Guest Post Wade J. McMahan author of Bite This! A Richard Dick Mystery

Thanks Giovanni, for allowing me to post the following…

I went over some information on the Graphic Classics team last week, so in that regard I don’t want to bore you and go over old ground. If for whatever reason you didn’t read last week’s post on our friends from

Graphic Classics, (shame on you for missing a post, especially about a friend

of ours from Linkedin) please feel free to check out our archives and knock

yourself out. I would also suggest that you read any of the other…

Firing up the Muse

By Leona DeRosa…

I enjoy reading graphic novels for many reasons and The Adventures of Unemployed Man is a prime example. It takes the basic premise that the economy is bad right now, but incrementally worse if you are the one

laid off and without a job. The graphic novel does its job through incredibly

sarcastic humor and a poignant narrative that is bound to hit home with those

that are struggling and those that are rich and cruising along. No one goes

away unscathed…

After Thanksgiving dinner, the men sprawled on the plastic-covered chairs in Comadre María’s living room swigging beers and yelling at fútbol on TV while the women chattered loudly over the stove and sink in the cocina.…

Although the title and cover of this book lead you to believe this is just another Christmas Story, The Reindeer Keeper is so much more. It's true; it does have all the elements of an awesome Christmas story.

Barbara Briggs Ward's descriptions of the characters and the settings are very

detailed and allow you to paint vivid pictures in your mind. The story

definitely is centered around a Christmas and winter them. You almost feel as

if you are with Abbey…

When I got this I didn’t know what to expect. The last time I read something by this author it was a series of digital shorts put together: they were cute and humorous. Please feel free to go back through our archives for

that. Today though, we are featuring a full length feature by Carla Rene’ that

is almost a 180 degree turn from that, a Christmas story, The Gaslight Journal.

Here is the synopsis of the novel:”

“Sometimes, you…

I am a little late in discovering this novel; it was suggested by a reader of our blog, Gelati’s Scoop. I am glad they made the suggestion. Let’s get right to the pertinent information on the novel, first

the author, Lori Armstrong. ”Lori Armstrong is proud to be a fourth generation

South Dakotan. Lori left the firearms industry in 2000 to pursue her dream of

writing crime/mystery fiction. The first book in the Julie Collins mystery

series, BLOOD TIES…

The Top Ten Things I Can’t Do with My Kindle

Kristine Kathryn Rusch…

Official Proclamation, United States Army:…

There are some serious new releases this week; three in particular jump out at me: Brad Thor, Steve Berry and Steve Martin. I am a sucker for Steve Martin. The other two, I just really enjoy their work; I have

read all their work. In no particular

order here are a dozen of this week’s new releases;

-Sarah Palin-America by Heart

-Sarah Janssen- The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2011…

Big week and big day here @ The Scoop. We are leading off the day with a book that reveals some amazing real life heroes, humanizes them, describes them as real people, and then details the moments of true valor they

had. It is hard not to turn the pages in this book and not have a sense of awe

at the sacrifices these men and women make on a daily basis so we can enjoy the

types of freedoms that we have as Americans. I want to share a few things from

and…