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Book reviews

Jumper by Rebecca Scarberry

In another break from my usual routine, this is a review of a children’s book. Jumper is written by Rebecca Scarberry and beautifully illustrated by Terri Kelleher. Jumper is about a big red beach ball who lives in a toy store and longs to escape so that he can swim in Read more…

By Robert P. French, 9 yearsAugust 17, 2013 ago
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Life Sinks or Soars – the choice is yours by Rael Kalley

This review is a departure from my normal reviews of crime fiction and I would like to start off by saying that I never read self-help books… well… not never but not for a few years, at least. When my friend of many years, Rael Kalley, gave me a copy Read more…

By Robert P. French, 9 years ago
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Thick Fog in Pacheco Pass by R. P. McCabe

In my humble opinion, this is a real breakthrough novel for R. P. McCabe. The first thing I noticed about the book is that the style is redolent of my favourite US author of all time: John Steinbeck. Then I noticed a lovely device that I have never seen in Read more…

By Robert P. French, 9 years ago
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Crime fiction author LJ Sellers

I really like L. J. Sellers for a number of reasons: She weaves a great plot with lovely twists; She keeps enough tension going to keep me turning those pages; Her characters are strongly drawn, driven and flawed; She provides a strong sense of place—she makes me want to visit Read more…

By Robert P. French, 9 yearsApril 6, 2013 ago
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Impish by Derrick Hibbard

Impish is in a genre that I do not normally read but it was a great change of pace. Hibbard tells the story of Travis, a law graduate whose life basically sucks. Having graduated in the lower echelons of his class, he has a horrible job with a horrible boss, Read more…

By Robert P. French, 10 yearsAugust 13, 2012 ago
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Zeke by Wodke Hawkinson

Karen and PJ—the duo behind Wodke Hawkinson—have hit the sweet spot with Zeke. This novel is a story of love gone wrong. It tells the tale of Sue, a shrinking violet (as my Mother would have called her) who falls madly in love with Zeke, a charismatic, bright and handsome clerk Read more…

By Robert P. French, 10 yearsAugust 8, 2012 ago
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Two indie authors to watch

Since I became an indie author, I have made a decision to support other indie authors whenever I can. Indie authors are the future of publishing (see this post for the reason why) and I want to support every one of them. However the fact of the matter is that most Read more…

By Robert P. French, 10 yearsMay 29, 2012 ago
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Two books that promise profound change

I usually only review fiction and usually only review indie authors, so here is a change of pace. I have recently read two books which predict that over the next twenty years there will be major, dramatic changes in society as we know it, yet each book refers to a different Read more…

By Robert P. French, 10 yearsMay 2, 2012 ago
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The book that changed my mind about reviewing

A while ago, I decided not to do any more book reviews on this site, for two reasons: There are already some great reviewers out there and I was not sure that I had anything to add to what they have to say; I read mainly books by indie authors Read more…

By Robert P. French, 11 yearsFebruary 17, 2012 ago
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The Telltale Tempest by Don McGraw

Since I became an indie author, I decided that I would support my new peers by reading fiction only from indie authors. The result of this decision is that I download a lot of sample chapters but usually do not buy the books. This is because either the subject doesn’t interest me Read more…

By Robert P. French, 11 yearsOctober 2, 2011 ago

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