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Red, Right, Return
Book Reviews, Fiction, General, Kids, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 15, 2012
Inquisitive eleven-year old Chad notices some men diving without a dive flag in a marine sanctuary. He and fourteen-year old Gene have taken the family’s skiff out to nearby Sugarloaf Key–their first adult-free boat trip. Misadventure, in the form of an unexpected storm, soon follows and Dad keeps them home for a couple of days, doing yard work. Read On
Cassie Draws the Universe
Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Reviews, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 14, 2012
A combination of Catcher in the Rye, A Clockwork Orange, Silence of the Lambs and Girl Interrupted, “Cassie Draws the Universe” is opera. It is opulent, grand and brilliant in strange ways, executed with a low grade fever.
The Siren’s Call
Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary Fiction, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 10, 2012
Steve and Kip are successful lawyers. Initially rivals, they teamed up in high school to form an unbeatable team. As the story begins, Steve’s girlfriend has been tragically killed by a drunk driver. Steve begins hearing voices. After he confides this to Kip, his friend decides to take him to Hawaii to help him recover. But Kip is hiding a terrible secret from his partner and best friend, one that could destroy their relationship. Read On
Zenker
Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 08, 2012
Teddy Mathews is a decent, hard-working middle class guy who stumbles upon a sinister plot to steal a mind control formula from a gifted, eccentric scientist. Read On
Charlie Chan Meets Tom Swifty
Book Reviews, Fiction, Humor, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 03, 2012
This little book opens with Charlie Chan sitting on a bench talking to his friend Tom Swifty, who decides to make a list of the pearls of wisdom inspired by Chan’s life and experience as a famous detective. And so begins a list of Tom Swiftys, which the author quotes Wikipedia defining as: “a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed.” Read On
Magic in the Moonlight
Book Reviews, Fiction, Young Adult, eBooks •
IR Staff •
May 01, 2012
A disjointed tale of a love triangle in which all three participants have no realistic reasons for their actions. Read On
The Seven
Book Reviews, Fiction, Young Adult, eBooks •
IR Staff •
Apr 30, 2012
While there are elements of known works like I Am Number Four, such as the absent parents, the best friend assigned to watch over the main character, a strange and sudden development of paranormal powers, The Seven draws on a new premise involving a battle within all the of Earth’s personified elements in order to control the very powerful protagonist. Read On
Father Tierney Stumbles
Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, eBooks •
IR Staff •
Apr 26, 2012
Father Joe Tierney is a gay, Catholic priest who just found out he is HIV positive. We first meet Tierney as a devastated, disguised, man leaving an STD clinic in a part of town where he is sure not to be recognized. His world has basically crumbled, and will continue to break down. Not only is Father Tierney very much in the closet, he is terrified of what this diagnosis will mean if it gets out. Read On
Born in Rio
Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary Fiction, eBooks •
IR Staff •
Apr 23, 2012
Rita Ray is uprooted by her mother, Maia, from their home in Brazil for a new life in Florida. She works hard and becomes a successful banker in New York but seldom dates and keeps everyone at a distance, until the day she gets a call informing her that her mother is dying from cancer. Rita rushes to the hospital, anxious to make up for her fifteen years of absence. The reunion is not to be. Read On
Since 1959: An Eight Year-old’s Initiation into the World of Cleveland Indians Baseball and Life in the Fifties
Book Reviews, Fiction, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult •
IR Staff •
Apr 11, 2012
The book follows the fortunes of the Cleveland Indians baseball team in their 1959 pennant race. It opens with eight-year old Andy rising at 5:30AM to retrieve the newspaper (and milk delivered to the door step) and read the “Cleveland Indians starting line up for the 1959 baseball season opener.” Read On
