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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     February was another excellent reading month for me. I was deep into crime and horror and loved every page of it! I powered through the first three books of a series, caught up with a favorite author's latest book, and found out that sometimes dead is better.   Here is my final list of books that I read in February (any reviews are highlighted): The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz    Girl Last Seen by Nina Laurin Origin by Dan Brown Never Tell by Lisa Gardner   Pet Se matary by Stephen King The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz Favorite Book of the Month: March TBR: The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz L ie to Me by J. T. Ellison The Night Window by Dean Koontz (ARC) Ninth and Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney (ARC) One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan (ARC) Thin Dark Line...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Jane Hawk was introduced to me in the novella the Bone Farm . From there I went on to read the Silent Corner and the Whispering Room . I became that reader that needed to keep going with this series, because I knew that they would keep getting better and better. This adventure-espionage series has taken me on a roller coaster ride that I am not too eager to step off of.      The Crooked Staircase is the third full-length Jane Hawk novel by Dean Koontz. It is published by Bantam Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. As we careen off the cliff of the second book's revelations, Jane Hawk is on the trail of Booth Hendrickson, another Techno Arcadian hell bent on controlling the country. Through injections the Arcadians have devised a control mechanism that takes over its host once the self-assembling technology forms a web over the victim's brain. Through key words the adjusted person is at their mercy to co...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!  Let me be honest and say that this is one of my most anticipated novels of this year. After reading almost every novel Lisa Gardner has written, I knew that another Flora Dane and D.D. Warren story would make my year. But I had no idea that Gardner would add another favorite character to the mix, making this one of her best works to date. I loved it so much that I read it in a day.   Never Tell is Lisa Gardner's tenth full-length Detective D.D. Warren novel. It is published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this exciting crime thriller we are introduced to Evie Carter, a pregnant math teacher who is seemingly in a loving relationship with her husband, Conrad. One evening she is late coming home and worries of an altercation with Conrad. But what she finds is her husband dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. She is dumbstruck by what she sees, but what she views on his laptop terrifies her. She...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Back in the 1990s I purchased a VHS cassette of the movie Pet Sematary. I cannot count how many times I saw the film back then. It was a big part of my life , especially since I loved Stephen King 's novels. And when I met Denise Cros by some years later at a Star Trek convention, my conversation was more abou t Pet Sematary than the U.S.S. Enterprise . But oddly enough I had never picked up the novel and read it. With the current film offering fast approaching I decided to buy a copy of the book and finally see what the original source material had to offer me.    Pet Sematary is written by Stephen King, and is published by Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. B ased on King's own exper ience living near a road with monstrous trucks barreling down its expanse , this 1983 classic fright fest has cap tured the imagination of horror fans world-wide. The story revolves around the Creed family, Lo uis a...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   When I read the Bone Farm in January, I fell in literary love with Dean Ko ontz's heroine , Jane Hawk . This FBI agent's story continued in the Silent Corner , which I ended up loving , as well. With two Jane Hawk books read, it was time for another.    The Whi spering Room is Dean Koontz's secon d full-length Jane Hawk novel. It is released by Bantam Books, an imprint of Penguin Rando m House Publishing. Taking place a few weeks after the events of the Silent Corner, Jane Hawk is on the hunt for the masterminds behin d the Techno Arcadians . This shadow organization has developed nano technology that once implanted in body, becomes a control mechanism that allows them to puppet whomever they wish. They controlled Nic k Hawk , causing him to com mit suicide. This set off a shocking series of events that now has them in the cross hairs of Jane Hawk , Nick's wife . After raiding and eliminating the threat...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons! Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together. Great fun!   This week's question asks: What are your Top 5 Independent Women in Books? Flora Dane (D.D. Warren detective series by Lisa Gardner)- Held captive for over a year by a psychotic murderer, Flora Dane emerged from her ordeal with a new purpose. Stalking the streets of Boston, Dane becomes a dangerous vigilante. Putting stalkers and murders out of commission. But can she work with the Boston PD in order to lawfully bring in these criminals? Does she want to? Find Her and Look for Me began her story. Never Tell continues this Lisa Gardner powerhouse character on February 19, 2019. Jane Hawk (Jane Hawk series by Dean Koontz)- Living the Silent Corner of the world, a...