Torn From the Inside Out by Sara Niles My rating: 5 of 5 stars In “Torn From the Inside Out” Sara Niles takes the reader through the escalating cycles of abuse. Watching her grow from a lively and curious child to a tortured and demoralized wife and mother is a compelling if painful journey. This is not a book for the squeamish but it is … Continue reading “Torn From the Inside Out” Sara Niles
NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars “NYPD Red 2” by James Patterson and Marshall Karp continues following the police adventures of NYC elite squad cops Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald. Coming into an ongoing investigation of a serial killer known in the press as The Hazmat Killer they are drawn into a crisis situation. Fueled by a mayor who … Continue reading “NYPD Red #2”
It’s 2001 and Mike Dobbs is a rising star on Wall Street in New York City. Out of the blue an old girlfriend calls him on the phone and his life begins to change. Eileen Benoit and her daughter Megan are in trouble and she turns to her old friend for help. Caught in a marriage with a controlling husband she learned he had been … Continue reading The Railroad by Neil Newton
NYPD Red by James Patterson My rating: 5 of 5 stars NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall KarpNYPD Red brings together two of the biggest draws in the civilized world, New York City and the Hollywood elite. Beginning with the opening of Hollywood on the Hudson, a weeklong seduction of Hollywood moguls to consider New York as a setting for future productions, Patterson and … Continue reading “NYPD Red”
Horns by Joe Hill My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews Ignatius Perrish has a problem, but he isn’t entirely certain the problem is a bad thing. As he moves forward in his life he is constantly drawn back by memories of past experiences. Ever mourning the tragic and violent loss of the love of his life Merrin, he struggles with living … Continue reading “Horns” – Joe Hill
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Nos4A2” is the first offering I’ve read by Joe Hill. It was a shocking introduction. A fantasy horror tale it weaves the worlds of Vic McQueen into a tapestry of childhood’s growing pains with her imaginative world of escape. Following Vic as she grows from pained childhood to more pained adulthood is a marvelous journey … Continue reading NOS4a2
Every once in a while I see something that leaves me speechless. If you know me at all you can appreciate how rare those occasions are. Today’s Huffington Post Weird News had an article that has left me with my mind spinning. Apparently the city of Kawasaki Japan has a very unusual holiday which takes places on the second Sunday of each April. A little … Continue reading Japan’s Odd Festival (NSFW – Adult Content)
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Love, Marriage and Murder, are words that are normally not closely associated in the average mind, although those words become the sad reality of many relationships in which there is serious domestic violence, or violence with the threat of permanent physical harm or death. The patterns that are present in domestic homicides have been used in the past,… Continue reading Love Marriage and Murder: Domestic Violence Fatality Review Boards by Sara Niles
The National Network to End Domestic Violence has declared April as Sexual Assault Awareness month. What is sexual assault? That’s a question with many answers. Sexual violence includes rape, intimate partner violence, incest, child sexual abuse, any unwanted sexual contact, human trafficking, sexual exposure, and even voyeurism. Sexual violence is not limited to any age group and can be experienced by children, teens, adults, and … Continue reading Sexual Assault Awareness
Here it is again, April Fools Day. Undoubtedly everyone has some story about a hoax they played or a hoax played upon them on April 1st. Some pranks are truly amusing, others may not be so funny to the person pranked. Where did this “holiday” begin? Apparently this is something of a mystery and there are a variety of speculative answers. The Romans celebrated a … Continue reading April Fools’ Day
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