September 2021 – scintilla.info
Book Review: 100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths, Emma L. Smith Nonfiction: 100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths, Emma L. Smith One of my most recent happy moments centers around a video my daughter in law sent, featuring my youngest son (an economics/math major and […]
Book Review: Nerve Attack, Kolya Petrov Book 2, S. Lee Manning Thriller: Nerve Attack, Kolya Petrov Book 2, S. Lee Manning Blog Tour September 27, 2021 Kolya Petrov is done. Out of the spy game. The US agency he worked for, the ECA, had allowed him to be captured and tortured and worse, much worse, […]
Book Review: The Accused, PI Charlie Cameron Book 4, Owen Mullen Mystery: The Accused, PI Charlie Cameron Book 4, Owen Mullen Blog Tour September 24, 2021 PI Charlie Cameron is great at finding people. So a mobster’s wife thinks he might be just as good at helping people be not found. Kim Rafferty is […]
Book Review: Salt Lick, Lulu Allison Dystopian Fiction: Salt Lick, Lulu Allison Blog Tour September 22, 2021 Salt Lick is one of those books that sneaks up on you. The story starts in a dystopian future England, following the exploits of a boy named Jesse. Jesse lives in a very small village with his […]
Book Review: Grave on Grand Avenue, An Ellie Rush Mystery Book 2, Naomi Hirahara Mystery: Grave on Grand Avenue, An Ellie Rush Mystery Book 2, Naomi Hirahara Ellie Rush would love to follow her aunt’s footsteps and move up in the LAPD hierarchy. She does not want her aunt to help. She intends […]
Book Review: Burn, Pure Trilogy Book 3, Julianna Baggott Fiction: Burn, Pure Trilogy Book 3, Julianna Baggott I read this book in the midst of worldwide protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. George Floyd was knelt on by a police officer for more than 8 minutes, pleading for air, […]
Book Review: Fuse, Pure Trilogy Book 2, Julianna Baggott Book Review: Fuse, Pure Trilogy Book 2, Julianna Baggott Fuse. In the dystopian future created by Julianna Baggott in the book Pure, people caught outside the Dome during the detonations of atomic bombs and nanoparticles became fused with whatever they were nearest. Mothers fused to their […]
Book Review: Rat Island, John Steele Thriller: Rat Island, John Steele Blog Tour September 13, 2021 Callum Burke is a Belfast man working as a Hong Kong cop in 1995, two years before the transition from British to Chinese rule. Which begs the question, what is he doing in New York City? […]
Book Review: Heron’s Cry, Two Rivers Series Book 2, Ann Cleeves Mystery: Heron’s Cry, Two Rivers Series Book 2, Ann Cleeves Even though book reviews are something we do for fun and do not get paid for, at Scintilla we feel a certain sense of responsibility for the task. Writers work exceedingly hard […]
Book Review: Walk the Wire, The Memory Man Book 6, David Baldacci Thriller: Walk the Wire, The Memory Man Book 6, David Baldacci FBI Agent Alex Jamison and her consultant/partner Amos Decker, the “Memory Man,” are sent to London to solve a murder. No, not that London. London, North Dakota. A body has been found […]