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I started reading apocalyptic fiction at a very young age. I have to admit that it had its effect on me: I like to be prepared. Add in some real life experience with blizzards and power outages. The result: a tendency to stockpile certain things. Now, don’t get me wrong – I don’t buy things that [...] Every so often, if you’re lucky, you come across a book that reminds you of everything you love about reading science fiction—and why you started reading it in the first place. Broken is one of those books. It has all these delicious elements: A dystopian world set in the future. A superhero who has lost her [...] As a long time fan of authors like Robin Cook and Michael Crichton, I LOVE medical thrillers. The more viruses, bacteria, plagues, and epidemics, the better, at least as far as I am concerned. Just mention etiological agents and I get really interested. So, I started reading The Patron Saint of Plagues with a lot of [...] Three Days to Dead It was one of those strange things: I saw this ad for Kelly Meding’s Three Days to Dead and I swear my spidey-sense started tingling. I just knew that this book was going to be great and that she was going to be an author who was really going to go places. Then [...] J.L. Bourne’s Day by Day Armageddon is a interesting book that tells the story of the zombie apocalypse from the point of view of a military officer who is struggling to survive it. The novel originally began as a series of blog entries by the author that gained quite an audience on the web. The book [...] The Demon Hunters This is the second volume in Linda Welch’s Whisperings series. And, believe it or not, as good as Along Came a Demon was, this sequel is even better. In The Demon Hunters, Tiff Banks has made some major changes in her life, including starting a new detective agency with her partner, Royal. But as [...] I accidentally found a sample chapter of this book by Linda Welch on the Internet. Just a couple of paragraphs in, I was so hooked, I picked up my Kindle and downloaded it. Yeah, it’s that good. The protagonist, Tiff, is a character who is easy to relate to. She has a job that doesn’t allow her to be herself. She [...] Heat Wave This book is a tie-in to the ABC television series Castle. The supposed “author” of this book is the lead character in the series, a writer. Interestingly, the book itself is playing a role in this season’s episodes. First, let me start by saying that I am a HUGE fan of the TV series. I [...] Peace, Love and Murder As a long time fan of mysteries, there are a few things that are important to me when I read one. First, I want original characters that I can care about who are also realistic and believable. I want a storyline that is keeps both the action and the suspense going. [...] |
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