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The Dictionary of Missing Time By Susan Eileen

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The Dictionary of Missing Time  By Susan Eileen GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis  The Dictionary of Missing Time chronicles one woman’s sobriety journey and her many self-discoveries along the way. Reflecting on substance-abuse and narcissistic-relationship recoveries, this memoir provides new expressions as a means to form a common language and many insights into the human condition. My Thoughts  Some books tell a story. Others try to give us language for the stories we have lived but never knew how to name. According to the synopsis, The Dictionary of Missing Time belongs to the second category. This is not just another memoir about recovery. From what the synopsis tells us, it is an attempt to build a common language for experiences that many people go through in silence. What The Synopsis Tells Us As per the synopsis, The Dictionary of Missing Time chronicles one woman’s sobriety journey and her many self-discoveries along the way. The synopsis make...

Clara and the Christmas Lantern (Clara Series) By Sharon Philbrick

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Clara and the Christmas Lantern (Clara Series) By Sharon Philbrick GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis A Heartwarming Christmas Story About the Magic of Kindness! Step into a snowy Christmas evening filled with wonder, love, and the true spirit of giving. Clara and the Christmas Lantern is a beautifully written holiday story that teaches children an important lesson: the brightest light comes from kindness shared with others. What’s Inside? Join Clara, Grandma Ada, and their faithful dog Max as they journey through their peaceful village carrying a very special lantern. Along the way, Clara discovers that even the smallest acts of kindness can bring warmth and happiness to those around her. This heartwarming Christmas tale celebrates: Christmas magic and holiday traditions Kindness, compassion, and generosity Love between family and friends The joy of helping others The power of small good deeds Why Parents Love It: Encourages children to practice kindness and empathy Te...

YOU WERE MADE TO DO HARD THINGS: The Cul-De-Sac Of Death Is Where Faith Is Born By Chad Brandon Hawkins

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YOU WERE MADE TO DO HARD THINGS: The Cul-De-Sac Of Death Is Where Faith Is Born  By Chad Brandon Hawkins GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis You've been sold a lie. That comfort is the goal. That easy is better. That the pain you're running from is the enemy. It's not. Chad Brandon Hawkins was a first-round MLB draft pick with the world at his feet—until his arm gave out and the dream died. He became a Marine. A combat veteran. An entrepreneur who built businesses from nothing. And through every collapse, he learned the truth nobody wants to hear: the hardest road is the only one that leads somewhere worth going. This is not a book of soft affirmations. It's a gut-check. Eighteen chapters of hard-won truth, backed by neuroscience, forged in Scripture, and lived out in the trenches. You'll meet the fighters, the failures, and the faithful who refused to quit when quitting made sense. The "cul de sac of death"—that dead-end where you've go...

The Gudem Experiment By Vadhan Bommadevara

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The Gudem Experiment  By Vadhan Bommadevara GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis Many Realities. One Unbreakable Mother. An Impossible Choice. It is the year 2015. Quantum Physicist Sheila Pitambar is trapped between conflicting realities. She is labelled insane because she believes her daughter, Diya, was conceived in an erased reality and is born in this reality for a purpose. To save the world. In the erased reality, a pregnant Sheila had defeated an ancient cosmic evil, in the bargain losing the man she loved. Now the evil is clawing its way back into this world. Isolated and cast aside, Sheila faces an impossible choice. Save her daughter. Save the world. Choose one. As if by the hand of destiny, Sheila comes across others who had faced the evil in the erased reality. They believe the world will end unless Sheila allies with the man they call the extraordinary cripple. After all, he is the key to the Gudem Experiment. But then, he died in 1971. My Thoughts...

Footsteps in the Dark By Carlo Armenise

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Footsteps in the Dark  By Carlo Armenise GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis Footsteps in the Dark is a collection of eight supernatural/horror short stories, with a Twilight Zone flavor, that highlight the eternal struggle between good and evil, brought on by the human conditions of desire, greed, and envy, and the lengths people go to satisfy those desires. Each of the stories in Footsteps in the Dark presents a character study that demonstrates their flaws, frailties, and weaknesses, and shows the outcomes of the actions they take to get what they want. My Thoughts  Footsteps in the Dark by Carlo Armenise is a collection of eight supernatural and horror stories that explore the darker side of human nature. With a Twilight Zone-like feel, the book brings together suspense, supernatural elements, and the timeless struggle between good and evil. What makes this collection intriguing is its focus on the desires that can lead people down disturbing paths. Greed...

Kill Dick: A Novel By Luke Goebel

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Kill Dick: A Novel  By Luke Goebel GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis At nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she's an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie's ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father's ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together. Then there's Phil Krolik, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it's almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Phil are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot. Dark, satirical, and razor-sharp, Kill Dick is a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between surviv...

Icefall: The Rise of the Nine By Michael Newman and Jon Land

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Icefall: The Rise of the Nine  By Michael Newman and Jon Land          GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis  A team of superbeings are all that stands between Earth and total annihilation at the hands of a predatory alien species. An alien ship crashed into Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier 150,000 years ago and froze within the ice…until glacial melting thawed out its deadly inhabitants in the present day. Kai and Jules Bevins, both professors of astrobiology at Caltech, are roused from their home and whisked away to the site where a special division of the army has taken charge. But not before something escaped through a breach in the hull. Meanwhile, a pair of Alaska state troopers locate a missing Amazon driver fifteen miles away on the Juneau Icefield and trace his movements to a nearby village with a population of less than fifty. Arriving in town, they are greeted by the bodies of villagers who were killed in an impossible, horrific way. Tho...