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Kaine's Sanction— Shattered Empire, by DM Pruden; a brief review
While I love space operas and am willing to try new authors, especially indie efforts, this opening novel didn’t make me want to download books 2 and 3 in the series. Not yet, anyway. The main character introduced in the exposition doesn’t help the reader come to love the hero, as he seems to be an entitled cad. In the opening chapters, the plot moves Kaine from the academy to his Admiral…
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Freedom of a Highlander by Katy Baker—a brief review
I’ve long loved time travel romances. Honestly, I don’t know why, I just do. The usual version of these involves a feisty heroine who somehow ends up in a different era, with different morals, mores, and even food that is unfamiliar. Sometimes it works in reverse, and the time traveler is the hero, who must rely on a modern woman to assist him as he navigates the unfamiliar setting. Regardless,…
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Poverty while not poor at all
On Tuesday, I became poor. How? Why? This tale actually began a couple of weeks before Tuesday. While paying my monthly credit card bills, I mistakenly sent $35.16 to Chase instead of Citibank. On Monday, I got an email telling me to log onto my Sears/Citibank account because the payment was past due. Okay, I did that, and saw a balance due of $101.32. I knew that the only thing ever charged on…
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Streaming without a subscription
Streaming without a subscription
Sorry for the long hiatus. No excuses, I just haven’t been writing much lately. I have, however, been putting in more time in front of the bigger screen, so let me spend a while on that topic. Like many of you, I have enjoyed streaming services for a long time now. Hubby and I abandoned “cable” and then “satellite” television services roughly a decade back. Our initial service was Netflix, and…
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Rancher to the Rescue by Barb Han— a brief review
Rancher to the Rescue by Barb Han— a brief review
There’s no new thing under the sun, according to the teacher in Ecclesiastes, and when I read Barb Han’s romantic suspense novel, Rancher to the Rescue, I didn’t find that much novel about it. Take a pinch of “love at first sight,” then a dab of paternal instinct, add a smidge of amnesia, and mix in some bad boy from a past relationship along with a bit of “who is gonna inherit now that grandpa…
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Rocky Ground by Kaylea Cross— a brief review
Rocky Ground by Kaylea Cross— a brief review
Tiana Fitzgerald, the central character in Rocky Ground, tersely summarizes her poor taste in men in the first paragraph of the book. Her first husband fathered her child, Ella, then abandoned them. The second husband was a pedophile who molested her daughter. This novel is part of a series set in a fictional town along the coast, Crimson Point, and Tiana lives in a rental house there, with her…
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The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel—a brief review and commentary
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel—a brief review and commentary
“The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil.” I seldom write reviews of best selling fiction because everyone else does it. Indeed, as I write this, Goodreads has over 5k reviews for The Book of Lost Names (and more than 43K ratings.) And, yep, it got a lot of five star reviews, which are indeed well deserved.…
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Challenger—The Final Flight, a brief review of the Netflix series
Challenger—The Final Flight, a brief review of the Netflix series
June Scobee Rogers Challenger—The Final Flight is an amazing documentary which does far more than tell the tale of the final, fatal launch of the space shuttle Challenger. In this documentary, many people speak, as the engineers, managers, family members, and even a few other astronauts are still alive and can give their accounts. Americans remember the accident, as it was a national tragedy, in…
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Chameleon, by Cara Bristol—a brief review and commentary
Chameleon, by Cara Bristol—a brief review and commentary
The author’s blurb begins thusly: When you wish upon a falling star, er, UFO… Pretty good line, huh? The main characters in this science fiction romance include Kevanne Girardi, a young widow who has recently purchased a four wheeler to do chores on her newish lavender farm, sees a meteorite and decides to check it out. Not seeing much, she soon is back home dealing with all sorts of…
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Beginnings of Love, set of romances by Erin Wright
Beginnings of Love, set of romances by Erin Wright
Beginnings of Love is an eBook boxset which is comprised of the first two books in the Long Valley series. These are what I’d term contemporary western romances, and I liked both of them. Book one is Accounting for Love, which alternates point of view characters Stetson (yes, like the hat) Miller, a farmer who can’t make his payment on his farm, and Jennifer Kendall, a rookie accountant sent out…
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Daybreak (Girl From the Stars Book 1) review
Daybreak (Girl From the Stars Book 1) review
This eBook from 2015 is apparently self-published, as the author Cheree Alsop is also listed as the publisher. According to her bio, Alsop has published 40 books, plays bass in a band, and likes riding motorcycles. Dang! I wish I had time to write and publish 40 books, rear children, keep a hubby happy, and ride motorcycles. Daybreak is not a bad read, but as some other reviewers mentioned, it…
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Rafe by Kathy Ivan– a brief review
Rafe by Kathy Ivan– a brief review
A Contemporary Western Nowadays, romances seem to come in flavors, and my two faves are sci fi romance and contemporary western romance. One look at the cover art, and it is quite obvious that my latest romance fits into the western sub-genre. Point of view character Tessa is a schoolteacher taking over in mid stream, as well as escaping a smothering former male companion. We used to call those…
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The Queen's Gambit— a quick review
The Queen’s Gambit— a quick review
Every time we think about canceling Netflix, a new show comes along that makes it a sound investment. The new mini series, The Queen’s Gambit, is such a show. There’s much to like about this television version of the novel by Walter Tevis. This is a complex story, set in the 1950s and 60s, but it is never-the-less easy on the eyes, due to excellent writing and direction. Beth Harmon is…
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A "Made in the USA" find at Walmart
A “Made in the USA” find at Walmart
This is gonna sound so trivial. And it is. But, a friend was lamenting that finding good pencils is a chore these days. She’s homeschooling a two offspring, and as they are young they tend to break pencil points, which is a pain if the lead is so loose in the fake wood that it rattles around instead of lasting under the pressure of little ones. Worse, it is darned near impossible to sharpen one…
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Away, Netflix series, review and commentary
Away, Netflix series, review and commentary
Away is already an “orphan”
Science fiction comes in lots of flavors, i.e. sub-genres, these days. Away, a series on Netflix, is in the “near future” category, like Gravity or The Martianwhich were both successful films, although very different in tone. Since the fizzling out of manned missions to the moon, Mars has generally been the next goal, and Away takes the viewers there, along with an…
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Twin Passions— a brief review and commentary
Twin Passions— a brief review and commentary
Recently, I was offered a “box set” of romances by Miriam Minger, called Captive Brides, at a discounted price. Okay, the whole “captive bride” plot sounds a bit like an 80s thing, but I am getting old and flat out tired of woman centric stories, so I bought the set. Thus far, I have only read the first book, Twin Passions, but I rather liked it. Here’s the book blurb: “Beautiful, feminine…
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Ignited by Kaylea Cross—brief review and commentary
Ignited by Kaylea Cross—brief review and commentary
This book is the first in a series by Kaylea Cross, and while it was published in 2013, the plot line is still fairly contemporary. Fans of Suzanne Brockman’s Navy Seal series (yea!) should like this novel. Although there is some exposition for other novels in the series, it is not so overdone that this book can’t be read as a stand alone.
Basically, Hunter Phillips, former Navy Seal and current…
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