Hunger For Atlantis by Pandora

Genre: Adult, Realistic Fiction

Source: I was gifted a copy. The opinions expressed here are my own.

From Goodreads

“Hunger For Atlantis” is simply: The Individual’s Struggle Against Authority. 

Danicka, the owner of a kindergarten, bans toys and inspires preschool children to work, but is she a dictator or a liberator? Stanzie inherits a billion-dollar empire. Armed with a ‘progressive’ education, will she save the Company from disaster, or will she pave the way with good intentions?

The younger generation is clashing against the older . . . colleges and schools are self-destructing . . . teachers and professors are fighting for survival . . . wireless electricity threatens to change the world in the new Age of Atoms . ..

My Thoughts:

I’d like to say I loved this book but I didn’t, but I also didn’t hate it.  In the beginning Stanzie came across to me as a very dumb woman who had married a man only for what he could give her financially.  When her husband dies suddenly and she is put in charge of his company that has always been run by “the good ol’ boys” standard. She lets them know that she may not know as much as they do, but she will learn.  I loved her pairing the opposite sides of the education issue.  Although I would not go so far to believe that we should get rid of higher education, after all I am a teacher, I believe that we need to stop spoon feeding our students a watered down education.   I thought it funny that Stanzie hired a former chicken farmer/editor of his magazine to run the opposite side of the publishing campaign.  I felt a lot of things were repeated.  My only pet peeve was the constant use of “expectorated in an officious manner, coughing politely.” I don’t really know why that phrase grated on me so much.   Over all it was an okay book.

Dark Digital Sky by Carac Allison

Genre: Adult, Technological Mystery
Source: I received a copy to help facilitate my review. What follows is my honest review.

From Goodreads:

LA Private Investigator Chalk is hired to find three adult sons a Hollywood mogul fathered through a sperm bank many years before. United, the three half brothers discover they share a desire to be warriors. They plan a heist to prove they are worthy of enlisting with a paramilitary leader who has taken both a name and a mad inspiration from Kubrick’s dark satire Dr. Strangelove. General Ripper’s forces begin by robbing pharmaceutical warehouses and then mailing the stolen prescription drugs to America’s veterans. They escalate to kidnapping video game designers and broadcasting their deaths. The ensuing chaos builds toward a culminating drone attack that will forever prove Ripper's warning that graphics have made warriors terrorists.

My Thoughts:             

There were several things I found intriguing throughout this book.  First of all is the fact that Chalk had tattoos of book covers on his body and went about explaining their meanings. The second thing was that at times, with all of the technology and how much he used it to help himself or just to know what was going on, made me feel like I was reading an episode of A Person of Interest. I didn’t always understand all of the technology.  The reader is given the feel of a detective along the lines of Mike Hammer using modern or futuristic technology to make this an interesting read.  There are many people I am sure that have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.  It was enjoyable but not my cup of tea.  I am sure that the author definitely will have a following. As I said the book , and its story line were well written just not a genre I enjoyed as much as others I have read. I will recommend it to those I know enjoy this type of novel.

The Flip by Michael Phillip Cash

Genre: Adult, Horror, Ghosts

Source: I received a copy to help facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

This is the first book I have read by this author.  I am so glad that I was offered the book for review.  I might never have found him.  As a middle school teacher I often have trouble finding adult books that I enjoy.  This is definitely an author whose books I will enjoy reading and recommending.

If you are like me and love a good ghost story then this is definitely the book for you.  It mixes the past and the present.  Brad and Julie flip houses.  When they find the Hemmings House on Bedlam Street, they figure this Victorian house would be the perfect project.  Brad feels something is not quite right the minute he enters the basement.  He wants to flip the house and sell it.  Julie on the other hand has fallen in love with this run down property.  She wants to keep it and turn it into a bed and breakfast. 

The other inhabitants in the house, Gerald and Tess have other plans.  Tess has design on Brad.  She wants him even if it means she has to get rid of Julie.  Sentinels in the house keep this from happening. With all of the strange happenings Julie now wants to sell the house.  It will take a lot of money to fix it up to sell.  She and Brad find a lot of valuable items left behind by the previous people.  What else does this house hold besides, ghosts, valuable possessions and secrets?  You really must read this book to find out.  This is not your bloody, gory type of horror book.  It is just creepy enough to keep you sitting on the edge of your seat turning the pages until you have finished.