Friday, July 19, 2024

The Genome











tags: mystery, parody-ish, Russian, sci-fi, 
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Genome" is a new science fiction thriller by the author of the bestselling Night Watch series.
Five months after the horrific accident that left him near death and worried that he’d never fly again, master-pilot Alex Romanov lands a new job: captaining the sleek passenger vessel Mirror. Alex is a spesh—a human who has been genetically modified to perform particular tasks. As a captain and pilot, Alex has a genetic imperative to care for passengers and crew—no matter what the cost.
His first mission aboard Mirror is to ferry two representatives of the alien race Zzygou on a tour of human worlds. His task will not be an easy one, for aboard the craft are several speshes who have reason to hate the Others. Dark pasts, deadly secrets, and a stolen gel-crystal worth more than Alex’s entire ship combine to challenge him at every turn. And as the tension escalates, it becomes apparent that greater forces are at work to bring the captain’s world crashing down.

According to Goodreads readers, the author included a coded message that the novel is supposed to be a parody of space operas. My copy of the book doesn't have it. Maybe the author removed it, I'm not sure.

The odd characters, the good story, and the humor made me think it is sort of a parody. The murder mystery is very interesting. I enjoyed the book very much. Highly recommended.

The book is written by the author of Night Watch Series.

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Fight! Fight! Fight!


Impeached
Arrested
Convicted
Shot
Still standing
President Trump 2024

Pray for and God bless the GOAT, President Trump, the savior of our great country. 

Fight Fight Fight the true enemies of our Republic - the demonrats, globalists, fascists, socialists, commies, demonrat controlled media, ignorant robots voting for demonrats, pedo Hollywood denizens- all advocating for assassinating President Trump.

Violence always comes from the demonrats and the left

Monday, July 8, 2024

Kindle First Reads For August 2024

Amazon Prime is giving 2 free books for August Kindle First Reads. I rarely download First Reads anymore becaue I always get disappointed at the quality of writing and the stories. I dared to download 2 books hoping for the best.











tags: friendship, motherhood, mystery
⭐⭐⭐⭐

From Goodreads
In a funny and suspenseful debut, Christine Gunderson explores the myth of the perfect mother, the bonds of female friendship, and the haunting impact of secrets.
What you see isn’t always what you get.
Take Ainsley. The gorgeous mother of two lives a picture-perfect life with her husband, Ben—aspiring politician and heir to a candy fortune—in suburban Washington, DC. But in reality, Ainsley has no idea what she’s doing and is terrified someone will figure out who she really is and where she came from.
Nikki’s fighting to keep afloat as a stay-at-home mother of four, subsisting on chicken nuggets and very little sleep. She’s a mess on the outside, and inside yearns for the validation—and the paycheck—of the television news career she left behind.
When a dangerous figure from Ainsley’s past becomes a coach at her kids’ school, she fears the worst and confides in Nikki, spilling every detail of her former life.
Together, they devise a plan to expose the coach and safeguard their kids. But can they protect their own lives—and their new friendship—in the process?

Two women who are unlikely to be friends team up to protect young girls from a pervy predator in his mid 50s. Both are stay at home moms, one is super rich, Ainsley, and the other is Nikki, a sort of a scatter brain because she has 4 small children, 5 year old twin girls, a 2 year old boy who pretends to be a tiny Luke Skywalker, and a 2 month old baby boy, so I understand her a little bit. Nikki provides the humor and there are lots of funny passages mainly from her. Sometimes it's much too much but I prefer it rather than excessive cussing and mindless sex in a novel. 

The book is a 3 star novel IMHO but I gave it a bonus star for Ainsley choosing Persuasion as her favorite Jane Austen novel. 👍📙











tags: DNF, fantasy, gumiho, Korean folktale, mystery, romance

From Goodreads
An enemy on her tails, an innocent at her side, and a dangerous power within her that could destroy them all.
Jayci Lee melds Korean folklore with modern Americana in this fiery new series.
In a race to stop an ancient evil from destroying the worlds as they know them, Sunny comes to a startling, heartbreaking if she chooses love—everything will burn.
Sunny Cho aspires to be the dullest, least interesting person in any given room, which can be challenging for a nine-tailed fox spirit. So she drifts from city to city—staying clear of any and all attachment—and keeps her fox buried deep inside her. It is better this way. She would rather live as half of herself than risk losing control of her terrible powers.
Ethan Lee, a friend she left behind eight years ago, is a brilliant and distractingly hot PI. When he tracks her down and asks her to help him find his brother’s murderer, Sunny knows her uneventful life is about to be turned upside down.
Traversing the mortal realm and the world of gods, Sunny and Ethan discover their quest is much more dire than mere vengeance, and their friendship might be…more.
An ancient evil is stirring, and Sunny is faced with an impossible save the worlds from annihilation or claim the love fated by the heavens.

I am a Korean drama addict - action, dramedy, fantasy, historical fiction, slasher, thriller. When I read the synopsis, I was already choosing the Korean actors to play in my mind while reading, the male and female leads (Park Bo-gum and Kim Yu-jung).

Unfortunately, the novel is written in the first person present tense (FPPrT). I went ahead and downloaded, thinking I might be able to tolerate it.

I'm sorry but I couldn't continue reading. I can't explain why I am allergic to FPPrT format. I read 6% before giving up. In other words - DNF (Did Not Finish).

Back to watching Korean dramas.