Review: "52 Steps To Murder (Dekker Cozy Mystery #1)" by Steve Demaree

52 Steps To Murder by Steve Demaree
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I found this book free on Amazon. I still can't understand how could this have been possible. The book is great. It's funny and cunning.
The characters are great and the story is well written.
I am a great crime novels' fan, and I always enjoy a good crime story. I am obliged to say that this book is a piece of art. The crime itself is very intelligently made and almost impossible to solve.
In short I like it a lot. I plan to read the next books from the series too.

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Review: More than Meets the Ink

More than Meets the Ink by Elle Aycart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was hooked up by this book. I found it free on Amazon and I was amazed how this good book can be free. It was great. I read all the books in the series after that.
The characters are great and the story is interesting and hot. It's about one of those man that a girl can only dream about. Heck, I still dream about it.


Edited:
Two monts after reading this series I can say only that I still have not found a better series in this ganre to read. There was something different about Aycart's books. Something that made me want more. There was something in these brothers that made them feel real. May be it was the fact that neither the girls nor the boys were perfect looking. I still cannot understant what it was. But beleive me, those books are great.!
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Review: Operator: A High Tech Sci-Fi Thriller

Operator: A High Tech Sci-Fi Thriller by Shane Phillips
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I don't like it. Good thing the book was free, so I did not spend any real money on ti.
I don't know if the book is part of something bigger or what was the purpose of this story, but I did not like it. It was like taken of a part of something with no beginning and no topic.

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Review: Ready Player One

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I don't like it.
I am a gamer. I like books and movies like this one, but not this one.
I cannot even believe that I finally managed to finish it!
It's unbearably boring. I suppose that this book could become a very nice movie, but I don't understand why it became so popular. Moreover, I have the deja vue about this book.
From the moment I started reading it two years ago.
When I was a kid, there was this one movie about some children who lived in a virtual reality and had to win some kind of contest there.
I don't know if the author has ever seen the movie or if Cline thinks that his idea is original, but it is not.


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Review: Death du Jour

Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The book is very interesting. I like the way Reichs writes.
I think that this is going to become my next favourite books series.
The novel has everything I have ever wanted from a crime book: mystery, just a bit of romance, unpredictable twists. I am very found of Tempe and her way of handling problems. I would definitely start on the next book as soon as possible.

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Review: Déjà Dead

Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love "Bones" on FOX. I love if since the first time I watched it. That was the reason why I wanted to read this book so badly and at the same time, that again was the reason I postponed it as much as I could. I did not want to read the book and feel disappointed by either the TV show or the novel.

I am happy to announce that the only thing that "Bones" and Kathy Reichs' books have in common it the main idea. And that is great! The novel is very interesting and while I was reading I did not compare it at all with "Bones", because it's an impossible task.

Déjà Dead is one of those books where you have all the clues and still, you cannot figure it out until the mere end. Even in the end, you think that you know who the killer is and Reichs manage to surprise you.

Great book. Can't wait to read the next one.

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Ways we are manipulated!

I am have seen so many people trying to manipulate others, that I have decided to state here some common ways we were being manipulated by others.

1. Guilt tripping - how many time did others make you feel guilty of something you did or did not do?
2. Misquoting - how many times have our words been used against us?
3. Bulling and threats are always an option if #1 and # 2 do not work.
4. And if all of the above still don't work there come the tears and the begging. I personally believe that at this point again they try to make you feel guilty that you say no!
5. This is my personal favorite - using empty promises!
6. Some people even help you only in order for you to owe them!

I will leave the list open and will update it with new information whenever I think of new ways people manipulate others.

If you think I missed something please feel free to add it in the comments :)