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Michael Doane’s Six Miles to Roadside Business resembles accounts of the 1960’s flower children era that I’ve read in the past. The writing has a counter-culture, hippie feel. Doane’s writing is not exactly stream of consciousness but real close in that at times it can…

A Metaphysical Journey Through The Desert: Review of Michael Doane’s Six Miles to Roadside Business

October 28, 2016

If you spent six years of your life in college in the quest to obtain an education only to find out that what you have been studying leads to the conclusion that nothing is permanent or knowable or that there is no end nor beginning,…

What Drives Us? Review of D.J. Swykert’s The Pool Boy’s Beatitude

January 16, 2016

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David Levien writes brutal, not gritty, crime fiction novels. The subject matter, unknown to the average Joe (or in my daytime world, the average juror), is not for the faint of heart. He writes of a criminal underworld each time, and he pulls no punches…

Real World Crime Fiction: Review of David Levien’s Frank Behr novels

May 3, 2015

If you liked Star Trek or Star Wars, Marko Kloos‘ series, particularly Lines of Departure, is a good companion. I previously read and reviewed Terms of Enlistment, the first book in the series. Both are militaristic dystopian novels. They are short quick reads that are…

Military Dystopian 2: Lines of Departure by Marko Kloos: A Review

April 3, 2015

For those who like a more militaristic feel to a dystopian, Marko Kloos’ Terms of Enlistment is a snappy quick read — snappy because it has a military feel about it, complete with the salutes, standing at attention, boot camp and battles — quick because…

Military Dystopian: Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos

February 15, 2015

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Meritropolis by Joel Ohman is a dystopian novel that will appear to be in the vein similar to The Hunger Games. Like most dystopian novels, including two reviewed previously in this blog, Meritropolis runs along the familiar theme of a barely-in-adulthood main character, Charley battling against an…

Meritropolis: A Review

January 15, 2015

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After a hiatus, I’m back to reviewing books I have read. Later, when I review The Secret Piano, I will elaborate what occasioned the break and why I’m back. For now, here is my review of: Blood Work. It is the 3rd book that I have read…

Michael Connelly’s Blood Work: A Review

December 18, 2014

Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence is the story of an idealistic young man who finds that he is trapped by society’s conventions (1870’s N.Y upper crust). He marries not for love but because of convention. It reminded me of Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abby except…

A Young Man’s Tale: Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence

July 9, 2014

Written by Joe Perrone, Jr., Escaping Innocence is the story of Dave, a high school graduate who is going through the growing pains associated with the flow of testosterone while in the presence of the opposite sex at times combined with the liberal imbibing of…

American Pie — Watch Out: Escaping Innonence by Joe Perone, Jr.: A Review

September 24, 2013

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