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 | Mar 20, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Ever After by Kim Harrison I really, really enjoyed Ever After by Kim Harrison. My favorite genre is paranormal and this was right up my alley. This was the second Kim Harrison book that I’ve read and I’m excited to read more. This is the 11th book in the...
by vjbooks | Feb 21, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John Reviews Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews Friend and Readers, This is definitely a John’s Pick! Once in a while I get to recommend a new author that goes way beyond the ordinary, and newcomer Jason Matthews delivers with Red Sparrow. Matthews tells an espionage...
by vjbooks | Jan 17, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John reviews The Husband List by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly I started The Husband List by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly yesterday morning and didn’t put it down until I finished it last night. I kept trying to put it down but just couldn’t do...
by vjbooks | Jan 9, 2013 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John reviews Ash by James Herbert I began reading Ash by James Herbert expecting a ghost hunter novel but the horror didn’t stop there. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this book held much more than that of beyond the grave. David Ash is a ghost...
by vjbooks | Dec 23, 2012 | We're Talking Books!
Let talk about scary books! I know this posting probably seems like it would be more appropriate for October but I just read the new R.L Stine novel, Red Rain, and it got me thinking about my favorite scary books. My all-time favorite author, that consistently give me...
by vjbooks | Dec 15, 2012 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Book Review: Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong I just completed Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong, the final book in her Otherworld series. (Though she does mention in the end that she has some anthologies coming out for the series and that she may one day come back to the...
