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Dead Lake Book 1 - B. J. Robinson, Author

Dead Lake - Book 1 Dead Lake Mystery Series - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

'A lone cypress tree formed an eerie silhouette, but it wasn't the only creepy skeleton rising from Dead Lake. Judy's eyes took in her surroundings and noticed many bony fingers reaching skyward. No…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on September 23, 2013 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Calling All Book Lovers

After going to an Estate sale some time back I bought some vintage books. Most were cookbooks, some weren't. After going by the same house the day after the sale I stopped to see if the other books were bought. I was told no that they went into the dumpster that went to the land fill. Not all end up in the land fills. Some are sent to be recycled. But no…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on September 23, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Vanishing Trail - Stephen Kosa, Autor

Vanishing Trail - The Taking of Jonathan Bishop - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

His rocking slowed slightly as his mind…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on September 14, 2013 at 2:40pm — No Comments

The Sand Bluff Murders - C. M. Albrecht, Author

The Sand Bluff Murders - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

"A corpse?" I smiled. Like a dead body? Oh yeah! I was supposed to take this seriously? Only thing people killed around Sand Bluff were lots of bottles of beer and the occasional careless cat that got in…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on September 5, 2013 at 2:54pm — No Comments

The Critical Element - John L. Betcher, Author

The Critical Element - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Rodney slid back in the chair, his hands gripping the armrests. he cracked his neck to both sides before beginning his tale. "It was yesterday afternoon," he said. "Sunday...and I was out on the John Deere checking my…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on September 1, 2013 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Means to an End - Elizabeth Romero, Author

Means to an End - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Just as she was wrapping it around her, her stepfather appeared there in the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on August 11, 2013 at 10:28am — No Comments

Moragh, Holly's Ghost - Magie Tideswell, Author

Moragh, Holly’s Ghost – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

‘Joshua skimmed down the page, not registering what he was reading, when a tiny advert squashed between Lost & Found and Obituaries jumped to his attention. It simply read:

Husband…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on August 6, 2013 at 9:39am — No Comments

The Apocalypse Calendar - Emile A. Pessagno, Jr., Author

The Apocalypse Calendar – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Felipe said, “When we visited the shrine to the Virgen de Montserrat in the Sierra Crullas, we saw a strange diagram carved into the limestone wall of the small cave. It showed a pyramid with a…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 25, 2013 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Talon, On the Wing - Gigi Sedlmayer, Author

Talon, On the Wing – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Crayn narrowed his eyes. ‘What is it, Mat?’

‘I just remembered something form yesterday. It was so funny, you know, when Talon stood by the door and banged his wings on the side of the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 19, 2013 at 8:59am — No Comments

Wiggle Room - Darden North, Author

Wiggle Room - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Mississippi surgeon Brad Cummins, serving on temporary duty at Balad Air Base Theatre Hospital in Iraq, has just been informed that an incoming Black Hawk will be bringing in wounded from an IED which hit a Humvee on patrol. Of the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 14, 2013 at 1:14pm — No Comments

The Moon is Broken! - Monique B. Martin, Author

The Moon is Broken! - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Every night at eight o'clock the same thing happens. "Time for bed," Mommy says. "Time for bed, sleepyhead!" But, to her surprise and fright, something is wrong this starry night! Something has happened to…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 9, 2013 at 3:20pm — No Comments

The Map - Boni Lonnsburry, Author

The Map – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

…There are plenty of people who have tons of money but it’s never enough…they are never satisfied, never secure and they never feel truly abundant.

There are people who have the spouse,…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 6, 2013 at 4:39pm — No Comments

20 Strawberry Cake Recipes - Sharon Ray, Author

20 Strawberry Cake Recipes - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Classic Strawberry Cake (Straight from the Cookbook and so good)

2 large eggs 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 cup fresh, crushed strawberries, unsweetened 1/2 cup butter 2…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 2, 2013 at 4:02pm — No Comments

A Cloud of Witness 0 Joan S. Hickey, Author

A Cloud of Witnesses – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***I am the seventh of seventeen children, from a working-class, Midwestern Catholic family. In my teenage years, the tension of alcoholism and depression brought my family to its knees. My parents fought…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 28, 2013 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Escape From Paris - Carolyn Hart, Author

Escape From Paris - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***If he didn’t hurry, they were going to be caught. That sergeant would walk down the road in a little while to see why she was taking so long. Why didn’t the Englishman hurry? Why had she said she would take him? Why had she…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 14, 2013 at 5:23pm — No Comments

81 BBQ Chicken Recipes - Sharon Ray, Author

BBQ Chicken Recipes - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A book and A Dish I…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 11, 2013 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Ghostly Justice - Bev Irwin, Author

Ghostly Justice - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***I watched until they turned the corner at Colburn Street. Then the energy vanished and a profound sadness filled me. Even playing the piano held no joy that day. I have to talk to her. But how? I gave up…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 10, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Ghost Hunting Diary Volume III - T. M. Simmons, Author

Ghost Hunting Diary Volume III – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***Billy and Lucy York had been to Goshen Cemetery once previously with two other ghost hunters. From what they told me, I wanted to visit this historic graveyard myself. I wasn’t deterred by the rumors and tales abounding…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 4, 2013 at 3:48pm — No Comments

What Did You Say? - Monique E. Hammond, Author

What Did You Say – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 28, 2013 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Scare Me - Richard Parker, Author

Scare Me - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***Poppy wondered if he'd locked himself in his bedroom but she had the key to that as well. It looked like blind panic had won out, howeer. She met Brett when she was a third of the way up the stairs. He was naked from…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 24, 2013 at 3:08pm — No Comments