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Review 158: Hit List by Darcia Helle

Review 158: Hit List by Darcia Helle

By LK Gardner-Griffie on July 29, 2010

What would you do if you came to visit your mother one day and found her huddled in the closet, rocking back and forth, clutching a baby blanket tightly in her hand? And how does the confused and fearful woman connect to a mafia like-gang, drugs, a baby ring, sleezy cops, and an unknown assasin?

Posted in LK Gardner-Griffie, Mystery/Suspense | Tagged book review, Darica Helle, delusions, Hit List, mystery, psychosis, romance, suspense, underworld | 2 Responses

Review 150: Minus the Imple by Robert Chandler

Review 150: Minus the Imple by Robert Chandler

By Dan Marvin on June 6, 2010

After I had finished reviewing I Miss Your Purple Hair (Review 136), Robert Chandler offered to send me Minus the Imple.

Posted in Dan Marvin, Mainstream/Nostalgia | Tagged book review, empath, fictionalized autobiography, i miss your purple hair, Minus the Imple, robert chandler, telepathy | Leave a response

Review 149: Eye of the Witch by Dana Donovan

Review 149: Eye of the Witch by Dana Donovan

By LK Gardner-Griffie on May 21, 2010

A phone rings in the middle of the night, and former police detective Tony Marcella know who will be on the other end. His friend and partner for thirty years on the force, Carlos Rodriguez, is calling Tony because he has a case, that isn’t a case and needs his former partner’s help.

Posted in Horror/Supernatural, Mystery/Suspense | Tagged bilocation, book review, dana donovan, eye of the witch, murder mystery, mystery, paranormal, paranormal mystery, witches | 2 Responses

Review 145: Sewing a Friendship by Natalie Tinti

Review 145: Sewing a Friendship by Natalie Tinti

By LK Gardner-Griffie on April 29, 2010

This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at UCLA. This particular event is awe inspiring as an author to see the number of people all excited about books.

Posted in Childrens | Tagged book review, children's book, Fiction, friendship, illustrated book, LK Gardner-Griffie, Natalie Tinti, readers favorite | 4 Responses

Nevada Book Review Seeking Books

Nevada Book Review Seeking Books

By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 13, 2009

Periodically we learn of other review opportunities and like to share them because every book needs more than one review.

Posted in Announcements, LK Gardner-Griffie | Tagged book review, LeRue Review, magazine | 1 Response

Review 105: The Demon Hunters by Linda Welch

Review 105: The Demon Hunters by Linda Welch

By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 21, 2009

We first met Tiff Banks in review 70 of Along Came a Demon. During the course of the first book, Tiff Banks is established as a person with the ability to talk with ghosts, who are referred to as shades. Tiff used her gift to assist the Clarion Police Department with murder investigations.

Posted in Horror/Supernatural, Kindle, Linda Welch, LK Gardner-Griffie, Mystery/Suspense | Tagged book review, demons, ghosts, Linda Welch, LK Gardner-Griffie, ll book review, mystery, supernatural, The Demon Hunters, Whisperings | 5 Responses

Review 92: The Simplest of Acts by Melanie Haney

Review 92: The Simplest of Acts by Melanie Haney

By LK Gardner-Griffie on July 3, 2009

The Simplest of Acts: And Other Stories is a short collection of short stories. In only 102 pages, Melanie Haney manages to take us into the hearts and lives of eleven separate individuals.

Posted in Anthology, LK Gardner-Griffie, Relationships/Women's Lit | Tagged book review, grief, LK Gardner-Griffie, loss, melanie haney, short story collection, the simplest of acts | 3 Responses

Review 87: The Frog Books of Joshua Smith

Review 87: The Frog Books of Joshua Smith

By LK Gardner-Griffie on June 20, 2009

Here at the LL Book Review, we have reviewed a wide variety of books in a little over a year. Fiction, non-fiction, children’s and young adult, memoirs, and mysteries, to philosophical tomes that give us a new way of thinking. One thing all of the books reviewed have in common is they are all written by authors who believe in their work enough to pursue the hard road of self-publishing.

Posted in Childrens, LK Gardner-Griffie | Tagged book review, childrens books, frog books, Joshua Smith, LK Gardner-Griffie, lulu.com, misfit mccabe, POD | 1 Response

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 85: Tilbee Toadlet’s Trip to Town by P. J. Cowan

Review 85: Tilbee Toadlet’s Trip to Town by P. J. Cowan

By LK Gardner-Griffie on June 11, 2009

We first encountered the delightful writing of P.J. Cowan in March with the review of Michael O’Brien and the Magic Hat. I was pleased to be able to request another book from Ms. Cowan and asked for her selection. Tilbee Toadlet’s Trip to Town was the book she sent stating it is one of her personal favorites. I always enjoy a chance to read an author’s favorite work, and I certainly was not disappointed.

Posted in Childrens, LK Gardner-Griffie | Tagged amphibians, book review, children’s book, LK Gardner-Griffie, lulu book review, mike motz, MikeMotz.com, misfit mccabe, p.j. cowan, Tilbee Toadlet’s Trip to Town | 1 Response

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