Chasing the Dragon: Into the Heart of the Golden Triangle Review

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(More customer reviews)Cox takes on an ambitious journey to write about his impressions of the Golden Triangle, Khun Sa and the opium trade. While Cox does manage to provide an education regarding the region in terms of history, politics, and society, his writing style is lame. Cox writes in a manner that highlights his lofty opinion of himself; he seems to think he is really cool for taking on a journey which not a lot of others would consider. He likes to address his advertursome life of travel, danger, booze, drugs (Xanax) which seems so self-satisfying. And while his one-liners aren't as pathetic as you'll find in Rambo movies, they're not far behind. Basically, if you think the guys who write for Fielding's Dangerous Places, you may like Cox.

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Home of the Brave (Sluggers) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am a 3rd grade teacher and this book is highly loved by my students. This is the 6th book in the Sluggers series. It lets u know all about the magic baseball that the Payne children have. So many questions we had from the previous 5 books were answered in this book. My favorite character in the story was Ruby because Ruby was a very intelligent girl. She wrote down a lot of fact that helped solve mysteries. She also was brave and loved her family. We liked this book because it was an entire series of books that made my students want to read. There were so many cliffhangers in the books that we had to read all 6 of them last year!
You should read this book because it is amazing how the author puts what is in history into the book and makes you want to read more and more. We were so sad when the series was over. We think this series should be turned into movies! They'd be blockbuster hits for sure!!
All ages of people would love this book. From 8 year olds up to 80 year olds!

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After the rousing success in New Orleans, the Paynes face yet another crushing defeat when the Chancellor's thugs finally steal the baseball—and kill their uncle in the process. Faced with a second funeral in as many months, Griffith, Ruby, and Graham are determined to beat the Chancellor at his own game and save their family as well as the game of baseball. Pulling into their hometown of Baltimore, the Paynes are reunited with a familiar face, and the Travelin' Nine are tested on the field once again. Can they win without the help of their baseball? Prepare for fireworks in this final inning to the grand slam series, Sluggers!

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Moon In The Mirror: A Tess Noncoire Adventure Review

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(More customer reviews)If it doesn't rain, it snows--at least that's probably the most apropos adage for this novel based in a Cape Cod winter. Science fiction and fantasy author, fangirl, and Warrior of the Celestial Blade has more than she can handle, including:
* visits by the ghost of her ex-husband, Dillwyn, who is looking more and more suspicious with each visit
* attacks by Lilia David, a Windago widow whose husband Tess killed in the first novel
* invasion by an army of biting garden gnomes who are in actuality orculli trolls
* appearance of Windscribe, one of her Aunt Moonfeather's coven who have been missing for 30 years
* wedding of her Mother to the father of one of her two love interests
* two love interests
Did I mention her book is due and every time she tries to work on it something else happens including problems I haven't mentioned yet?
But Tess does have one ally, the imp Scrap, who forms into the Blade at her command. Okay, he's an imp--and that alliance does come with a few problems of its own, but Scrap is 'mostly' helpful--when he's not off somewhere else, or painting his wounded rear with iodine, or avoiding the houseguest's cat, who he is allergic to and swears the cat is evil and is plotting to take over the world. (How perceptive of him!)
"Moon in the Mirror" is an amusing rollick that just keeps getting more twisted as each problem arises. The book does keep you interested and occasionally confused--but it's well worth it. You can read this book without reading the first in the series, "Hounding the Moon". I haven't--although I think I might have to add it to my shelves.
By the way, P. R. Frost is a pseudonym for Irene Radford, writer of fantasy extraordinaire. I am probably fonder of Radford's original works than the new additions--my own personal bias is away from fiction with a lead character who is too close to the author's own world, but Radford does manage to pull this story off very well.
Special kudos to Ms. Frost/Radford for incorporating the songs of Heather Alexander, one of my favorite Celtic bards, into her novel.


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