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Review: The Art of Mental Training - A Guide To Performance Excellence by D.C.Gonzales

The Art of Mental Training - A Guide to Performance Excellence by D.C. Gonzalez
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

To call this book motivational would be unfair. The Art of Mental Training is best described as inspirational. The authors shares his real life experiences and tells the reader how to apply them to empower their own lives.

The main theme of this book is that all triumphs and failures begin within our own minds. Whether the situation is minute or mountainous, we can triumph by immediately replacing negative thoughts with positive ones and refusing to allow the idea of failing to limit our efforts.

I will definitely be using the ideas presented in this book to get back into the gym and reach my fitness goals as well as no longer allowing my fear of failing inhibit my writing career.

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Review: Twittering From The Circus of the Dead by Joe Hill

Twittering from the Circus of the Dead by Joe Hill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Damn you, Joe Hill! Thanks for writing something so insanely creepy that I'm going to need a Valium to sleep tonight. But also, thank you, Joe Hill for as dark, funny, and highly original short story.

The story is written to read like a teenage girl's Twitter timeline which goes from your typical "I hate everything" to "Oh my god, they're eating everyone."

This is as delicious blend of splatter and bizarre and it is so very, very tasty.

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Review: Exercise Beats Depression by Jim Johnson

Exercise Beats Depression by Jim Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There's no doubt that depression can be debilitating, causing both physical and mental pain in those caught in its terrible grasp. I have suffered from both major depressive and social anxiety disorder for many years and have tried different courses of medication over the years. While meds do help, it is only part of the treatment process. Therapy can be a major asset to treatment as well, but when physical activity is combined with all of the above, wonderful results can be achieved.

What Johnson has done is put together an easy to read guide that could help you handle your depression more effectively through physical activity. The exercises are low impact, can be done almost anywhere, and come with photos to guide the reader in performing them properly.

I want to note that the author in no way suggests that exercise is all you need to overcome your depression, but he does a great job explainng how it can certaily work in adjunct with other forms of treatment to greatly improve your quality of life.

You can purchase the book from Amazon.com

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Review: The Cut-Out by Jon King

The Cut-Out by Jon King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The life and especially the death of Princess Diana of Wales has always been a fascinating story. The unusual events surrounding her death make for excellent material for conspiracy theorists. What Mr. King has done is combine fact with a host of alternative possibilities that, if true could bring down not only the British government, but the monarchy as well.

Regardless of where you stand on such conspiracies, this story is extremely well written, fast-paced and a real blast to read.

The Cur-Out has been optioned and is in planning to become a major motion picture under the name "The Diana Conspiracy." If the film is even half as good as the book, it's going to a helluva good time.

You can purchase "The Cut-Out" at Amazon

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Review: Fish: An Erotic Horror Story by Max Booth III (author) and Luke Spooner (Illustrator)

Fish: An Erotic Horror Short Story by Max Booth III
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Max Booth III has delivered a (literally) blood soaked tale about a young man named Paul on a desperate quest to lose his virginity. One of Paul's friends directs him a house where he finds a beautiful red-haired nymphomaniac willing to take his virginity and a wee hole lot more. This story is a blast. It was over before I knew it and it left me wanting more. I'd throw in a 6th star just for the sick thrill I got what when I realized what the title was all about.

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Review: English For The Eager Learners by Ira P. Boone

English for the Eager Learners by Ira P. Boone
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

English for the Eager Learners is a comprehensive, well written, and very nicely illustrated guide to mastering one of the most confounding languages on the planet. Water can run. So can people. So can people's noses. Then what about stockings? They can "get a run" in them. Tears happen why cry, but tears happen when an article of clothing is ripped in many places. But then there's tares, which sounds like tears but tares are the weights of vehicles without cargo. Then their are tiers which sound like tears but describe different levels of a structure or even plans.

Confused? I nearly frustrated myself trying to type all that. Imagine what it is like for someone trying to learn English as a second language.

Ira P. Boone lays it all out in 25 lessons that are broad is content with out ever becoming discursive.

The illustrations are amusing yet always help with the subject. Each chapter comes with practice exercises to help reinforce what was learned.

This book would come in handy to school teachers, home educators, and would also be helpful to anyone looking to improve their English skills.


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Review: I'm Living But I'm Not Alive: Book One In The Black Caviar Thriller eBook Series [Kindle Edition] by Psymon H.

Black Caviar by Psymon H.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Black Caviar is a dark, riveting tale filled with action, violence, and intrigue. It centers around a Chicago crime lord known as Damon. Damon appears to be a high functioning sociopath who commits ruthless acts of violence without absolutely no remorse. What's best for business is best for business no matter how much blood needs to flow. Damon is the dark underbelly of capitalism, where profit is the only thing that matters and carving the competition into bits is just has easy as shaking hands.

But, Damon is not just the leader of a crime syndicate, he is a loving family man, and avid chess player. He is complex, multifaceted, and you start to cheer for him like you would Walter White or Dexter Morgan.

All of the characters is this ebook are wonderfully detailed, well written, and packed with emotion. As a reader you are grabbed from page one and drawn into a world that so dark and violent that you want to look away but you keep on going, knowing that something even more wild is right around the corner.

"Black Caviar: I’m Living But I’m Not Alive - Book 1" is part of a series and deserves to be read,

Pick up your copy here on Amazon.

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Review: Time Table Mastery: US Edition by Christine R. Draper

Times Table Mastery: US edition by Christine R. Draper
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Time tables are never easy for children to learn. They are confusing. For some children, they can lead to frustration and lower self-esteem if they don't catch on as quickly as other children.

Christine R. Draper has but together an excellent workbook to help master the times tables in a fun and exciting way. I loved it! I wish I would have had something like this to assist my children when they were learning multiplication in school.

'Times Table Mastery: US edition" is loaded with example equations, fun worksheets, and quizzes. The best part is the unique way Draper explains multiplication. She lays it such away that it should help any child or adult for that matter who needs help with their math skills.

This is great for home-schooling, as an extra help for public school students struggling with multiplication, and anyone else who needs to brush up on their time table skills.

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Review: Divorcing? What to Expect Before You Do: No Regrets, no Resentment and no Blame, is that Possible? by Anthony Rivera

Divorcing? What to Expect Before You Do: No Regrets, no Resentment and no Blame, is that Possible? by Tony Rivera
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Tony Rivera has done a fantastic job of writing a common sense approach to not only divorce, but marriage itself. Rivera is right; the divorce rate in America is high because it's almost too easy to get a divorce. There is certainly much less effort involved in ending a marriage than in keeping one together. In 10 easy to read chapters, Rivera covers topics such as why to or why not to get a divorce; settling; how to deal with divorce when children are involved and what to do when the children blame themselves; and the eventual train wreck of reentering the dating world.

At no time does Rivera get preachy. There is no condemnation, no editorializing, no "you're breaking the law of God" judgments. In fact, in no uncertain terms, Rivera makes it clear that if a person is involved in an abusive marriage they need to get the hell out as quickly as possible.

Rivera also takes on the subject of spanking our children and points out that we are teaching our children to hit when they think something is bad and to accept the punishment for being bad. There is no doubt that a spanked child can easily develop into an abusive adult.

I like Tony, his story very much parallels mine. My wife left without looking back and the children stayed with me. I raised them on my own for two years before I met my current (and final) wife. It was good to read his story. That moment immediately after separation occurs is one of the lowest points of someone's life. You feel like there is no one out there and that no one else can suffer like you are at that stage in your life. Tony lets you know that it happens to everyone and it makes you feel much better, even if those wounds have closed long ago.

If you are considering getting a divorce, this is an excellent $1.99 investment. I highly recommend this work.

You can pick up a copy here:

http://www.amazon.com/Divorcing-What-Expect-Before-You-ebook/dp/B00ID3CGBW

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Review: The Blink of Her Eye by Angelica Thaddeus

When I was first approached to review the erotic thriller "The Blink of Her Eye" by Angelica Thaddeus, I felt a bit of trepidation because this really isn't a genre that appeals to me.  I usually picture the authors of these kind of books to be large, sweaty men living in a studio apartment banging out their sexual fantasies on an old 386 pc.  I expect misspellings, grammatical errors and a sentence structure that can only be described as staccato.
I am very pleased to announce that Angelica Thaddeus proved me wrong.  Not only is she 100% woman, she writes with a talent that transcends her chosen genre.  Her characters are well drawn out and described in such detail that it's not hard to draw a mental picture of what they look like.  The steamy sex scenes are so well written that you become drawn into them and bring out your inner voyeur making you feel you are right there watching in the same room.
The story revolves around a young hospital compliance officer named Anika who, while on duty,  is viciously attacked by a deranged man claiming she killed his wife.  Just as thing are looking very grave for Anika, hunky beefcake Gabriel rushes to her rescue and saves her just as she is ready to teeter over the edge of the great abyss.  When reading about Gabriel it's very easy to picture Alcide Herveaux. By the way, Alcide, is French for Hercules, so yeah, Gabriel is like that.
"Blink" was really a pleasure to read.  Violence, sex, well written and not inconceivable plot-twists, this is, bottom line, an excellently written medical thriller with sex hot enough to require sunscreen to read.
The Kindle version of "The Blink of Her Eye" is available here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Blink-Her-Angelica-Thaddeus-ebook/dp/B00GGPL5KM/
****1/2 out of *****