Monday, August 8, 2022
![[Review] - 'Crossfire' (Extreme Measures 2) by Lynette Eason](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgLjocJQChcMhOfzDUb50-h74t8t8yjse6QqvkOttoNxcPZ9Z54EdecQOWTJ7b17tySgUzMhrPxnvkXtibIOTlQH40ZIcv8NK1W5b6aA6MXKuCAf-OpoqjKonTtwZh3P45pEsnvMh67lQfFwTV0nuciFUeQGNo3dRlvjNyYQItpCgRNcS_OgtGK0A/w414-h640/crossfire.jpg)
Sunday, August 7, 2022
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Good Morning, Bloggers!
It's Saturday at 10:46 PM. I just finished sipping coffee while my mind analyzed a twenty-seven-year-old episode of The X-Files.
- My good ole allergies have been acting up, probably due to the extreme humidity.
- Gnats have taken over my home! It seems like every year, these pests show up like clockwork and then vanish into thin air. Thank the heavens for apple cider vinegar and Hot Shot!
- The KC Royals are 43-65 but aren't dead last. They're in 4th place and only 14.5 games behind. Whit Merrifield got traded to the Tronto Blue Jays. Karma?
Friday, August 5, 2022
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Thursday, August 4, 2022
![[Review] - 'The Demon of Barnabas Collins' by Marilyn Ross](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEey0668ky6ubYIlYbZGG68nCamlLZl0ytJBTcHsZItifWvlMjhsA0NdfeYEXL1MzLC-R1FSWaTCec3Cl9K_RWbhRVhmkG7XBFrqsjrAQF0Nsitiwqg6-Cl7m95e3qU9pGLXBAbcie6Jl2Di8wfvxYlxH8aJ93i3tXUJJRPcBDFmHDQNyj1iwc2Xx0/w426-h640/The%20Demon%20of%20Barnabas%20Collins.png)
If you perchance to buy a Dark Shadows novel at a thrift store or used book store with only the bare minimum knowledge of the series, you'll be confused or disappointed after reading the book. Whether you have seen a few episodes of the original ABC daytime soap, the short-lived NBC series, or Tim Burton's spoofy remake, you know the vampire Barnabas Collins is imprisoned in a coffin and is released 100+ years later. Barnabas didn't make his way into the book series by Marilyn Ross (the pen name of William Edward Daniel Ross) until the sixth novel, and his backstory was different. Instead of being chained in a coffin, Barnabas lived among the living. Every once in a while, he would change his identity to a made-up son, grandson, great-grandson, etc., so nobody would find out about his vampire secret.
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
![[Review] - 'Down Range' by Taylor Moore](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep1DG-c2VEPE_ZLxKkK8SAKOPO0RGGxxLtGsWCyIiasJJSMqgpaEidNEddzxH7PMpXCZm89SP5c0wcLVSRMaH0BaaNRh4elWrwUdV2gQcPg4_ke1moOkIIsdpHWv40MNcyb22SSF0-y_-8fpJI6uiurQ9wH7Ny0Rt09EM15fZctQyKzD97WJ1ptM4/w422-h640/down%20range.jpg)
A Down Range paperback (published by William Morrow) had been sitting on a Walmart shelf collecting dust for nearly two months when I finally bought it. What lured me in was the back-cover quote from Providence Journal - "A masterwork of classic storytelling: a man defending his own in the best tradition of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood film." I'm in no way a John Wayne fan, but I love anything Eastwood-related.
Monday, August 1, 2022
![[Review] - 'Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden' by William Shatner (with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlNtmj9nz-NUfcROvuS9gg6otJBgDANdyyUSY0A36CFQv48LDI8vNY1_tWui63PubhP9y27ULALBcpSLZKNTqzLoPv8Huq1MkqYmvjwKiYr5MHnLKXYHBqO8QoJmvUGoKLz9hz9ayeeTvPE1EiAA4Av8ZcwXDmmBeMiJje3-o0Z6Inp5yogaeCUvM/w516-h640/20220731_140330.jpg)
In 1994, Star Trek: Generation left a sour taste in many Trekkie's mouths after they watched the unnecessary death of Captain James T. Kirk and the destruction of the USS Enterprise-D. That same year, William Shatner teamed up with authors Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Pocket Books to resurrect Kirk in what would later become The Odyssey trilogy. Shatner would collaborate with the Reeves-Stevenses on the outlines, and the Reeves-Stevenses would do the actual writing.
Sunday, July 31, 2022
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Good Morning, Everyone!
What Am I Reading?
Since last week's post, I finished The Gray Man, Nightmare Fuel, and Star Wars: Padawan. I'm currently reading multiple books. After watching a few episodes of Star Trek: TOS, I read Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden by William Shatner (cowritten with Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens). I'm rereading Star Trek: Return, a book I first read in 1997. I lost the book somewhere but later found another copy at a thrift store. I'm on Chapter Sixteen (page 125).
