Wednesday, March 28, 2018

IRON WOLF BY DALE BROWN

IRON WOLF BY DALE BROWN is the 20th book in the Patrick McLanahan series and believe it or not its the first book of Mr.Browns that I have ever read!  Wow, I now know what I have been missing!  Mr.Brown, or rather Ret . Captain Dale Brown formerly of the US Air Force has written one heck of a series ! 
In IRON WOLF the main focus is on Patricks son Brad, very young but very talented pilot.  He is now gone from student to head of the Iron Wolf fighter squadron of SCION, a very high tech super secret private organization.  Hired by the Polish gov the assignment: go after the Russians who are invading Poland  under the guise of terrorist hunting.

Even the simulated dog fights and aerial combats make some really high tech very believable reading.  I do believe Captain Brown has found a new fan !  Very fast paced & high tech IRON WOLF is definitely a keeper!

I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review

Friday, March 23, 2018

NIGHTHAWK BY CLIVE CUSSLER

NIGHTHAWK BY CLIVE CUSSLER is the fourteenth in the Kurt Austin series. This time Austin and his group are helping the NSA find the Nighthawk a super secret air/spacecraft that went off course and disappeared with a very deadly cargo. 
  As always, Cussler takes you to the edge of your seat and beyond with a non stop action packed thrill ride.  I have been a huge Cussler fan for decades & he still has the knack of putting out a great read!

Monday, March 19, 2018

POINT A TO POINT B THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ACCIDENTAL UBER DRIVER IN CALIFORNIA'S WINE COUNTRY BY JAMES MACFARLANE

POINT A TO POINT B THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ACCIDENTAL UBER DRIVER IN CALIFORNIA'S WINE COUNTRY BY JAMES MACFARLANE is over two hundred pages written by a guy who is forced to leave his home & his life behind in Big Sur because of fire.  He slipped thru the cracks of state & federal assistance  & with his credit cards maxed & his car dead at a stop sign decided that Uber is the answer to his work/financial needs. 

I enjoyed reading the laugh out loud stories of Mr.Macfarlane's adventures in Uberland. The book takes the reader not only into the life of Uber drivers but it gives you a chance to see parts of California citizens that is not mentioned in daily news accounts.
 We do have Uber in our city but I have never used it. My elderly mother uses it all the time to get around and she loves it and the drivers. She is a big Uber fan & I am a big fan now of Mr.Mac farlan's and his adventures. 
If you want a very enjoyable read (maybe on your next Uber trip to and from somewhere), read POINT A TO POINT BY BY JAMES MACFARLANE!

I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for a review.

Monday, March 12, 2018

A GUIDE FOR MURDERED CHILDREN BY SARAH SPARROW

A GUIDE FOR MURDERED CHILDREN BY SARAH SPARROW I think is one of the most unusual plots for a mystery I have read in a long time! 
Imagine children who have been murdered transferred into the bodies of an adult. The children get the opportunity to "live" again in their "landlords" or host bodies to seek revenge and closure of their murdered selves.  The story focuses on two of the children , brother and sister , both murdered, both placed , if you will into the landlords of two police officers both of whom are destined to be assigned to cold case files along with recovering alcoholic, drug abuser Detective Willow Wylde.  From there we relive the lives of the children and we find out how Det Wylde places a part in this very strange train ride.

Like I said before, one of the most unusual plots for a mystery I have read in a long time! Dont let the pretty pink book cover and the unicorn & stars fool you this IS a mystery and there is a murderer out there killing children.

I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

Saturday, March 10, 2018

FATAL THRONE THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII TELL ALL BY CANDACE FLEMING

FATAL THRONE:THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII TELL ALL BY CANDACE FLEMING. If you love history then this is the book for you!  Yes, its labeled as a YA but this book was just as good at my age (no i'm not telling) .  The book is focused on the the wives of King Henry the VIII. Each with their own chapter. The authors(different authors profiled each wife) took and immersed themselves into the lives of Henry's wives. The brought out the best and the worst of their personalities that puts the reader right back into time and it was like listening to the women tell their own stories.  I was so captivated by these women and couldnt wait to read more about them.  One way or another these women were all cursed to live very short lives and very heartbreaking lives. All the women wanted was to bear Henry a son and to love a man who with the exception of one or two of the wives did not love back.  A very well written book I really wished it didnt have to be so sad.
I received this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

BALLISTIC (GRAY MAN #3) BY MARK GREANEY

BALLISTIC (GRAY MAN #3 ) BY MARK GREANEY is of course,the third in the Gray Man series. This time Court, after escaping with his life, leaves the Amazon jungle, crocks & a group of assassins on his heels, lands himself in drug country, Mexico, where he learns that a DEA agent to whom he is good friends is murdered by a notorious drug lord. Court gets himself in hot water not only with locals who work for the drug lord but the drug lord himself & since Eddie Gamboa saved Courts life in the past, Court is helping the family of Eddie's not only get the justice they so desperately want but they want the want this drug lord taken out! 

The Gray man series is loaded with non stop action & it also has its very violent chapters as well. If you really love the fast paced thrillers the GRAY MAN series by MARK GREANEY is just what you want.  Me, I'm hooked on the Gray Man series and loved every single page!

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

KILLER CHOICE BY TOM HUNT

What would you do to save the one you love?  That is the question author TOM HUNT asks in KILLER CHOICE.  Would you lie, steal, cheat, or even KILL?   Mr. Hunt's character Gary Foster is faced with that question when he finds out his wife & unborn child is dying.  What would you do?  How far would you go for the person you love more than life itself?

The book starts out slow and like a roller coaster going downhill it speeds up to break neck speed for the characters.  Gary needs to come up with the money to pay for his wifes treatment and he is stuck between a rock and a hard place .
 While reading this book I kept asking myself, what would I do ? Would I do what Gary has done? Could I do it?  Not only is KILLER CHOICE  a really good read, but it made me stop and wonder, what I would do to save the love of my life!

I received this book free from goodreads in exchange for a honest review.