Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week, it’s a historical romance spy thriller called Alaina Claiborne by MK McClintock. This book contains all the sizzle  of a good spy thriller and all the spark of a hisgtorical romance. Some aspects of the book I liked very much. Others annoyed me. How did I rate this book? Read More  Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week, it’s a collection of suspenseful tales called The Apostate and Other Stories of the Contemporary Southwest by J. B. Hogan The Apostate by J.B. Hogan Bobby Earl, a desperate boy with psychopathic urges, sticks a gun to the head of mild-mannered college professor and fugitive Michael and kidnaps him. The... Read More

I am an AVID reader, and I review tons of books and other products on Amazon. Wondering what to read/ See what I’ve been reviewing and perhaps something will catch your eye. My reading tastes are wide and varied: Cooking Self help Marketing Animals Fantasy Paranormal Historical … to name a few! Visit my Amazon reviews!    Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is a collection of southern short stories called Washed in the Water: Tales from the South by Nancy Hartney I like a good short story collection. Sometimes I want to read something that won’t require a lot of time to read. Sometimes I don’t want to dive into the world of... Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is a historical biographical novel called No Paved Road to Freedom by Sharon Rushton. A good book is aboiut the writer’s craft and in equal measure enjoyment for the reader. This book has it all! Here is the description of No Paved Road to Freedom from Amazon: No Paved Road To Freedom... Read More

Book Review: In Her Shadow, a Psychological Thriller by August McLaughlin Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week, it’s a chilling and suspenseful tale of secrets, pain and torment. In Her Shadow  is August McLaughlin‘s debut novel. Read my 5-star review.   Here is the book description from Amazopn: One woman locked in a basement,... Read More

Book Review of Thursdays at Coconuts by Beth Carter Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s good read is Thursdays at Coconuts by Beth Carter. It’s a light read with interesting characters. It reminds me of a “typical” woman’s Sex in the City, because the key characters are interesting women who have more common lives... Read More

As an author, I read books about the craft of writing, publishing, book marketing and similar topics writers need.  Today, I’m reviewing an excellent book about writing battles. Have you ever been reading a good book but found yourself brought right out of the story by a ridiculous fight scene? I have. One book I read is otherwise excellent, however, the author wrote a hand-to-hand combat scene in which a man bit out a woman’s Adam’s apple. Wh-wh-wh-wha-??? In case you, like this author, don’t know your anatomy, only men have that bobbing little apple-like protrusion.... Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week, I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible book. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is The Geneva Decision by Seeley James, a thriller about an athlete embarking on a new and dangerous lifestyle. Like any good thriller, the lead character Pia Sabel is both flawed and larger-than-life in equal measure. That’s part of what makes thrillers exciting to those who enjoy... Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is Copperhead Cove, a suspenseful story in which a cheerful and relaxed fishing guide finds himself in a heap of trouble, Here is the description: The stillness of the warm, Kentucky afternoon on Copperhead Cove is shattered by the echo of a high-powered rifle, sending birds flying and... Read More