Review of White Lily and a Teddy Bear

White Lily and a Teddy Bear

 

DANIEL S. SMITH

 

Review by Roy Murry

 

This story starts boring: an engineer, Don's daily routine of shit, dress, and shave (Crazy order); then he goes to work. Okay, there are some funny and sad parts: he talks to his dead wife, eats the same food each day, and reads the love commentary in the newspaper.

Don's life changes when Rachel arrives as a coworker on Monday. This adventure starts on a Wednesday and ends the following Saturday after he meets Rachel.

It's love at first smell. Yes, first smell. The involvement starts because their boss asks Don to help Rachel find an apartment.

The only drawback to this romance novel is Mr. Daniel Smith's interwoven politics into Don and Rachel's wooing, using rants. There was no need for me - I never mix love with politics.

All in all, the writing kept me engaged and was somewhat funny.

 

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Review of JUST TYRUS

JUST TRYUS, A Memoir

TRYUS

 

Review by Author Roy Murry

 

After finishing his story, I had to think about what I read in JUST TRYUS for a few days. At first, I gave the book a five-star rating. But I reevaluated that thought - three to four-star at best.

Honesty is essential in a memoir. This work does to a point; I get it. Tryus wants to be known for his wrestling. But what is his birth name? Did I miss it?

Did I miss many things - the women in his life and their children? Unfortunately, for some reason, Tryus is not giving us the whole story. However, he alludes to that part of his life in comments on the Gutfeld Show, which I enjoy each time I see him on the show.

Tryus is not a literary spin master. His writing is uncomplicated and simply right to the point, as they are on Gutfeld. I look forward to them each time I watch the show.

His life has twists and turns, which many have also had. But he made it to the limelight, and I am glad he has. I wish him nothing but luck.

Good Read.

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Review of RECKLESS

RECKLESS

A Mia Kazmaroff Mystery

 

SUSAN KIERNAN - LEWIS

 

Review by Author Roy Murry

 

Mia touches a person or an object and receives feelings. They lead to solving a mystery. Well, not always does she get the right vibes.

Kazmaroff must mean flaky in Russian because Mia is a bit off-the-wall beautiful character who knows what she wants. Her brother is found dead, and she is the only one right to call it murder.

Mia teams up with her brother's detective partner to solve the crime. The investigation goes through many roadblocks, many of Mia's making from that moment.

As a book one in a series, the author keeps the reader engaged. However, I felt something missing, a cement that will keep the characters together through the series.

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SAM, I AM

SAM, I AM 

REGINA PUCKETT

Review by Author Roy Murry

The book's introduction to Amazon tells it all. This story is a short, gripping adventure into the dark side.

I have read many of Ms. Puckett's works. 'Sam I AM' is an excellent example of her work as a word spinner.

However, I would have liked to read a more extended version.

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Review of The Paris Package

 

The Paris Package

 

A. W. Hartoin

 

Review by Author Roy Murry

 

This thriller kept me turning the pages. Stella Bled and Nicky Lawrence jump from one frying pan into another on their honeymoon in Europe, going from Vienna to Paris.

They have an object the Nazis want in their possession and will do everything to get it. The brown shirts use lethal force in the pursuit to capture Stella, who has the object and is the main character in this series.

The Bleds of German descent own a major beer factory distribution in the USA and have supported companies in Germany for years. On Stella and Nicky's deadly adventure trying to escape their pursuers, they use those companies as refuse.

But not all goes well, even in Paris, where the story comes to an explosive ending, giving an exciting lead to this series' second book.

Hartoin's writing is snappy and quick-paced. However, a humous side to the story between Stella and Nicky keeps the novel together.

A fun read with essential life lessons interwoven.

 

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Review of San Fransicko

 

SANFRAN--SICKO

Why Progressives Ruin Cities

 

MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER

 

Review by Author Roy Murry

 

Note before review: I was in financial transition in 2002. Progressive friends called me homeless. My book HOMELESS in HOMESTEAD is the story. The links are below if you care to read an adventure.

 I concur with two statements in Mr. Schellenberger’s developing a dissertation on why progressives ruin cities. First, 'The people who bear the consequences aren't the same ones who set the policy.' and 'As such, it is time for us to grow up.'

Mr. Schellenberger writes an excellent narrative about how an individual should be treated as an individual, not as a generic "HOMELESS PERSON." Not all unfortunate people living on the streets are addicts, mentally ill, or criminals.

But, in general, that is the understanding. First, however, Shellenberger goes through the evolution of how Sanfransico and other California cities developed through politics into having a large portion of their population, as they say, homeless.

He gives the pros and cons of each side (Conservatives and Progressives) in solving the problems to eradicate the inhuman situation. But unfortunately, as noted in many of these cases, politics get in the way.

Mr. Shellenberger has his solutions to the problems. I agree with many but feel that politics will always get in the way of real reform.

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REview of MURDER SERVED COLD

 

Murder Served Cold

 

Nancy Skopin

 

Review by Author Roy Murry

 

Every once in a while, I go looking for a cozy mystery. Nancy Skopin never lets me down with her invented plots solved by Nikki Hunter. So, I pick a book and read.

In this novel, a friend dies. Is it murder? Well, Nikki goes all out to solve the crime.

With a wealth of well-defined helpful characters, friends, and associates, she gets to the bottom of a situation the police are baffled in their investigation. And, as always, she is put in a deadly situation.

Ms. Skopin's writing brings in the reader and keeps them involved because each novel stands on its own even though it is a book eight in this series.

I'll go back and read another. If you like mysteries, start with the first novel n the series.

 

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