Joseph Rinaldo's Blog, page 3
November 13, 2012
Read Linda Leander's terrific blog interview with me at h...
Read Linda Leander's terrific blog interview with me at http://wp.me/p2P8Ef-3S. She has not only picked my brain about how I write, she has given me the opportunity to offer readers a "special"; you'll have to go to the blog post to find out what it is. Check it out!
October 16, 2012
A MORMON MASSACREMormonism: legitimate churc...
A MORMON MASSACREMormonism: legitimate church or dangerous cult? A MORMON MASSACRE (a novel). For your free copy, rinald47@hotmail.com.
October 1, 2012
A MORMON MASSACRE - Amazon Reviewers LOVE It!
Here's the latest awesome review (by Dixie Miller Goode) of my new novel release, A Mormon Massacre, now available on Amazon in Kindle or paperback format!
Spying on the Temple By Pandorasecho "Dixie"
"Because I had previously read and reviewed one of Joseph Rinaldo's novels, "Hazardous Choices," he offered me a kindle copy of this one to read. I was hesitant, not because I didn't think I would enjoy the book, but because I have a lot of friends who are Mormon and I knew that any favorable review of a book called "A Mormon Massacre" would possibly offend my friends. Still, I loved Mr. Rinaldo's writing and I agreed to read it, but did not promise a review.
This book starts with a well researched, historical massacre of everyone but the very youngest children in a large wagon train, at Mountain Meadows, Utah. This happened as the country was entering the turmoil of the civil war era and ended up not being investigated as completely as it might have at another time in history. The fictional novel itself deals with a young man entering a Mormon group as an inserted "spy" in the modern world. There is a connection to the massacre, but the real story is what is happening deep within the highest, most secret groups in the inner temples of modern Salt Lake City and in an empty barn where a secret army demands blood atonement from heretics and unfaithful women.
I loved the intensity of this novel, and the well written story carried me along so that I avoided a few other books I already had started in favor of finding out what would happen next here. I know my Mormon friends would not love this book, but in all honesty, Mr. Rinaldo creates modern Mormons who are realistic and multi-dimensional. He clearly shows the kindness and concern and humanity of most of the members, while also showing the manipulation and insanity in his villain. Of course his villain, a fictional person, happens to be the head of the Mormon Church. His insanity is complete but it progresses along such a natural path that he pulls his followers along that road much farther than they would have ever expected to go.
What I love most about this novel is the characters within it. Each is so complete and well crafted that it becomes hard to believe they are fictional characters. I had to care about them, and love them or hate them. There was no way to put down this book and stop reading once I had entered its pages."
I am so proud of my new book, and I would like to offer my blog readers the opportunity to read and review it. Just post a comment here, and I will be in touch!
THANKS, Dixie!
September 13, 2012
A MORMON MASSACRE - ANOTHER 5-STAR REVIEW!
A MORMON MASSACRE - ANOTHER 5-STAR REVIEW!
I am so very proud to announce another five-star review for A Mormon Massacre, my newest and most controversial novel! Elliot Malach says, "...high intensity...it would make a great movie." Linda Baumann calls it "Riveting and Shocking!", and Steve Lionel says "Entrancing characters, thought-provoking plot, skillfully told." Don't miss this great read at http://www.amazon.com/A-Mormon-Massacre-Joseph-Rinaldo/dp/1477505911/
August 14, 2012
COURTING CONTROVERSY!The release of my new novel, A Mormo...
COURTING CONTROVERSY!
The release of my new novel, A Mormon Massacre, has created quite a controversy. Some believe I am trying to destroy the Mormon Church, some believe I am trying to take advantage of the upcoming election by releasing it now (DUH!), and some think I am just a crackpot who likes rant. What do you think? Read A Mormon Massacre, now available on Amazon, and make up your own mind! http://www.amazon.com/A-MORMON-MASSAC...
August 6, 2012
Seeking Reviews for A MORMON MASSACRE!
A MORMON MASSACRE has just been released on Amazon, and I am seeking reviewers who would like to receive a free review copy (digital). If interested, please comment here, and I will contact you immediately! Thanks, friends. Here is a blurb about the novel:
A Mormon militia slaughtered a wagon train of 150 Arkansas emigrants in Utah Territory in 1857. This ranked as the largest mass killing of Americans by Americans until the Oklahoma City bombing, excluding the Civil War. When the bodies were accidentally uncovered in 1999, Mike Leavitt, the Governor of Utah and allegedly a direct descendant of an 1857 militiaman, ordered them re-buried. Jeremiah, in present-day Nashville, decides to go undercover and see what else the Mormons are hiding in my new novel, A Mormon Massacre , available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/A-MORMON-MASSACRE-ebook/dp/B008R26S18 .
July 31, 2012
A MORMON MASSACRE available on Amazon!
A Mormon militia slaughtered a wagon train of 150 Arkansas emigrants in Utah Territory in 1857. This ranked as the largest mass killing of Americans by Americans until the Oklahoma City bombing, excluding the Civil War. When the bodies were accidentally uncovered in 1999, Mike Leavitt, the Governor of Utah and allegedly a direct descendant of an 1857 militiaman, ordered them re-buried. Jeremiah, in present-day Nashville, decides to go undercover and see what else the Mormons are hiding in my new novel, A Mormon Massacre , available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/A-MORMON-MASSACRE-ebook/dp/B008R26S18 .
July 30, 2012
Seeking Book Reviewers
Seeking pre-release reviewers for my new novel on Amazon, A MORMON MASSACRE. Please message me. Here is a blurb about the book:
This modern-day novel is based on the actual massacre of innocent Americans by Mormon zealots in the Utah Territory in September of 1857. In present-day Nashville, Tennessee, Jeremiah grows up with a prejudice against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the murders in 1857 of his ancestors at Mountain Meadows. Until the 1995 Oklahoma City attack, this was the most deadly act of terrorism against US citizens.
Jeremiah’s hatred multiplies when his father, Luke, informs him that his mother suffered abuse at the hands of her Mormon husband in a previous marriage. Due to his father’s association with the Mormon Victim’s Action Committee, Jeremiah gets an opportunity to expose the current wide-spread and Church-accepted practice of abusing women. With his father’s encouragement and the knowledge of his mother’s horrific experience, Jeremiah accepts M-VAC’s offer to train and insert him into an LDS community in hopes of collecting evidence to prosecute the abusers.
Jeremiah’s objective broadens when he sees all the atrocities committed by Mormon zealots. Now he wants to expose the entire Church as a violent and dangerous fraud.
July 23, 2012
Great Review for HAZARDOUS CHOICES!
SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTIONEnjoy the absolutely wonderful review by Norma Budden for my book Hazardous Choices at http://bookreviews.normabudden.com/2012/07/18/joseph-rinaldo/. Thank you, Norma!
June 7, 2012
SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTIONA SPY AT HOME is now available in...
SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTIONA SPY AT HOME is now available in paperback on Amazon! Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/Spy-At-Home-Joseph-Rinaldo/dp/1475122594/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339084663&sr=8-1 , and while you're browsing, watch the YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi9Fw74llNA .
I would love any comments you may have on the YT video; there's been some discussion that it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long for a promotion. Apparently, some people think that Americans have the attention span of a gnat. What do you think?
