File Size: 625 KB
Print Length: 49 pages
Publisher: Tom Darin Liskey; First edition (August 3, 2014)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
Idgie Says:
This is a Novella containing 4 short stories about a boy. A boy who remains unnamed throughout the story and also remains lost and abandoned through most of the book, even while surrounded by family.
Very well written, with a story that digs deep into the heartstrings.
A perfect ebook novel for your phone or tablet, you can read a story at a time in short bursts or spend your lunch hour reading all four.
If you go to the bottom of this post I have a link to a short story Tom wrote for the Dew, which will give you a good flavor taste of his writing.
Book Description:
This Side of The River chronicles a time and place where vengeance and
reconciliation both hang in the balance with the same weight. It is
about a broken family trying to make sense of the chaotic world around
them in a post-Vietnam War Midwestern state. These are stories written
against the backdrop of new beginnings, even when hope remains elusive
and out of grasp. The main characters in this book are the
oft-overlooked in life: the day laborers, the single mothers just a
paycheck away from a homeless shelter and a young boy searching for safe
harbor in a dangerous world. These are stories in the raw about
addiction, hope, and loss. The walking wounded in life looking for any
crutch they can find to make it through another day.
Click HERE to read a story published at the Dew by Tom Linsky in 2012.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
A Plot for Pridemore
By author: Stephen Roth
ISBN: 9780881464825
Binding Information: Paperback
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Idgie Says:
ISBN: 9780881464825
Binding Information: Paperback
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Idgie Says:
So you put a bunch of political townfolk, a dying town and a rather simple-minded man together and what happens? Apparently a grand scheme to make the town come to life, while preying on the kindness of the simple-minded man in a rather lackadaisically malicious manner. What it does is create several characters that you don't like very much at all.
Then the plan goes South and disaster hits with poor Digby truly stuck in the old mines and they have to get him out quickly. Will the townfolk feel the error of their ways and not only rescue Digby but also find their humanity again, or will they suffer in shame and regret while the poor used man dies in the caves?
A wide range of characters - some interesting, some forgettable, a few truly likable - come and go in the story, all working to either save the town, Digby or both.
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Book Description:
For five heart-churning days, the world turns its attention to tiny Pridemore, Missouri, where rescue teams work around the clock to free a mentally challenged man from a collapsed cave. That’s how Mayor Roe Tolliver envisions it, anyway.
Then the plan goes South and disaster hits with poor Digby truly stuck in the old mines and they have to get him out quickly. Will the townfolk feel the error of their ways and not only rescue Digby but also find their humanity again, or will they suffer in shame and regret while the poor used man dies in the caves?
A wide range of characters - some interesting, some forgettable, a few truly likable - come and go in the story, all working to either save the town, Digby or both.
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Book Description:
For five heart-churning days, the world turns its attention to tiny Pridemore, Missouri, where rescue teams work around the clock to free a mentally challenged man from a collapsed cave. That’s how Mayor Roe Tolliver envisions it, anyway.
Weary of watching
the town he’s led for more than forty years slide into economic
oblivion, the mayor hatches a devious and dangerous plan—trap a local
man in the bowels of nearby Dragon's Ice House cavern, start a massive
rescue operation, and prompt a media vigil that puts Pridemore on the
map for decades to come.
Over the course of a year, the mayor and his
cronies carry out the convoluted scheme, which involves everything from
bilking state money for a bogus tourist attraction to hiring a militia
“ballistics consultant” to detonate the limestone cavern. Their success
hinges on unassuming pawn Digby Willers, whose simple-minded likeability
provides human interest in the made-for-television crisis.
As events
unfold, however, forces beyond even the mayor’s control turn Digby’s
rescue into a real, life-or-death drama. Get ready for a fast-paced romp
filled with quirky characters, hilarious twists and turns, and a small
town that just might get its fifteen minutes of fame.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
The Mockingbird Next Door
The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills
Hardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Penguin Press HC, The; 1ST edition (July 15, 2014)
Idgie Says:
Doesn't this look delicious? An inside look at one of the most reclusive and beloved writers out there. What does she do? How does she think? Why was there never another glorious book?
I would say Marja is one lucky woman to be able to just sit on the porch with Harper and chat. I know I'm jealous.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
And Now I Will Disappear
And Now I Will Disappear
By Rick Mathis
She
is 50 and beautiful. Her desk is on my floor, situated so that I have to pass
it every morning as I walk to my office. I have known her for ten years, more
or less. We used to be on different floors of another building, she on the
first and I on the second. Then the company sold some of its properties and
moved us to a newer building downtown. I left shortly before the move,
seemingly for greener pastures. My wife and I moved up north after I took a job
with another company. But I soon found myself working for people I didn't like
and doing things I didn't enjoy. So I moved back, landing a job at my old
company, basically doing the same thing for less pay.
I
don't speak much to her now. When we were younger I would stop by her desk and
talk to her, usually finding ways to compliment her. I told her that she
reminded me of Jennifer Aniston, which in some ways she does. Her expressions
and her eyes are similar. If anything, she is even prettier, if such a thing is
possible. She was always friendly but not overly so. I knew that she had
divorced several years ago. A friend of mine once said he thought there was
chemistry between us, but I don't know. She did not attend the going away party
they had for me when I left.
We
had a couple of email conversations after I moved. Nothing serious, just some
light banter. I regretted no longer working around someone as attractive as she,
but I was also a little relieved as well. When it started going badly at my new
employer, I decided to move back. She played a role in setting up the interview,
arranging the travel and that sort of thing. She was helpful, but not overly
so. She made it clear that she wasn't going to do anything extra.
My
wife and I returned a couple of weeks before I started back with the old company.
During that time I went out drinking with some old friends to celebrate. I had
a couple of drinks and then drove home. My wife was asleep, so I had another
couple of drinks and watched television. I pulled out my laptop and looked her
up on Facebook. Her profile photo was of her wearing sunglasses, which shielded
her beauty. A little drunk, I decided to friend her, mainly to see if there was
a better photo. Then I closed my laptop and went back to the television.
I
checked Facebook a few times a day over the next week, but she never accepted
the invitation. It could be that she wasn't on Facebook that much, or that she
just didn't want to be my friend. My guess was the latter. At the end of the
week I deleted my friend request. I started back at the company the following
week, slightly embarrassed that her desk on the pathway to my new office. What
was on my mind was her failure to accept my friend request and her lackluster
attitude when setting up my interview.
I
have been back about three months. I speak to her some but not often. I never
compliment her, although occasionally I have the urge to. I decided a couple of
weeks ago to deactivate my Facebook account. It was a penance of sorts,
something to make up for the embarrassment of rejection. As I was deactivating
it I thought of something the Monk Thomas Merton said shortly before he died.
He was giving a talk somewhere in Asia and finished it by saying, "And now
I will disappear," meaning that it was time for a break and that he would
be back later that day. He went back to his room and was electrocuted when a
fan fell into his bathtub. I was disappearing.
I
often wonder what to do with the feeling of rejection I have when see her. I remember
the time I was disliked by an attractive young woman at the place I worked up
north. She was an idealistic person and disagreed with some of the practical
decisions I made. I remember sitting with her in a waiting room of a client we
were visiting. She picked up a magazine and started looking at it, flipping
through the pages in the way you might do if you don’t want to talk to the
person sitting next to you. The thing was, it really didn't bother me. In fact,
I rather enjoyed it. I appreciated my lack of concern.
Then
there was the time when I felt the most distressed about my job. My boss
disliked me as much as I disliked her, and it was clear that things weren't
going well. I had been in bad professional situations before, but not as bad as
this. This rejection bothered me. One day in the spring when things were at
their worst I got home a little earlier than usual and my wife and I decided to
go out for a drink and dinner. The days were getting longer and to my great
relief it felt like an eternity before I would have to get up and go to work
the next day. There was something about the moment when we were in the parking
lot walking towards the restaurant we'd chosen. Time felt as if it were
standing still and my stress momentarily disappeared. The opportunity was there
for me to grasp something in that moment and hold on to it regardless of what
my boss did. But my confusion and fear returned when I got up the next morning.
I
suppose this new feeling of rejection, this relatively minor one concerning a
woman I really don't know very well, is a way to practicing something, a way to
disappear.
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Rick Mathis' Bio:
I am a writer living in Soddy Daisy, which is near Chattanooga,
Tennessee. I am a Johns Hopkins PhD (political science) who has
published four nonfiction books and several articles. I am currently
working on short stories. For more on my work and background, see www.rickmathis.net.
Friday, August 15, 2014
The 6th Extinction
Sigma Force Novels
The 6th Extinction
A Sigma Force Novel
On Sale: 08/12/2014
ISBN: 9780061784811
ISBN 10: 0061784818
Imprint: William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
Idgie Says:
Think of this as a Jules Verne book on steroids, with paramilitary forces..... and a cool dog. It's not quite Journey to the Center of the Earth, but it is a mile or so under Antarctica, where a crazy nasty world of unimagined creatures dwell. Combine the undersea world with one or two crazy scientists, a released land-killing plague and a lot of burly men in cammo with big guns and you have a non-stop action novel with a bit of sci-fi thrown in there. A big hearty book that keeps you interested the entire ride.
ISBN 10: 0061784818
Imprint: William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
Idgie Says:
Think of this as a Jules Verne book on steroids, with paramilitary forces..... and a cool dog. It's not quite Journey to the Center of the Earth, but it is a mile or so under Antarctica, where a crazy nasty world of unimagined creatures dwell. Combine the undersea world with one or two crazy scientists, a released land-killing plague and a lot of burly men in cammo with big guns and you have a non-stop action novel with a bit of sci-fi thrown in there. A big hearty book that keeps you interested the entire ride.
About the Book
A remote military research station sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final command: Kill us all! Personnel from the neighboring base rush in to discover everyone already dead-and not just the scientists, but every living thing for fifty square miles is annihilated: every animal, plant, and insect, even bacteria.The land is entirely sterile-and the blight is spreading.
To halt the inevitable, Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma must unravel a threat that rises out of the distant past, to a time when Antarctica was green and all life on Earth balanced upon the blade of a knife. Following clues from an ancient map rescued from the lost Library of Alexandria, Sigma will discover the truth about an ancient continent, about a new form of death buried under miles of ice.
From millennia-old secrets out of the frozen past to mysteries buried deep in the darkest jungles of today, Sigma will face its greatest challenge to date: stopping the coming extinction of mankind.
But is it already too late?
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Aug.
19 - 20
James
Rollins
THE
SIXTH EXTINCTION (Sigma Force) Book 10
Author
of INDIANA JONES and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and a New York Times
bestselling author of SIGMA FORCE series (and many other novels) has written the
next novel in the series. A military research station sends out a call
that ends with a final command: kill us all! Personnel from the
neighboring base discover everyone is dead along with every living thing for
fifty square miles including animals, plants, insects and bacteria. The
land is sterile and the damage is spreading. Commander Gray Pierce
and Sigma must investigate the past, a time when Antarctica was green and all
life on Earth hanged in the balance. Following clues from a map
rescued from the lost Library of Alexandria, Sigma will discover the truth about
an old continent and a new form of death buried under ice. From old
secrets of the past to mysteries of today, Sigma will face stopping the
extinction of mankind.
(Talk
and Signing at 7:00 p.m. at Eagle Eye Bookshop, Atlanta)
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Queen of Hearts
Not a review - a shout out. Out August 5th and published by Berkeley Prime Crime Hardcover. Eighth in the series. A nice, fun murder mystery told from the point of view of a lovely oh-so-British main character.
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Queen of Hearts (August 2014)
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, thirty-fifth in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal—but now she’s off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene…My mother, the glamorous and much-married actress, is hearing wedding bells once again—which is why she must hop across the pond for a quickie divorce in Reno. To offer my moral support, and since all expenses are paid by her new hubby-to-be, Max, I agree to make the voyage with her.
Crossing the Atlantic, with adventure in the air and wealthy men aboard, Mother all but forgets about Max and matrimony—especially when movie mogul Cy Goldman insists on casting her in his next picture.
Meanwhile, I find myself caught up in the secret investigation of a suspected jewel thief. Lucky for me, the lead investigator happens to be my dashing beau, Darcy!
Mother’s movie and Darcy’s larceny lead everyone to Cy’s Hollywood home, where the likes of Charlie Chaplin are hanging about and there’s enough romantic intrigue to fill a double feature. But we hardly get a chance to work out the sleeping arrangements before Cy turns up dead—as if there wasn’t enough drama already…
Royal Spyness Series In Order:
Her Royal Spyness (2007)
A Royal Pain (2008)
Royal Flush (2009)
Royal Blood (2010)
Naughty in Nice (2011)
The Twelve Clues of Christmas (2012)
Heirs and Graces (2013)
Queen of Hearts (August 2014)
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
People Eating People: A Cannibal Anthology [Kindle Edition]
People Eating People: A Cannibal Anthology [Kindle Edition]
Cannibal tales from multiple genres including steampunk, superheroes, and fantasy.
Dusty Wallace (Editor)
File Size: 2011 KB
Print Length: 130 pages
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
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Idgie Says:
What?!? Gross! Not interested! This is what I first thought when the ebook hit my Kindle app. But....I had promised to look the book over so... I will say that I'm glad I didn't know the name of the book first as that might have swayed me in the wrong direction.
Cannibal tales from multiple genres including steampunk, superheroes, and fantasy.
Dusty Wallace (Editor)
File Size: 2011 KB
Print Length: 130 pages
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
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Idgie Says:
What?!? Gross! Not interested! This is what I first thought when the ebook hit my Kindle app. But....I had promised to look the book over so... I will say that I'm glad I didn't know the name of the book first as that might have swayed me in the wrong direction.
Color me surprised - it's true that these stories are about people eating people but I found that to be more of a subtext to several of the stories. Some of these stories would be called horror, some fantasy and the rest fictional stories of people just surviving in the world. It's a definite mix of different genres and the writing on most of them was very well done and kept you interested the entire time.
A quick read, great for an ebook type setting.
PS - NO ZOMBIES!
A quick read, great for an ebook type setting.
PS - NO ZOMBIES!
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
An Unwilling Accomplice
Idgie Says:
This is a lovely British mystery novel. Subdued, proper, enough intrigue to keep you going. Not so much a "whodunit", but a "WHY done it". You know the culprit immediately, but the why of the matter is the heart of the story. Bess needs to clear her name when she was obviously used to take the blame for an act by someone she is certain she's never met before.
An interesting story that is filled with stand up characters (except the bad guy of course!) and describes nicely turn of the century Britain.
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An Unwilling Accomplice
Charles Todd
Series: Bess Crawford Mysteries (Book 6)
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (August 12, 2014)
Book Description:
World War I Battlefield nurse Bess Crawford’s
career is in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watch, in this
absorbing and atmospheric historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.
Home on leave, Bess Crawford is asked to accompany a wounded soldier confined to a wheelchair to Buckingham Palace, where he’s to be decorated by the King. The next morning when Bess goes to collect Wilkins, he has vanished. Both the Army and the nursing service hold Bess negligent for losing the war hero, and there will be an inquiry.
Then comes disturbing word from the Shropshire police, complicating the already difficult situation: Wilkins has been spotted, and he’s killed a man. If Bess is to save her own reputation, she must find Wilkins and uncover the truth. But the elusive soldier has disappeared again and even the Shropshire police have lost him. Suddenly, the moral implications of what has happened—that a patient in her charge has committed murder—become more important to Bess than her own future. She’s going to solve this mysterious puzzle, but righting an injustice and saving her honor may just cost Bess her life.
This is a lovely British mystery novel. Subdued, proper, enough intrigue to keep you going. Not so much a "whodunit", but a "WHY done it". You know the culprit immediately, but the why of the matter is the heart of the story. Bess needs to clear her name when she was obviously used to take the blame for an act by someone she is certain she's never met before.
An interesting story that is filled with stand up characters (except the bad guy of course!) and describes nicely turn of the century Britain.
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An Unwilling Accomplice
Charles Todd
Series: Bess Crawford Mysteries (Book 6)
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (August 12, 2014)
Book Description:
Home on leave, Bess Crawford is asked to accompany a wounded soldier confined to a wheelchair to Buckingham Palace, where he’s to be decorated by the King. The next morning when Bess goes to collect Wilkins, he has vanished. Both the Army and the nursing service hold Bess negligent for losing the war hero, and there will be an inquiry.
Then comes disturbing word from the Shropshire police, complicating the already difficult situation: Wilkins has been spotted, and he’s killed a man. If Bess is to save her own reputation, she must find Wilkins and uncover the truth. But the elusive soldier has disappeared again and even the Shropshire police have lost him. Suddenly, the moral implications of what has happened—that a patient in her charge has committed murder—become more important to Bess than her own future. She’s going to solve this mysterious puzzle, but righting an injustice and saving her honor may just cost Bess her life.
Monday, August 11, 2014
What Strange Creatures
What Strange Creatures
Emily Arsenault
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
On Sale: 07/22/2014
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Idgie Says:
I really enjoyed this book. The wordplay was fascinatingly amusing and gripping at the same time. I enjoyed the crazy way Theresa's mind worked. If you scroll below there's an excerpt that you can read through and get the feel for it.
There were many little scenes that made the story human and also laughable... such as when Theresa is trying to have a very intense conversation to help free her brother from prison on the phone, but the cat walks in and starts hurking a hairball on the carpet in front of her.. .naturally distracting! While I couldn't relate to the brother in jail, I could certainly relate to the pet ownership part.
This is written in the classic "Whodunit" manner with many chapters of investigative questioning - not a lot of action, but extensive wordplay. It kept the interest and the humor kept that continual questioning from becoming dry.
I recommend it.
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About the Book
Scandal, love, family, and murder combine in this gripping literary mystery by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault, in which a young academic’s life is turned upside down when her brother is arrested for murder and she must prove his innocence.
The Battle siblings are used to disappointment. Seven years, one marriage and divorce, three cats, and a dog later, Theresa still hasn’t finished her dissertation. Instead of a degree, she’s got a houseful of adoring pets and a dead-end copywriting job for a local candle company.
Jeff, her so-called genius older brother, doesn’t have it together, either. Creative, and loyal, he’s also aimless in work and love. But his new girlfriend, Kim, a pretty waitress in her twenties, appears smitten.
When Theresa agrees to dog-sit Kim’s puggle for a weekend, she has no idea that it is the beginning of a terrifying nightmare that will shatter her quiet world. Soon, Kim’s body will be found in the woods, and Jeff will become the prime suspect.
Though the evidence is overwhelming, Theresa knows that her brother is not a cold-blooded murderer. But to clear him she must find out more about Kim. Investigating the dead woman’s past, Theresa uncovers a treacherous secret involving politics, murder, and scandal—and becomes entangled in a potentially dangerous romance. But the deeper she falls into this troubling case, the more it becomes clear that, in trying to save her brother’s life, she may be sacrificing her own.
Emily Arsenault
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
On Sale: 07/22/2014
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Idgie Says:
I really enjoyed this book. The wordplay was fascinatingly amusing and gripping at the same time. I enjoyed the crazy way Theresa's mind worked. If you scroll below there's an excerpt that you can read through and get the feel for it.
There were many little scenes that made the story human and also laughable... such as when Theresa is trying to have a very intense conversation to help free her brother from prison on the phone, but the cat walks in and starts hurking a hairball on the carpet in front of her.. .naturally distracting! While I couldn't relate to the brother in jail, I could certainly relate to the pet ownership part.
This is written in the classic "Whodunit" manner with many chapters of investigative questioning - not a lot of action, but extensive wordplay. It kept the interest and the humor kept that continual questioning from becoming dry.
I recommend it.
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About the Book
Scandal, love, family, and murder combine in this gripping literary mystery by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault, in which a young academic’s life is turned upside down when her brother is arrested for murder and she must prove his innocence.
The Battle siblings are used to disappointment. Seven years, one marriage and divorce, three cats, and a dog later, Theresa still hasn’t finished her dissertation. Instead of a degree, she’s got a houseful of adoring pets and a dead-end copywriting job for a local candle company.
Jeff, her so-called genius older brother, doesn’t have it together, either. Creative, and loyal, he’s also aimless in work and love. But his new girlfriend, Kim, a pretty waitress in her twenties, appears smitten.
When Theresa agrees to dog-sit Kim’s puggle for a weekend, she has no idea that it is the beginning of a terrifying nightmare that will shatter her quiet world. Soon, Kim’s body will be found in the woods, and Jeff will become the prime suspect.
Though the evidence is overwhelming, Theresa knows that her brother is not a cold-blooded murderer. But to clear him she must find out more about Kim. Investigating the dead woman’s past, Theresa uncovers a treacherous secret involving politics, murder, and scandal—and becomes entangled in a potentially dangerous romance. But the deeper she falls into this troubling case, the more it becomes clear that, in trying to save her brother’s life, she may be sacrificing her own.
Friday, August 8, 2014
GetFisk - Pirate Lair
GetFisk: Pirate Lair (with video) [Kindle Edition with Audio/Video]
File Size: 38703 KBPrint Length: 160 pages
Publisher: Potboiler (April 8, 2014)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Idgie Says:
And how fun does THIS look!?!?! I love to keep little short stories on my phone for those rare times I don't have a book in hand and have 5 extra minutes. The stories also come with bonus animated graphics - what's not to like? It's a very pulp fiction type writing style (no, not the graphically violent movie!) Not classic literature, but when you're settling down for the night and want 5 minutes of reading, or are stuck waiting in the coffee line, airport, doctor's office... anywhere - this is perfect light reading to pass the time and keep you entertained.
I have Pirate Lair on my phone and read one chapter over morning coffee today... perfect!
Excerpt link below!
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MOBILE APPS MEETS THE NOVELLA
IN NEW ELECTRONIC ADVENTURE SERIES
Some of the world's greatest adventure stories,
from the likes of Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Herman Melville, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen King and Michael Chabon have
been written as serials. Now the genre gets even more exciting with
adrenaline-pumping serials created for the digital age.
Combining the adrenaline rush of the thriller, the visual punch of the
graphic novel and the portable technology of the smart phone or tablet,
GETFISK is the cutting-edge, fast-paced entertainment for the
millennium, designed to be read on-the-go. Created by Potboiler LLC,
these mobile device suspense serials take readers where no eBook has
gone before—to the edge of their seats through combining
a traditional book format with elements from graphic novels, pulp
fiction, and anime (the great art form and storytelling of Japanese
animation).
No publisher has turned up the volume in the way Potboiler has by
delivering espionage thrills in bite-sized chunks—20,000-word novellas
with topics as current as the daily news. These novellas, released in
daily chapters and monthly episodes, center on a mysterious
figure known only as “Fisk” and his colleagues—special operative Carlos
Madrid, actress Tarita Lee and United Nations Deputy Secretary General,
Dr. Mai Lindstrom. Stories include:
·
PIRATE LAIR: An adventure on the high-seas when one of
Fisk's oil tankers is hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia. To find
the pirates and the missing tanker, he sends Tarita and Carlos into
pirate-infested waters as bait in a dangerous game.
·
MIDNIGHT IN JUAREZ: Fisk
gets caught in a hair-raising thriller when his operations in Mexico
are being threatened by drug cartel warfare. He sends Carlos and Tarita
to find the mysterious cartel boss named Paco Fuentes, who may or may
not be Carlos'
half-brother.
· JAVA JACKAL (Coming this summer): A mysterious and
legendary revolutionary is operating in Indonesia as a Muslim holy man.
Fisk sends Tarita to Bali under the guise of shooting a new blockbuster
film, but in reality to take on the insurgent
Imam, if they can find him.
The creative minds behind this publishing
game-changer are former Google manager Jeff Gillis and publishing
strategist Lynden Gillis, who bring together highly accomplished
artists, writers, editors and designers to create this bold,
new digital publishing vision.
Published in partnership with the digital publishing and distribution platform Vook, Potboiler accesses industry-leading
technology to design and quickly produce
their original ebooks and distribute them through Amazon, iBooks,
Barnes & Noble, and anywhere e-books are sold. Single chapters of
each novella can be viewed daily on
www.GetFisk.com during the first month of that novella’s release.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
A Pinch of Ooh La La
Not a review - but a shout out for an interesting looking book for that escapist read we all need now and again. Love, friends and family issues that need sorting out. Out August 5th, published by NAL
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To get to happily ever after,
sometimes you need to start from scratch…
Abbey Ross, who runs her own bakery in Oakland, California, is known for her visually stunning wedding cakes. But lately, Abbey’s own love life has become rather stale. According to her best friend, Bendrix, Abbey’s not the spontaneous young woman she was when they were teenagers listening to the Cure and creating attention-grabbing graffiti. Of course, her failed relationship with a womanizing art forger might have something to do with that. Nevertheless, it’s time for Abbey to step out of the kitchen—and her comfort zone—and Bendrix has even handpicked a man for her to date.
Samuel Howard is everything Abbey’s dreamed of: handsome, successful, and—most important of all—looking to raise a family. But a creamy icing might be needed to hide a problem or two. When Samuel complains about disrespect for the institution of marriage, Abbey’s reminded of her nontraditional family, with thirteen children from various mothers. And when Samuel rails about kids having kids, Abbey can’t help but think of her twenty-year-old sister who’s recently revealed her pregnancy.
Soon Abbey is facing one disaster after another and struggling to make sense of it all. Her search for love has led her down a bitter path, but with the help of her unique family and unwavering friends, she just might find the ooh la la that makes life sweet.
Read the beginning of A Pinch of Ooh La La
Poems of the American South
**Not a review. The Dew isn't reviewing this
book, but knows there will be readers interested in it so I'm sharing
regardless! There are poems in here dating back 200 years. Poetry and history lovers will find a fine combination in this book**
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Poems of the American South
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Poems of the American South
(Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
Hardcover
– August 5, 2014
by
David Biespiel
(Editor)
This one-of-a-kind collection of poems about the American South ranges over four centuries of its dramatic history.
The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South, is richly varied and historically vibrant. No other region of the United States has been as mythologized as the South, nor contained as many fascinating, beguiling, and sometimes infuriating contradictions. Poems of the American South includes poems both by Southerners and by famous observers of the South who hailed from elsewhere. These range from Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Francis Scott Key through Langston Hughes, Robert Penn Warren, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, James Dickey, and Donald Justice, and include a host of living poets as well: Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, Sandra Cisneros, Yusef Komunyakaa, Naomi Shihab Nye, C. D. Wright, Natasha Trethewey, and many more. Organized thematically, the anthology places poems from past centuries in fruitful dialogue with a diverse array of modern voices who are redefining the South with a verve that is reinvigorating American poetry as a whole.
The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South, is richly varied and historically vibrant. No other region of the United States has been as mythologized as the South, nor contained as many fascinating, beguiling, and sometimes infuriating contradictions. Poems of the American South includes poems both by Southerners and by famous observers of the South who hailed from elsewhere. These range from Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Francis Scott Key through Langston Hughes, Robert Penn Warren, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, James Dickey, and Donald Justice, and include a host of living poets as well: Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, Sandra Cisneros, Yusef Komunyakaa, Naomi Shihab Nye, C. D. Wright, Natasha Trethewey, and many more. Organized thematically, the anthology places poems from past centuries in fruitful dialogue with a diverse array of modern voices who are redefining the South with a verve that is reinvigorating American poetry as a whole.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Three Dragons Doomed
The Dew has reviewed several of the books in this series and thought you might be interested to know there's a new book out!
THREE DRAGONS DOOMED
The unique double sequel to Three Days Dead and Three Devils Dancing!
Gatlinburg, Tennessee – Donald Youngblood is back. Once again, the hard-nosed
East Tennessee private investigator proves he is more about justice and fair play than the law. In his latest adventure, Don, “Blood” to his close friends, continues to find trouble as he juggles two cases, one that threatens to get him killed.
Following Three
Deuces Down, Three
Days Dead, Three Devils Dancing and Three Deadly
Drops, the fifth Donald Youngblood Mystery stretches Youngblood’s
abilities on both his professional and personal sides. Three Dragons Doomed is a not-to-be missed tale of revenge and discovery.
Somewhere outside the small town of Saddle Boot, West Virginia a bulldozer uncovers a
long-buried body. Only four living people know it’s the body of drifter Johnny Cross. But Johnny Cross was not who he
appeared to be.
In the early morning hours a few days later, in Mountain Center, Tennessee, a body is dumped in a downtown back alley, a young female dead less than twenty four hours. Over the
next few weeks two more dead females turn up in East Tennessee. A serial killer with an unusual signature is on the loose.
The only thing that connects these events is Private Investigator, Donald Youngblood.
Youngblood knows the identity of the dead body in West Virginia. Furthermore, the dead girls dumped in East Tennessee are a personal message to him from a disturbed serial killer. A new and deadly game has
begun.
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Keith Donnelly spent years in the New York City publishing world before returning to his
East Tennessee roots. In 2009 he retired to write full time. Keith and his wife, Tessa, divide
their time between Gatlinburg, TN; Salt Lake City, UT and Singer Island, FL. Donnelly is currently working on the sixth book in the Donald Youngblood Mystery Series.
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