Categoría: Review
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Featuring “The Gray Man of Smoke and Shadows (Vampire Series of Extreme Horror)” by Todd Sullivan
From the Author Giving readers what they enjoyed was a major inspiration for THE GRAY MAN OF SMOKE AND SHADOWS. In the first book in the vampire series, BUTCHERS, the narrative revolves around Sey-Mi, a newly hired vampire in an organization called the Gwanlyo. Whereas the other vampires in the…
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«Don’t You Want Somebody to Love?» (by FBC)
Somebody to Love There was a time when The United States began to hear itself differently. The old voices were still there. Presidents spoke from podiums. Generals appeared on television. Newspapers announced another escalation, another speech, another distant place whose name suddenly mattered because young men were being sent there.…
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Fang-Freakin-Tastic Reviews Reviews “Butchers” by Todd Sullivan
This is not your parent’s vampires. Actually it may be more your parent’s vampires than our vampires, since some of our vampires glitter in the sun. No shame if you like glittery vampires, I tend to go for ones that are bloody and sexy. They don’t even have to be…
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Famous Books and Authors – Jack Finney and Invasion of the Body Snatchers
A bit about Jack Finney and the film adaptions of The Body Snatchers Jack Finney only earned US$15,000 in total from the three major 20th-century film adaptions of The Body Snatchers due to early copyright sellouts and legal loopholes. While critics viewed The Body Snatchers as a deep political metaphor…
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Stranger Sights Reviews “Butchers” by Todd Sullivan
I really enjoyed this book. Right there at the start, there’s really no indication of the horrors that you’re in for. It doesn’t become apparent until you’ve read a bit that this is a story about vampires (unless you’ve already that MASSIVE GoodReads synopsis, then…you know a lot of things…
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Divination Hollow Reviews Reviews “Butchers” by Todd Sullivan
Butchers drops you into a fully developed vampiric society in South Korea…. Yes, I am on record stating that I am not a big fan of vampire fiction. That being said, the novella format, the quick chapters, Todd’s talent, and the freshness of a story in South Korea kept me…
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Famous Books and Authors – Famous American author Kurt Vonnegut and a review
A bit about Kurt Vonnegut American author, Kurt Vonnegut, is known for his blend of dark humour, science fiction, and strong anti-war messages. World War II and Dresden: Kurt Vonnegut fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was caught by the German army. He survived the Allied bombing of…
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Tattered Covers & Broken Spine Reviews “Butchers” by Todd Sullivan
Butchers is a solid read and will scratch that itch if you’re looking for something a little fresh and a little different in a vampire story. https://tatteredandbroken.com/2023/05/23/butchers Purchase Links Paperback: eBook:
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“Life is hiding amongst the coral” by Ken Tomaro
some people have seen the Taj Mahal in India, the Great Barrier Reef I have seen an owl staring me down from five feet away before it flies off from one tree to the other wild turkeys wandering in the middle of nowhere blurred cloud edges in a completely focused…
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Literary Jackpot – Fiela’s Child by Dalene Matthee, a novel set in South Africa
Hello everyone, today is the fifth Wednesday of July and I’m doing a Literary Jackpot post. Today, I am featuring a novel set in what is now known as the Western Cape of South Africa. Fiela’s Child, originally written in Afrikaans, starts of in the Knysna forest as it was…
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Famous Books and Authors – Best-selling author and Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Irving and a review
A bit about John Irving John Irving is an acclaimed, best-selling novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He is best known for his epic dark comedy novels including The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany. The following two aspects of John Irving’s life influence his writing: He…
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Literary Jackpot – Rosie’s Book Review Team and a review
Hello everyone, today is the fifth Monday of June and so it’s a Literary Jackpot post. I am taking the opportunity to introduce you to Rosie’s Book Review Team (RBRT). Rosie Amber’s blog is a platform where readers can find books by new and interesting authors to read and review…
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Famous Books and Authors – Erasmus Darwin and early theories of evolution and photosynthesis and a poem
A bit about Erasmus Darwin Erasmus Darwin was born on 12 December 1731 at Elston Hall, Nothinghamshire, England. He died on the 18th of April 1802. He was a British physician, poet, and botanist and was noted for his republican politics and early theories of evolution and photosynthesis. Erasmus Darwin…
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Review: Robbie Cheadle’s review of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: The Grapes of Wrath cover I knew about Grapes of Wrath and had read it was a masterpiece, but I only read it recently. My interest in this story was inspired by my younger son’s studies about the Great Depression in America. I also knew about the Great…
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Famous Books and Authors – Anton Chekhov stories, key facts and a review
A bit about Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwrite and short-story writer who revolutionised modern theatre and literature by focusing on ordinary every-day life rather than traditional plots. He maintained a successful career as a physician throughout his writing life, famously stating that medicine was his ‘lawful wife’…
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Kill the War: Peter Mladinic Reviews “tombboy” by Mykyta Ryzhykh
“tombboy,” a book of 46 concrete poems out of the Ukraine, is not a translation. Readers can rightfully assume English is a second language for its author, Mykyta Ryzhykh. Simply put, he is very good at it. In his book, as in books of poems written in poetic forms and…
