L.A. Starks's Blog, page 11

Newsletter Plus Giveaway

My semi-annual newsletter summarizes several of my reading recommendations from the last six months.

https://lastarksbooks.com/2022/03/19/...

Also, the Goodreads Giveaway for 20 signed copies of award-winning STRIKE PRICE is open for another few days.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Giveaway Strike Price

A Goodreads Giveaway for 20 signed copies of STRIKE PRICE has started! You can sign up here, for yourself, or maybe a copy for a friend if you've already read it.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

energy fiction and fact

Informal review! "I just started reading Strike Price, book 2 in the series, while sunning myself in Florida during my winter escape from Chicago. 13 days was great! Lynn Dayton thrillers are recommended reading for anyone interested in the oil business."

What's going on with oil, gas, your electric bill? My Seeking Alpha blog article explains it.
https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/71...

And for you who are fiction readers and/or for the readers in your lives, consider buying copies of the Lynn Dayton energy thriller series (three books so far). The books in the series are entertaining, well-reviewed and award-winning. All feature global suspense--just as we encounter daily in the energy markets. The Amazon links (books are available in print and Kindle editions) and more about the books and other places to buy them, such as Barnes and Noble, B4R bookstore, and independent bookstores generally are below.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
https://lastarksbooks.com/

Giveaway 13 Days

Enter to win one of 20 signed copies of the first in the Lynn Dayton energy thriller series, 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

4 briefly-free Kindle short stories

Between now through January 4, 2022, Kindle readers worldwide can get four L. A. Starks short stories free. For US-based readers, here is the author page link to all four: https://www.amazon.com/L-A-Starks/e/B...

We happy few

"We happy few" and "band of brothers" both come from King Henry V's speech before the battle of Agincourt (Oct 25) in Shakespeare's play, Henry V. It is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest passages about inspiration and leadership.

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,"

More here: https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/qu...

Writings on the Wall

Alexandro Botelho included the open from 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy on his show, Writings on the Wall!

https://youtu.be/bWuo00eM07E

Evergrande in fiction earlier

Shoutout to author Lisa Brackmann who, in her Ellie McEnroe China series--which I read six years ago--nailed the empty buildings that were already showing up, a la #Evergrande --I think the specific book was the third, #DragonDay

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Giveaway +BN hiring

Goodreads giveaway for 20 signed copies of The Second Law between now and October 7. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

and I received an ad about Barnes & Noble hiring. Here is the first page of many of BN job listings.
https://careers.barnesandnoble.com/re...

Giveaway 20 copies

Goodreads giveaway in the US for 20 copies of award-winning thriller, The Second Law. You can enter here https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...