home from a bad mission, bad stuff happens, and he has some vengeance to attend to. That’s the gist of the plot. No surprise – the book is better […]

Two Truths Diverged in the Shadow of Cape Horn

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

January 5, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In 1740, the Wager set off on a journey around the world with a secret mission to capture Spanish silver and gold. Two years later, a leaking longboat lands in Brazil full of desperate men. But these are not the only survivors of the Wager, and both captain and crew end up on trial as England attempts to determine the truth. I love a good survival story, but for some reason shipwrecks have always left me underwhelmed. Maybe it’s because I don’t like the beach. But I […]

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