Review: Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

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Title: Vintage Murder (Inspector Alleyn #5) Author: Ngaio Marsh First published: 1937 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon |  Book Depository Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunningly beautiful. No one-including her lover-understood why she married the company's pudgy producer. But did she rig a huge jeroboam of champagne to kill her husband during a cast party? Did her sweetheart? Or was another villain waiting in the wings? On a holiday down under, Inspector Roderick Alleyn must uncork this mystery and uncover a devious killer... I was having trouble deciding what to read. I'm halfway through a couple of books and just kinda stuck. I was sitting in the chair and happened to see this on the bookshelf, so I pulled it off. Marsh rarely disappoints me. Vintage Murder comes pretty early in the series. Alleyn is in New Zealand recovering from something or other, but none of these fictional detectives can actually have vacations. He happens to...
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Review: Forever Fat Loss by Ari Whitten

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Title: Forever Fat Loss Author: Ari Whitten Category: Weight Loss Published: May 9, 2014 by Archangel Ink Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon Escape the Dieting Trap and Transform Your Life Have you been spinning your wheels, trying diet after diet, only to lose and regain the same 10, 20, or 30 pounds over and over again? Author Ari Whitten’s here to tell you that it’s not your fault! The common weight loss strategy of “burn more calories than you take in” will fail 95% of you in the long term, simply because this goes against your body’s natural wisdom. So it’s time to stop fighting against your biology and start working with your biology. Forever Fat Loss will show you how. Eat What You Crave and Get Leaner By the Day Sick of suffering through diets where you need to restrict fat, carbs, or calories? There is a better way. Satisfy your cravings for sweet, salty, and fatty foods, and still reach your fat loss goals effortlessly....
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Audiobook Review: Jack of Spies by David Downing

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Title: Jack of Spies Author: David Downing Read by: Gildart Jackson Category: Spy Fiction Audio published: May 13, 2014 by Blackstone Audiobooks Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Audible | Amazon | Book Depository It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty s Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing but a shoestring budget and the very tenuous protection of a boss in faraway London. He knows, though, that a geopolitical catastrophe is brewing, and now is both the moment to prove himself and the moment his country needs him most. Unfortunately, this is also the...
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Audiobook Review: Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, and Lani Diane Rich

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Title: Dogs and Goddesses Author: Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, and Lani Diane Rich Read by: Renée Raudman Category: Fantasy, Contemporary Romance Audio published: January 22, 2009 by Brilliance Audio Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Audible | Amazon | Book Depository Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She's reluctantly inherited her grandmother's coffee shop, but it's not long before she's brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor. And then there's Daisy, a Web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey. Her tightly wound world spins out of control when she discovers the chaos within and meets a mysterious dog trainer whose teaching style is definitely hands-on. Finally there's Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, who wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table, the first thing in her life she hasn't been able to footnote. What...
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Audiobook Review: Bread & Butter by Michelle Wildgen

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Title: Bread and Butter Author: Michelle Wildgen Read by: Elijah Alexander Category: Fiction Audio published: February 11, 2014 by Dreamscape Media Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Audible | Amazon | Book Depository Britt and Leo have spent ten years running Winesap, the best restaurant in their small Pennsylvania town. They cater to their loyal customers; they don't sleep with the staff; and business is good, even if their temperamental pastry chef is bored with making the same chocolate cake night after night. But when their younger brother, Harry, opens his own restaurant - a hip little joint serving an aggressive lamb neck dish - Britt and Leo find their own restaurant thrown off-kilter. Britt becomes fascinated by a customer who arrives night after night, each time with a different dinner companion. Their pastry chef, Hector, quits, only to reappear at Harry's restaurant. And Leo finds himself falling for his executive chef - tempted to break the cardinal rule of restaurant ownership. Family drama and food, how...
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Audiobook Review: The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People

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Title: The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People Editor: Zondervan Bibles Narrated by: Michael Blain-Rozgay, Allison Moffett Category: Religion Audio published: June 24, 2011 by Zondervan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Audible | Amazon | Book Depository "The Greatest Story Ever Told" is more than just a cliche. God has gone to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people. That is what The Story is all about - the story of the Bible, God's great love affair with humanity. Condensed into 31 accessible chapters, The Story sweeps you into the unfolding progression of Bible characters and events from Genesis to Revelation. Using the clear, accurate, and easy-to-understand text of the NIV, it allows the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible to read like a novel. And like any good story, The Story is filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, romance, and redemption. Features: •The story of the Bible... in its own words •Events, characters, and teachings of the Bible arranged chronologically •Today's...
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