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Pandemics don’t come around often, but when they do … In 2018 we commemorated the centenary of the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, often known as Spanish Flu. Despite only lasting a few months, the loss of life globally is estimated to be somewhere between 50-100 million. An article…
Originally posted on Prismatic Prospects:
Book reviews are subjective. I tend to rate books not according to how “perfect” they are, seem to be, or are said to be in general but rather to how perfect they are to me. Dear Author: Letters from a Bookish Fangirl by Laura A. Grace My rating: 4 of…
I’ve given 4 out of 5 stars to The Vanished Birds: A Novel, by Simon Jimenez I received a free copy of the book from the publisher via NetGalley, and I am voluntarily posting my honest review. If you loved Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy, or Frank Herbert’s Dune series, you will quickly become a fan…
I purchased this book, and the opinions expressed here are my own, voluntarily expressed. Iris Chacon. This collection of nineteen separate short stories centers around the themes of birth and rebirth and the idea of new beginnings. It is not specifically a group of Christmas stories, although Christmas is a key feature of several of…
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Hello everyone. My name is Shalom, and today is my fourth birthday. For those of you who don’t know me, I am an Australian Cobberdog. My full name is “Rutland’s Shalom” and I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with my Momsy (Phyllis) and my Popsy (Mike). When I first…
Rated 5 stars by Iris Chacon. In NIGHTWALK, Mark, a charming, self-deprecating everyman, must fight for survival – of his family, friends, an even a group of strangers – when his neighborhood suddenly goes dark and collapses into a hell on earth, just after midnight one ordinary night. Author D. Nathan Hilliard engages and enthralls…
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The Mammoth Murders Minokee Mysteries Book 2 by Iris Chacon A Chinese Univ. of Fla. student & an old Florida farmer disappear, linked only by a canoe trip to a secret sinkhole. Neighbors, Shepard (a blind radio host) & Miranda (a shy librarian), soon find this double-murder puzzle could…
Rated five stars out of five by reviewer Iris Chacon. #BooksGoSocial #CampLenape #TimothyRBaldwin I purchased this ebook, and this is my honest review. Teenagers Marcus and Alissa have grown up together as neighbors and friends, and they have gone to summer camp together at Camp Lenape many times. This year, Marcus and Alissa are old…
BOOK REVIEW: The Crimson Deathbringer, by Sean Robins Rated five stars out of five by reviewer Iris Chacon. #BooksGoSocial #CrimsonDeathbringer I purchased this ebook, and this is my honest review. The year is 2047, and Jim Harrison, famous fighter pilot, has written a best-selling memoir of his exploits in the war for a United Earth.…
Rated four stars out of five by reviewer Iris Chacon. #NetGalley #DarlAlphasRedemption I received a free copy of the book from the publisher via NetGalley, and I am voluntarily posting my honest review. I was terribly confused for the first one-third of this book — and it was my fault entirely. I did not observe…
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