Friday, April 22, 2022

{Book Blogger Hop} - From Beginning to End

Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop!

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What To Do

1. Post an answer for the prompt.

Do you finish reading every book that you have slotted for a review?

Submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews.

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Four Things Most People Don't Know About STAR WARS

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Did you know that George Lucas wrote the original Star Wars script? In addition to the original trilogy, there were 12 movies planned and nine of them were produced. However, the films were never written fully and were largely just a vision of Lucas. The entire series was a financial success, and the franchise is still wildly popular today. You can explore more about Star Wars at The Direct!

{Sunday Post} - Dinosaur Disaster and Spider-Man: No Way Home

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Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

Happy Easter, Everyone!

What Am I Reading?

I read one and a half Dark Shadows ebooks during the week. That's it. My mind has been on other things, and I had to run several errands. Currently, I'm on page 283 in Terence Fisher: Master of Gothic Cinema and on page 171 in Dune. I haven't even cracked open A Relative Murder yet.

{Book Blogger Hop} - The Dust Jacket Dilemma

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Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop!

If you want to schedule next week's post in advance, click here for future prompts. To submit a prompt, please fill out this form.

The Book Blogger Hop now has its own Facebook Group! Please join the group to get all the newest Book Blogger Hop updates and communicate with other book bloggers.

What To Do

1. Post an answer for the prompt.

Do you prefer to leave book jackets on or off while reading?

Submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer.

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[Review] - Victoria Winters by Marilyn Ross

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Most tie-in novels tend to stay in the continuity of whatever television or movie series it's from, but that wasn't such the case with the Dark Shadow novels by Marilyn Ross (William Edward Daniel Ross). Between December 1966 to March 1972, Paperback Library published thirty-three Dark Shadows books (minus the House of Dark Shadows novelization), and all shared a different continuity than the 1966 - 1972 soap opera series.

{Sunday Post} - Alias Grace, A Relative Murder, and Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein

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Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

Good Afternoon , Everyone!

What Am I Reading?

I'm still reading Terrence Fisher: Master of Gothic Cinema. I'm on page 273. Mira sent over A Relative Murder by Jude Deveraux to review. I'll start reading it in the next couple of days.

[Review} - Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Company, recently released the Christian thriller Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn. It's the second installment in the Defend and Protect series. I had never even heard of the series before reading Malicious Intent. The cover reminds me of the black & white movie-of-the-week ads in TV Guide during the 1990s. Weirdly, that's the only reason why I wanted to read this book - I liked the cover.

The plot is as simplistic as it gets - a woman is in danger, and a law enforcement agent is assigned to protect her. In this story, the woman is Dr. Ivy Collins, the founder, and CEO of the prosthetic company Hedera, Inc., and someone is trying to sabotage her life's work. The only person who can protect Ivy is her childhood best friend - US Secret Service Agent Gil Dixon.

Final Thoughts

I had trouble connecting with the two central characters, Dr. Ivy Collins and Agent Gil Dixon. They come across as one-dimensional soap opera characters, and I didn't like them from the get-go. The plot is a cliched by-the-book mystery with a little bit of romance sprinkled into the mix. I got bored midway and took a break from the book for a few days. I only continued reading it so I could write this review.

Overall, Malicious Intent is a predictable Chrisitan romantic thriller that is somehow neither romantic nor thrilling in any shape or form. Other readers have praised this novel, so maybe it's just me. Or maybe my taste in books is quite different from theirs. Or I'm tired of reading run-of-the-mill thrillers.