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Review 221: Born To Be A Dragon by Eisley Jacobs

Review 221: Born To Be A Dragon by Eisley Jacobs

By LK Gardner-Griffie on July 19, 2011

It’s not often I have the pleasure of reviewing a book prior to release, so I’m especially honored to have the opportunity to review Born To Be A Dragon the day before it launches.

Posted in Action/Adventure, LK Gardner-Griffie, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged Action, adventure, Born To Be A Dragon, dragons, Dragons Forever, Eisley Jacobs, Fiction, foster child, friendship, juvenile fiction, LK Gardner-Griffie, middle grade | 3 Responses

Review 181: The Noble Pirates by R. L. Jean

Review 181: The Noble Pirates by R. L. Jean

By Peter Hassebroek on December 16, 2010

Just as Sabrina Grainger falls off a party boat into the Caribbean in 2009, so the reader is dropped right into the action of The Noble Pirates. R. L. Jean (a.k.a. Fiction Chick) makes the reader and her protagonist fend for themselves. Much easier for the reader who is aided by the accomplished storytelling than for poor Sabrina Grainger—a mother, wife, and attorney—whose plunge sinks her nearly three centuries into the world of pirates.

Posted in Action/Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Peter Hassebroek, Reviews | Tagged adventure, book review, historical fiction | 3 Responses

Review 172: The Dead Don’t Cry by Mark Anthony Lopez

Review 172: The Dead Don’t Cry by Mark Anthony Lopez

By Peter Hassebroek on November 18, 2010

The Dead Don’t Cry. Sounds like a horror tale, perhaps set in a graveyard. The rest of the cover of Mark Anthony Lopez’s first novel proclaims it as a, “science fiction epic.” I’m not so sure about epic, but this is definitely science fiction, not horror.

Posted in Fiction, Peter Hassebroek, Reviews, Science Fiction/Fantasy | Tagged adventure, book review, Fiction, Mark Anthony Lopez, science fiction | Leave a response

Review 114: I Rode With Cullen Baker by RLB Hartmann

Review 114: I Rode With Cullen Baker by RLB Hartmann

By LK Gardner-Griffie on October 1, 2009

As I Rode with Cullen Baker opens, we are met with a scene evocative of Gone with the Wind with Tara burning in the background. Set in the South in the midst of the civil war, fifteen year old Jessica Linville watched while the Federal cavalry burned her house to the ground.

Posted in Action/Adventure, Historical, LK Gardner-Griffie, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged adventure, civil war, coming-of-age, Cullen Baker, Fiction, Historical, historical fiction, LK Gardner-Griffie, novel, outlaw, RLB Hartmann, romance, tale, texas | 3 Responses

Review 86: Pumpkin Bunch

Review 86: Pumpkin Bunch

By LK Gardner-Griffie on June 14, 2009

All of the pumpkins in Pumpkins Ville are disappearing and the pumpkin farmers are worried about not being able to support their families because unless they find the pumpkin thieves, they will have no crops for sale. Lilly overhears her father and is determined to do something to help him capture the pumpkin thieves. So, Lilly waits until her family has fallen asleep and then sneaks out of the house and goes down to the pond where the largest pumpkins are to wait for the pumpkin thieves. Her plan is to wait until they show up and then scream for her father to come and catch them.

Posted in Childrens, LK Gardner-Griffie | Tagged adventure, book review, children’s book, LK Gardner-Griffie, lulu book review, mike motz, MikeMotz.com, misfit mccabe, Peter Tucker, Pumpkin Bunch, read to me | 4 Responses

Review 84:  Trident’s Fury by Matthew Scott Baker

Review 84: Trident’s Fury by Matthew Scott Baker

By Dan Marvin on June 5, 2009

At the risk of sounding like a movie review, Trident’s Fury is an enjoyable romp. Suspend your disbelief for 335 pages and just go with the flow and you’re in for a riveting ride complete with pirates, explosions, and ancient runes to unravel. Reading the book, you’ll think you’re at the movies, watching Harrison Ford escaping time and again from avenging Nazis, bent on world domination. Only this time his name is Ethan Darringer.

Posted in Action/Adventure, Dan Marvin | Tagged Action, adventure, Indiana Jones, matthew scott baker, pirates, Treasure, trident's fury | 1 Response

Review 45: 30 ~ A Sense of Adventure and No Sense of Direction by Mark Callaghan

Review 45: 30 ~ A Sense of Adventure and No Sense of Direction by Mark Callaghan

By Shannon Yarbrough on November 21, 2008

There are two types of dreams: those so bizarre and imaginative, and so out of reach that we think of them as nothing more but dreams. These sleep stories can be a buffet for a writer. Then, there are those dreams that are within our grasp, but often we are too busy to consider reaching for them. Maybe we choose to write about them as well instead of actually attempting to achieve them. Not Mark Callaghan.

Posted in Shannon Yarbrough, Travel | Tagged 30, 30 countries, a sense of adventure, adventure, hostel living, Lulu, lulu book review, lulu.com, no sense of direction, touring the world, Travel, turning 30 | Leave a response

Review 19: Sirocco Express by Tony Judge

Review 19: Sirocco Express by Tony Judge

By Shannon Yarbrough on July 4, 2008

Traveling to foreign countries is not a pleasure I’ve ever experienced myself, but I have always enjoyed reading about it. Christopher Isherwood and his writings about many trips to a war torn Germany remain at the top of the list of some of my favorite books. I can now add author Tony Judge to that list. When I began reading Tony’s book, Sirocco Express, I was immediately captivated by the author’s use of description. Here’s the very first line of the book:

Posted in Action/Adventure, Experimental/Narrative, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged adventure, dickens, exploration, folklore, foreign countries, History, london, lulu book review, lulu book reviews, lulu.com, lulu.com author, lulu.com book, nigeria, sirocco express, tony judge, Travel | Leave a response

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