"You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book." Dr. Seuss
I was bitten by the vampire bug early. Ever since the tender age of thirteen, I’ve been obsessed with the undead rulers of the night, Vampires. Whatever trope an author embraces; stake through the heart, the must have invitation; the hot mesmerizing, undying love…I’m there for it! Don’t get me wrong, I fear the reaper. Yet I am drawn in by the allure of the Vampire. They surpass many other folklore monsters and continue to spark our imaginations, not to mention our libidos. So, if you are prepared to be seduced beyond your wildest imagination…the wait is over. Come in.
When I pick up a book, I am often looking for something that doesn’t reflect the real world as I might be experiencing it. What I want is to see how people act when the rules change. What I want is something faintly recognizable that provides me with a path back. Speculative fiction achieves that. Make no mistake, it’s total fabrication, in the way that looking in a mirror is fake, it distorts the image back at us. Good news for readers, speculative fiction has crept it’s way into every genre of book you can imagine. So buckle up, book lovers. If you’re eager to take a ride to the outer limits of literature, you’re in luck: I’ve got you covered!
Haven is a nautical archaeologist who has come to Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast. But she is hoping to find more than artifacts, she is secretly on a quest to find a treasure trove of priceless gems that her father claimed to have seen just before his death. But all she finds is misfortune. A gorgeous and picturesque Italian setting, ancient magic, forbidden love, pirates and sunken treasure make for one heck of a read that will sweep you away!
A doorman’s job is not an easy one. They can never fail to remember a resident’s name or the names of regular visitors. They can never call in sick, never leave early, never arrive late. They can never complain or roll their eyes at a request, no matter how ridiculous. They must know what the residents are proud of, what they are most ashamed of. All the dirty details of their most private problems. But they can never know yours. Not ever. An excellent thriller with an ending you won’t see coming, no matter how hard you look!
When Marshall gets pulled over by a local cop, something is off. Maybe it’s the girl crying in the back of the cop car, or maybe the sinister threat the cop utters. And that’s before he finds out there is no such cop on the force. A summer internship with a PI might be just the thing to get the mystery out of his head. A wonderful coming of age story wrapped up in a supernatural thriller! And the twist…it’s a doozy!
Simply defined, hospitality is about how to treat people, how to make people feel like they belong, how to be welcoming, how to listen and most of all how to be curious. It’s a dialogue, not a monologue. Think of it like this, service is black and white, hospitality is colour. It needs to be tailored, to be crafted. This author shows us how, not only in business, but in life. My favourite ideal, the charitable assumption. Something we could all be better at!
When a high security prison experiences technical failures, a wrongly imprisoned retired cop and the governor’s idealist daughter are going to have to work together with a group of misfits to get out alive. All they have to do is get from the ground floor infirmary to the roof, bypassing six floors of convicts who may or may not be free from their cells. If this sounds like a recipe for non-stop, relentless action…it is! Fast paced doesn’t do it justice.
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