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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe - Book Review

Thanks to Stephon Alexander dumbing down many of the explanations and theories, I was able to get through this fascinating book and its explanations. Professor Alexander does an excellent job in his descriptions of physics but I didn't quite understand the connection to music. Excellent read regardless.

The Communication Room - Book Review

What would you do if you were forced by a enraged madman into a constricted room?

Fearing for his life, Leonard Ackerman is confronted with communication devices, old and new. As each phone rings, he helplessly realizes that the decisions he must make not only could save his own life could determine the future of humanity.

Author, Adam Aresty, pulls at your curiosity, drawing you more and more into the desperate room as the main character forces himself decipher the mystery of The Communication Room.

I could not put the book down. Very well written. Great ending. Five stars.

IVY'S ENVY (WANT & DECAY BOOK 1) - Book Review

I just finished reading Ivy's Envy (Want & Decay Book 1) by Latashia Figueroa and gave it
​5 out of 5 stars. 

The author innocently grabs your attention from the very beginning and then moves you along with realistic characters on this emotional rollercoaster of lust and envy. I could not put this book down until I was finished. Look out Stephen King, you've got competition. I'm anxiously waiting to read book 2.

A disturbingly Great Find

Review of FLESHLINGS

Terry Miller takes you on a creepy walk back to and from the graveyard. These stories/poems are colorfully descriptive the reader can easily understand what it means to return from the soil. One of my favorites are an excerpt from "The Withering Woman."

"My own flesh was rotting, my vanity withered.
Bugs came crawling and the worms, they did slither.
A frigid, boney hand soon crept into my own.
We rested there quiet until bone was on bone."

Overall, a very satisfying read but many of the works are very short. Terry Miller, I want to read more of your work. 

​Five out of Five stars. ​

THE HUNTED: CRYSTAL COAST SERIES BOOK TWO - BOOK REVIEW

Stevie and her gifted son have returned in this sequel to Chrissy Lessey’s “The Coven.” The powerful witch’s amulet has been stolen and is now in the hands of someone who seeks to destroy the peaceful community. Is there enough time for young Stevie to learn how powerful she really is?
 
The Hunted, the second book to the Crystal Coast Series is a well-written, fast-paced story of modern day witches filled with revenge, unexpected friendships, and exciting surprises around every turn. 

Pieces Like Pottery - Book Review

The longing to look away from Pieces Like Pottery is disturbing. This is because many of us would rather avoid the uncomfortable feelings evoked by the short stories of Dan Buri. Don’t misunderstand me, this review really is a positive appraisal of these grippingly enticing short stories of misery and regret.
 
Here are three examples:
 
Imagine trying to deal with your incapacitating grief when your dead child keeps showing signs that they might be alive.
 
What really drives a man to continue for years with his hum-drum job and routines regardless of mental and physical anguish?
 
Or how would you feel if everything wrong with your child (genetically and nurture-wise) has been deemed by society to totally be your fault as a parent?
 
Through many other unnerving themes, Pieces Like Pottery draws the reader in and makes it difficult to put the book down. Buri fills his collection of short stories with realistic characters and startlingly thought-provoking situations. A five out of five stars rating is well-deserved for excellent  story writing at its best.

Goodreads Giveaway - Castle on the Hill: Secrets

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Giveaway ends January 03, 2018.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter GiveawayEnter for a chance to win a free signed copy of
​Castle on the Hill: Secrets
​
(Begins 12/26/17)

HOW TO write an ebook - library event

Date: Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, 2:30 pm
​Program Location: Morris Park Library
Speaker: Author Lloyd A. Green
You've always felt that you had a story to tell and you want as many people as possible to read all about it. The session will give pointers on how to properly write that eBook that you've kept inside and how to promote your story so that others will know that you have a voice.
 
Part I of the session will cover creating a central theme for your story, building on characters, building a plot, tying up loose ends, unresolved issues and grammatical errors.

Part 2 will cover placing your work on a website, dealing with self-publishing companies, becoming an independent publisher and sending your work to publishing companies.
 
Lloyd A. Green, published author, will utilize his book, Castle on the Hill: Secrets, as an example for the session. ​​​ ​Morris Park Library
985 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, N. Y. 10462
718-931-0636
www.nypl.org

Children of the fleet - book review

A few years ago, I was blown away by Orson Scott Card’s classic, Ender’s Game. Since then, I’ve been in search of any book, which added life to the Enderverse and I wasn’t disappointed. Seems there are seven books in the Ender series (about the further adventures of Ender Wiggin). Then there’s five novels that make up the Shadow saga about another brilliant kid from Battle school named Bean. His stories run parallel to Ender’s and delve into Bean’s efforts to help save Earth from the aliens (or Formics) and itself. Sprinkled throughout these twelve books is the history of Ender’s and Bean’s families and how they intersect. Add to this mix, three books about the First Formic Wars (long before Ender’s birth) and a one novel (so far) about the Second Formic War. There are two more in this series that have not yet been published.
 
Reading Orson Scott Cards work is always an intellectual experience with plot twists and well-rounded character development. Needless to say, I was overjoyed when I found that Children of the Fleet was available (which is set right after the events of the original Ender’ Game).
 
I was quite excited to start reading but that was about the height of my excitement. Without hitting any spoilers, the story is about ten-year old Dabeet Ochoa who has the potential to become a great military strategist. The problem with the story begins once Dabeet is aboard the Battle Station (which is now a Fleet School for children training to be planetary explorers). At times, the characters conversations are repetitive and their thoughts are too long and drawn out. When Dabeet is faced with a particular life-and death training, a few pages are used to describe the young boy’s thoughts when a few paragraphs would have been sufficient. The bottom line is that there is so much unnecessary detail that it becomes boring.
 
Perhaps Card is simply setting the stage for this new character to begin his adventures in possible new sequels but as a stand alone novel, Children of the Fleet is disappointing. Overall, the storyline is okay but not up to the level of the other series mentioned. I give the novel three stars.

CASTLE ON THE HILL: SECRETS - GIVEAWAY

​The Kindle version of
CASTLE ON THE HILL: SECRETS
​will be available for free
​Thursday, 11/30/17 and Friday, 12/1/17.
 
Get your free copy at:
 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W65TGXO