GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SIX:THE SPY RING THAT SAVED AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY BRYAN KILMEADE/DON YAEGER

First off,this review is not about the author Brian Kilmeade who is a Fox News person. In other words,I am critiquing the Book NOT the author as so many try to do.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SIX:THE SPY RING THAT SAVED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION should be placed into the category of historical fiction.  Yes, at the beginning and the end it says the author researched the book for years & this is an assumption of conversations.  We do NOT know the exact conversations of the people who made up the Culpers ring nor we will probably never will know but I did learn that there were men and yes a woman who risked their very lives to help win Freedom of this country and their story should be told and it was and so it is.  If you are a history junky like I am,whether you like the author or not I recommend reading this book.  It will give you an insight in how our country was won,not by guns but by spies and intelligence.  We may not like spies,but it was & is their bravery that has saved this country.

MIRACLES AND CONUNDRUMS OF THE SECONDARY PLANETS BY JACOB M APPEL

MIRACLES AND CONUNDRUMS OF THE SECONDARY PLANETS BY JACOB M APPEL is the second book of short stories I've read from this author.  I have enjoyed this one even more than the first of his works.

 In the book of short stories you meet an alien who has opened a Latvian restaurant in Birmingham Alabama and falls in love, a mother who knows her daughter is dying, as well as a multitude of characters. The topics range from abortion to cancer but awesome just the same.

  I have come to seek out Mr. Appel's work because I know that he writes a good story and touches the reader with everyone of them.

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

A IS FOR ARSENIC THE POISONS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE BY KATHERYN HARKUP

If you are a huge Agatha Christie fan this is the perfect book for your collection.  I have loved Agatha Christie mysteries for many moons and A I IS FOR ARSENIC THE POISONS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE BY KATHRYN HARKUP is a great addition to my collection.  It takes every poison Christie used ( and she used plenty. It was her favorite method of killing) and not only gives you the run down on the poison but the novel or short story it was used in.  Dont miss this one.  Its more of a reference book but as a Christie fan you will enjoy, I did

KILLING LINCOLN:THE SHOCKING ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED AMERICA FOREVER BY BILL O'REILLY

KILLING LINCOLN:THE SHOCKING ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED AMERICA FOREVER BY BILL O'REILLY takes the reader back over 150 years to be a witness to the last six weeks of Abraham Lincoln's life.  Tired and numb with the burden of Civil War and knowing that he's a target anytime anywhere we get to live that time, that life and the lives of the people who shaped our United States of America. Whether you liked Lincoln or like the author Bill O'Reilly this book opens readers to the Lincoln we thought we knew, General Grant, slothenly dressed, General Lee always impeccably dressed and of course John Wilkes Booth the arrogant, handsome actor who will go down in history as Lincoln's assassin.  As a lover of history I myself even learned some new facts from this book.  Dont NOT read it because you dont like the author, you will be doing yourself a disservice.  Read it because it is a fine work of Historical Fiction/Fact.  You will be glad you did.

OBSESSION IN DEATH BY JD ROBB

LT Eve Dallas has stood for victims countless times,but this time is different.  This time the murders are being committed by someone who kills for her! An obsessed person is killing people who have "wronged" Eve and now she has to stand for them by finding who is doing it before they decide to start killing her family and friends.  The IN DEATH series by J.D Robb has been a favorite of mine for years and OBSESSION IN DEATH is no different.  As always MS ROBB (aka Nora Roberts) has given the reader a tight plot with great characters we all know and love (esp the handsome Roarke!) and put Eve and her team in the middle of a strange situation where Eve is the key  & the answer to the solution !

THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS BY STEPHEN KING

STEPHEN KINGS THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS is more than excellent!  I am a professed Stephen King fan from many many moons  & this book is the epitome of Stephen King:  STRANGE, WEIRD, AND REALLY AND 100 % BAZAAR! Not since NIGHT SHIFT has Stephen King come out of a book of stories straight out of the realm of weird!  Some of the stories are repeats (UR) for instance but have been re written.  Some are new and gave me bad dreams!  Plain and simple folks:  Dont miss THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS BY STEPHEN KING!

A LAND DIVIDED BY K.M. ASHMAN

A LAND DIVIDED BY K.M. ASHMAN is a historical novel set in the 11th century.  As a historical novel I found it slow to start but once it got a bit of momentum it was really good.  The book doesn't hold punches in the description of the bloody times. Each king fighting for not only his territory, his castle his lands but his very life and the lives of his family and the people of the village that he rules.  Good character and plot structure I found myself transported back in time to a very brutal age and really loved it! As a historical fiction junkie I really got into the book.

I received the book from goodreads in exchange for a review.

ATLAS DIED BY MICHELLE N ONUORAH

ATLAS DIED BY MICHELLE N ONUORAH is a dystopian novel set in 2628 USA. Its a USA that we would not recognize, or would we?  All rights are abolished and minor infractions could mean being shot or sent to the Gauntlet to die.  Freedom of speech freedom of assembly freedom of religion are gone.  You either are the rich wealthy living on Atlas or you work for them working in the poorer sections of the USA. Police protect the wealthy no one else.  You, unless wealthy are forced to eat genetically modified food and paid meager wages to support the wealth.  One man Decker Channing knows this is not how the US is supposed to be because he reads history.  And after getting fired as a Police officer he's mad enough to say the time has come to change the USA back to what its supposed to be.

I found this book very dark vision of the country we ALL love & found it amazingly scary as to what possibilities our country COULD come to. I have never read any of this authors books but I think I need to start searching for more of them. My husband called it 1984 on steroids!

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