Synopsis: Taken from Publisher’s Website “In New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott’s latest novel of riveting psychological suspense, an uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands’ deadly and dangerous secrets—as they try to protect their own. Henry North is a down-on-his-luck cybersecurity expert from New Orleans. Adam Zhang is the cofounder of one…
Author: fantastyfreak
Review of “Bad Moon Rising” by John Galligan
Synopsis: “A record heat wave suffocates remote rural Wisconsin as the local sheriff tracks down a killer hidden in the depths of the community in this atmospheric, race-to-the-finish mystery by the acclaimed author of theBad Axe County series. Sheriff Heidi Kick has a dead body on her hands, a homeless young man last seen alive…
Review of 2021 Edelweiss BookFest- False Advertising (Maybe?) & Missed Opportunities for Book Bloggers (Especially New Bloggers)
Once BEA offered the opportunity for seasoned book bloggers, but more important, new book bloggers the chance to experience an industry they’ve fostered a lifelong love for, engage with other bloggers and professionals in the industry, and also view (and read) titles to consider from many publishing company’s own roster of books set for release…
Review of “The Hollywood Spiral,” by: Paul Neilan
Synopsis: “In the near future, after the internet grinds to a halt amid a wave of cyber-attacks, a company named Zodiac steps in to replace it with an evolved, augmented-reality version called the Grid..Harrigan, a hard-drinking private detective living as off-Grid as possible, is about to be evicted from his apartment when a stranger shows…
Review of “The Cave Dwellers,” by: Christina McDowell
“A compulsively readable novel in the vein of The Bonfire of the Vanities–by way of The Nest–about what Washington, DC’s high society members do away from the Capitol building and behind the closed doors of their stately homes.They are the families considered worthy of a listing in the exclusive Green Book–a discriminative diary created by the niece of…
Review of “Echo Wife” by Sarah Gailey
Synopsis: Taken from Macmillian’s Website “I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married. It took me so long to hate him. Martine is a genetically…
Review of “Project Hail Mary” by: Andy Weir #BibliophilesReverieReturns
Synopsis: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s…
Review of Ronlyn Domingue’s “The Plague Diaries” Last Bibliophile’s Reverie Book Review
Right around the time when my blog was more than just a past-time, or needed respite, from a busy lifestyle, Ronlyn Domingue’s The Mapmaker’s War came into my life in serendipitous fashion. It was just around a certain time in my life where I was desperate to read a fantasy book…
Coven Interview with Anne Rice.
Be sure to click the above link to be directed to Barnes and Noble’s website, to order a copy of Anne Rice’s upcoming Vampire Chronicles installment Blood Communion, being released October 2nd, 2018 Anne Rice and I had a wonderful conversation; topic ranging from future works, the inimitable range and prescient quality of Charles Dicken’s…
Non-Spoiler Review of Anne Rice’s “Blood Communion”
Be sure to click the above link to be directed to Barnes and Noble’s website, in order to pre-order a signed copy of Anne Rice’s upcoming Vampire Chronicles installment Blood Communion, being released October 2nd, 2018 There’s a good reason for Anne Rice remaining tight-lipped about this newest installment in the much-beloved Vampire Chronicles. It is being done…
Mon Dieu Monday: Anne Rice’s “Blood Communion” Advance Reader Copy Giveaway
Enter to possibly win one of 14 signed early advance reader copies of Anne Rice’s “Blood Communion,” the upcoming new installment in the ongoing Vampire Chronicles series
Bibliophile’s Farewell: Anne Rice’s “Blood Communion”/An End to an Era
Be sure to click the above link to be directed to Barnes and Noble’s website, in order to pre-order a signed copy of Anne Rice’s upcoming Vampire Chronicles installment Blood Communion, being released October 2nd, 2018 Writing a farewell post is extremely difficult, something I’ve purposely held off now for a score of months. I admittedly do…
