50 Ways To Play

50 ways to Play: BDSM for nice people
by Don and Debra Macleod

This simple and highly accessible non-fiction guide to BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Sadism, and Masochism) features 50 edgy and erotic adventures to sample and is the perefct companion for the millions of fans of the Fifty Shades trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darkerand Fifty Shades Freed), the Anne Rice/A.N. Roquelaure Sleeping Beauty trilogy (The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, Beauty's Release) and Sylvia Day's Crossfire novels (Bared to You and Reflected in You). This instruction book for couples contains one warning: youshould try this at home!

From turning your ho hum bedroom into a “Red Room of Desire,” to exploring the fine art of Japanese rope bondage—and a few other ideas perhaps better not mentioned in polite company—50 Ways to Play invites couples who might otherwise think of themselves as “average” or “nice” to walk on the wild side. According to husband-and-wife writers Debra and Don Macleod, sex should pack a punch—it’s meant to catch you off guard. The fifty sexy and surprising “ways to play” offered up in this book are guaranteed to turn up the heat in your sex life.

My review: 
I thought this book was well written and very informative. It is good for beginners (but I do warn anybody who wants to try it its dangerous so do it by yourself). The book is full of ideas for couples who want to try this out and it is also a very appealing book to read (it that it is written in a very non boring way). I thought the cover of this book was ok and I liked it. I would recomend the book. The price is great and for people who are interested in this type of things they will enjoy it alot. 


I would like to thank Brianne Beers for letting me read and review this book. 

Angels Landing

Angels Landing
by Rochelle Alers

This romance novel was a cute an enjoyable read which I enjoyed very much. I liked all the characters alot and the book was well written. I enjoyed the plot very much too because it was a different plot (it didnt seem like the plots that in see repeating over and over again in these types of novels). I also loved the cover on this book it was pretty and cute and very eye appealing! This was a fun summer read (however it would be a fun read for anytime of year). I would highly recomend this book. I have read other books by this author and I would have to say I am a fan now!



I would like to thank the people at Gallery for letting me read and review this book!

A Matter of Matter

Title: A Matter of Matter
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher: Galaxy
Pub. Date: June 2010

Meet Chuck Lambert, who, though not exactly a fool, is guilty of letting his imagination get the best of his wits. That's because our young, naive Lambert wants his own planet. But rather than purchase one legally from the Interior Department of the Outer Galactic Control, he soon succumbs to the flashy advertising of an unsavory galactic swindler named Madman Murphy—the purported King of Planetary Realtors.

What Madman is the king of, is selling the unwary a planet that isn't quite right, a planet where one can't sit down because there's something the matter with its matter. And that's exactly what becomes the matter for our unlucky voyager, after Chuck toils for eleven grueling years to scrape together enough money to finally buy a planet of his own.

ALSO INCLUDES THE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES "THE CONROY DIARY," "THE PLANET MAKERS" AND "THE OBSOLETE WEAPON"

My review:
Matter of Matter was an ok plot. I really did like the two main characters and enjoyed the ending of this story alot. The narration of this was good and I liked how it of course had sound effects as well. The cover of this audio book was ok but a little boring.

The Conroy Diary was one of my favorites on this audio book. I thought this was a very fun, funny and enjoyable story to listen too. I really liked the characters and the ending it was a well written and enjoyable story!The narration of this one was great! I liked the characters personality and how each one had a different voice. Great Story! Great Listen!

The Planet Makers:
This was not one of my favorites. I found this story plot wise to be rather boring and I wasnt really interested in the characters in this one. The narration was good but thats about it.

The Obsolete Weapon:
This was my other favorite on this audio book. It was a fun and well written story that involved time travel (and being that Im a big history person and a Doctor Who fan and H.G. Wells fan I love time travel stories!) I thought this story had a very clever ending and I liked the characters alot and there were also some funny moments in this story. The narration was great very animated and I could picture what was going on in my head. I enjoyed listening to this story very much!

Overall I would reccomend this audio book being that it has two stories on it that I really enjoyed and also being that it has 4 stories on it for the price of one audio book you cant beat that!

I would like to thank Julie from Galaxy Press for letting me listen too and review this audio book.

Danger in the Dark

Title: Danger in the Dark
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Cast: Danger in the Dark stars Karen Black, R.F. Daley, Christina Huntington, Jim Meskimen, Gino Montesinos, Noelle North and Josh R. Thompson
Publisher: Galaxy Press
Pub. Date: December 2008
Length: 2 hrs

After Billy Newman strikes gold while mining in the Phillipines, he believes Lady Luck favors him so much that he buys his own South Seas island for a bargain price . . . or so he thinks. But when the natives fall ill from plague and crops start failing, the tribal chiefs blame Billy for angering the local god Tadamona. Their solution: sacrifice a beautiful young girl before the 75-foot god. Appalled, Billy argues to stop the ritual, but the chiefs demand he cure their ills in just one day or allow the killing to go forward. Desperate, he denies that the deity even exists and dares Tadamona to show himself. Not only does Billy get his wish, he draws a beastly wrath upon the entire island.

ALSO INCLUDES THE FANTASY STORIES "THE ROOM" AND "HE DIDN'T LIKE CATS

My review:
Danger in the Dark was ok plot wise but not one of my favorites. The narration was very well done again I liked how ever character had their own voice and personality and the sound effects were good on this but like I said the plot was just ok and I was not hooked into the story. I did however very much like the ending and thought it was very clever. I did not like the cover of this audio book however the man on the front I thought looked like Dracula so I thought there would be a vampire story on this audio book somewhere but when I read the back I realized there wasnt.

The Room
This audio story was my favorite on this C.D. I thought the plot was very good and I liked the characters alot in this story. The narration was also very good as well. This was a highly enjoyable tale and a pleasure to listen to.

He didnt like cats
This was another one that was just ok but had a very clever ending. The narration was good. I am someone who does like cats though so I did not like the main character from the begging. I was not very found of the other characters as well.

Overall I would have to say that I would reccomend this audio book because of the story The Room. I think its a great and enjoyable listen. Also I like the fact here again that you get 3 stories for  the price of one audio book!

I would like to thank Julie from Galaxy Press for letting me listen to and review this audio book.

Freak

Today im participating in a blog tour for the book Freak by Jennifer Hillier.

Book Info:

 

Suspense magazine chose Jennifer Hillier’s “truly frightening” debut, Creep, as one of 2011’s best novels, while #1 bestselling author Jeffery Deaver cautioned “you better call in sick—you’re not going anywhere until you finish reading.” Now, Hillier returns to the Pacific Northwest college town where one killer’s stranglehold has ebbed . . . but another sick mind has waited for the perfect moment to pick up where the terror left off. Sitting alone in a maximum-security prison cell, Abby Maddox is a celebrity. Her claim to fame is the envy of every freak on the outside: she’s the former lover of Ethan Wolfe, the killer who left more than a dozen dead women in his wake and nearly added Puget Sound State professor Sheila Tao to the tally. Now Abby, serving a nine-year sentence for slashing a police officer’s throat in a moment of rage, has little human contact—save for the letters that pour in from demented fans, lunatics, and creeps. But a new wave of murders has given Abby a possible chance for a plea bargain—because this killer has been sending her love letters, and carving a message on the bodies of the victims: Free Abby Maddox. Jerry Isaac will never forget the attack—or his attacker. The hideous scarring and tortured speech are daily reminders that the one-time Seattle PD officer, now a private investigator, is just lucky to be alive. Abby Maddox deserves to rot in jail—forever, as far as Jerry’s concerned. But she alone may possess crucial evidence—letters from this newest killer—that could crack open the disturbing case. With the help of Professor Sheila Tao, seasoned police detective Mike Torrance, and intuitive criminology student Danny Mercy, Jerry must coax the shattering truth from isolated, dangerous Abby Maddox. Can he put the pieces together before Abby’s number one fan takes another life in the name of a killer’s perverted idea of justice?

My review:
This is the second book I have read by this author and I have to say it was much better than the first. I liked the cover of the book I thought it was cool. The characters and suspence of this book were both very good. The ending was very well written. I did not like the title that much though. I would reccomend this book to fans of suppence/crime novels or fans of this author in general because Im not sure if this is a book for everyone as there is alot of adult language in it, which I dont mind some adult language but when there is alot (which I felt there was in this book) I dont enjoy it as much.

I would like to thank the people at Gallery for letting me participate in this blog tour.

Where'd you Go Bernadette?

Where'd you Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.

Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle--and people in general--has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.

To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence--creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.



Giveaway will run from August 8-August 15
Details at bottom of blog!

Writers of the furture: Volume 28 (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future)

Writers of the furture: Volume 28 (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future)
Publisher: Galaxy Press

Your passage to unforgettable worlds of imagination and escape. Discover the new visionaries of imagination in the Writers of the Future. Established in 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard expressly for the aspiring writer, Writers of the Future has become the most respected and significant forum for new talent in all aspects of speculative fiction. Never before published first-rate science fiction and fantasy stories selected by top names in the field. "The offerings are thought provoking and varied, with a general trend towards excellence...The future is in good hands." - Publishers Weekly

My review:

So I loved the artwork on this cover and the color of the cover itself. I enjoyed reading this anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories very much! Some of the stories I perfered better than others but that often happens but they were all good there were none I hated! To kind of go along with what others said about this book if these are our writers of the future I cant wait! Their future books are going to make for hours and hours of enjoyable reading! These stories in this anthology were very interesting and made you want to read more of these authors works I would reccomend this book highly!

(I would also like to say that I think this whole idea for a writers of the future book is such a great idea as well)

I am so happy I was given a chance to read and review this book! I would like to thank Julie from Galaxy Press for giving me the oppurtunity!

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The Great Secret

Title: The Great Secret
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Cast: The Great Secret stars Bruce Boxleitner. Also starring Lynsey Bartilson, R.F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, Josh R. Thompson and Chuck White.
Pub. Date: July 2008
Publisher:  Galaxy Press
Length: 2 hrs


Fanner Marston was raised a slave as a child, became a petty street thief as a teen, and now masters his own craft and crew as a grown man. He's also gone completely mad.


Driven by privation, with a vicious greed and slavering lust for power, Marston alone of forty men has survived the perilous trek through a blistering desert to the magical city of Parva, where legend says a secret awaits which will give him absolute control over the Universe. However, Marston finds the key to all power is not at all what he expected. . . .


ALSO INCLUDES THE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES "SPACE CAN," "THE BEAST" AND "THE SLAVER"


 I must say I loved the cover of this audio book but as for the story/plot it was ok but I didnt really connect with it and didnt like the charracter. I was also surprised how short the story was as well. I did like that there were also soundeffects on this audio book.

The narrator also on this audio book I didnt like. He was animated but he voice also got boring to listen to.

This audiobook also included the short story the Space Can which I basically feel the same way about this short story as I did about The Great Secret.

The Beast short story was very good and I did enjoy listening to it. I like the characters and the plot alot better on this one. I also enjoyed the naration on this one.

The Slaver which was another short story that was also on this audio book was also another enjoyable listen. This one I thought the plot was good and the characters were good. The narration was also good.

I wouldnt reccomend this audio book because this was not an audio book for me. However  I know there are people out there who would love this type of story so Im not going to dissaued you not to take a listen to this (also I did like two of the short stories on here so im not going to say that the audio book was horrible because it wasnt). Also you get four stories on this audio book for the price of one! That is great and you cant beat that!

I would like to thank Julie from Galaxy Press for letting me listen too and review this audio book.