by vjbooks | Oct 16, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John reviews Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon I must admit that when I first picked up Styxx, Sherrilyn Kenyon’s newest title, I was a little bit apprehensive about Styxx as a main character and a hero, no less. As a huge fan of Acheron, I felt like I was picking up the...
by vjbooks | Oct 1, 2013 | Alan Jacobson, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
No Way Out by Alan Jacobson – Library Journal Review FBI profiler Karen Vail can’t catch a break. After her last case (detailed in Inmate 1577), she is needed in England to solve the bombing of a London art gallery. Scotland Yard doesn’t want her help, and Vail...
by vjbooks | Sep 23, 2013 | We're Talking Books!
Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich offers fun, light and enjoyable read The Heist is the beginning of a brand new series by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (bestselling author and writer for Monk). I am a huge Janet Evanovich fan and have read all of her Stephanie...
by vjbooks | Aug 29, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Endurance by Jack Kilborn Endurance is not for the faint of heart. Jack Kilborn’s novels are so scary that they will literally cause nightmares. At times they are as scary to keep reading as they are hard to put down. This book felt like reading texas chainsaw...
by vjbooks | Aug 27, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton This was another great novel in the long running Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton. With so many great characters the reader is never sure who will be a main part of the story. In Affliction, Anita and Nathaniel accompany...
by vjbooks | Jun 7, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Pirate Alley by Stephen Coonts I was having doubts about the appeal of taking the family on an ocean cruise. After all, history is loaded with notable sinking’s, outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, and more recently onboard fires leaving passengers afloat on...
by vjbooks | May 28, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris I am very invested in the Sookie Stackhouse series and am truly sad that it’s over. I might just have to start reading the whole series again. Dead Ever After is the 13th and final novel in the Sookie Stackhouse/Southern...
by vjbooks | May 24, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Island 731 by Jeremy Robinson This is the second novel by Jeremy Robinson that I’ve read, and it was every bit as intense as Secondworld. Island 731 is terrifying! Similarly to Secondworld there is a shark attack at the very beginning of the book which is...
by vjbooks | May 22, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Personal Book Collections – US vs UK Editions The true hallmark of any collection is its completeness. This is particularly true of book collections. Yes, one could argue that owning those self-published tomes that the author sold from the trunk of their car is...
by vjbooks | May 22, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Six Years by Harlan Coben I happened to read the synopsis of this book while looking at the upcoming books (http://www.vjbooks.com/Books-Coming-Soon-Bestsellers-s/1.htm) and I knew right away that I had to read it. For the majority of the book you have no idea what is...
by vjbooks | Apr 10, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Secondworld by Jeremy Robinson Secondworld by Jeremy Robinson is an exciting rush from beginning to end. We have all read thriller novels where people lose the essentials of life, such as food, safety or shelter; but air – that’s a new one. After this...
by vjbooks | Feb 25, 2013 | We're Talking Books!
John reviews Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner I just finished Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner. It was so, so good. This was my first time reading one of her novels. I had read many rave reviews about her work and looked forward to reading her newest novel. I was...
