The Cabinet of Curosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

 

The Cabinet of Curiosities

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Warner Books

An AOL Time Warner Company

Copyright 2002 © Splendide Mendax Inc., and Lincoln Child

ISBN:

629 pages

    This was a bit more of a book than I have been reading lately. Quite lengthy. But I couldn't put it down (I am lae in coming to know these characters and the writers).

    Special Agent Pendergast and archaeologist Nora Kelly team up again in this thrilling adventure, bone-chilling, novel. And as always, Lincoln and Child keep us on the edge of our seat anticipating their next move. The highs and lows were spectacular!

    As they work independently, and again together, we read a well researched novel that can only be called "spectacular"!

    When a centuries old mass murder is uncovered, Pendergast and Kelly are the only locals that can cover it and perhaps provide information that will provent a "copycat" from adding to the death toll. Is a killer from the 19th century back from the grave? Only these two can find the truth.

   I highly recommend this novel if you enjoy action, adventure, mystery, crime, and just a bit of the paranormal. 

I give this novel

FIVE STARS

and a BIG

Thumbs Up!

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Book Review...05 February 2021

 

Old Bones

by

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Copyright © 2019 by Splendide Mendax, Inc. and Lincoln Child

Grand Central Publishing

Hachette Book Group

ISBN: 978-1-5387-4722-3 (hardcover)

First Edition: August 2019

I have long been a fan of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child! This book doesn't leave you lacking for adventure and excitement! 

This novel includes our favorite heroine, Nora Kelly. The archeologist is sent on an assignment to the great northwest of the United States, in search of the lost Donner party camp. What she finds will require assist from the local Sheriff's department, as well as the FBI. 

She finds the camp, but what she finds there may cost more than what she's bargained for. It may cost her very life. With a twist you just won't see coming, I highly recommend this novel for any Preston & Childs fans. (And if you're not, this is a great place to start!) 

I give this novel Five Stars 

and a big Thumbs Up!

This book is available on Amazon, by clicking the link below:

The Kindle version is currently $10.99, while the hardcover book is $16.75.

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The Easy Camp Cookbook by Amelia Mayer

 

The Easy Camp Cookbook

100 Recipes For Yur Car Camping

And BackCountry Adventures

by

Amelia Mayer

Copyright © 2020 by Rockbridge Press, Emeryville, California

ISBN 1-64739-030-3

This is a great little cookbook, even if you're not going camping! Backyard cookouts, and maybe backyard camping, make this an even better  cookbook!

100 recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner while camping or hikimh.How to prepare, store and take with you for the minimal amount of cooking duing your outdoors adventure! These are simple, easy directions, with minimal ingredients. You're going to love how this simplifies deciding on what you will need. There are checklists for each kind of outdoors trek you go on. There's even a few vegan recipes!

Using simple colored drawings, and lists you can easily recreate, you will find it a breeze to get ready. Even your children will have fun with these recipes.

I'm already using these in my home!

I give this cookbook ...

Five Stars...

and a ...

...Big Thumbs Up!

You can find this book on Amazon.com 

Origin by Dan Brown...03 January 2021

 

Origin

by Dan Brown

copyright ©  2017 by Dan Brown

Published by Doubleday a division of Penguin Random House

ISBN 9780386614231 (hardcover)

This is a novel that spans 456 pages in the hardback variety. I was hooked by the first page from the start! I simply couldn't put it back down! It really is a work of art. And once again Langdon comes in at the very beginning. His ability to read and understand symbols is put to the test on this book!

Langdon takes hold of the beautiful fiancee of a soon to be king. The whole event takes place in less than 14 hours. Amazing! The writing of Brown again makes it plausible that this could happen!

Langdon teams up with a computer named Winston, and if not for the computer the duo would not have been able to accomplish that that they must.

A death of the man who insituted a gala evening meant the couple were being stalked by the murderrer.

And once again, Langdon was left to wonder about his own religious views, if any. And in that, we are reminded of Angels and Demons, the book that was second best to The DaVinci Code. Brown has written a superb novel here. However, even that he has carried the hero from the first, it seems like he used a shortcut in the ending. It just didn't add up the way that it should. Perhaps Brown wrote it this way just to make us poor schmucks have to use our brain and ask, is the story even plausible?

That being said, I loved the book! Can't wait to read more!

Actor Dies at 90

 

Actor Sir Sean Connery died last night. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1930. He was 90. He will be remembered for his prolific role as James Bond, 007. He was perhaps the most iconic actor to play the role. 

He leaves behind his wife, and his  sons.

He will be sorely missed.

Verse of the Day - 31 October 2020

 

"Whom God hath sent forth a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God."

                                                                                              

                                                                                                                        Romans 3:25 (KJV)

This I Know by Laura Dingman

 

This I Know

Trusting Your Unknown Future to a Known God

by

Laura Dingman

© 2018 by Laura Dingman

Moody Publishers

ISBN: 978-0-8024-9584-6

This is such a great study guide. This brings us through six weeks of study on what God has done for us, and how we can take that knowledge and KNOW we have a secure bond with Him.

This book takes us through the many lessons that will allow us to know Him better. And it culminates in our remembering what He has actually done for us, when, where, how. And with that remembrance how we can still praise Him, and thank Him for what He has done for us. It's a bit like attending a conference, and you're the star pupil!

God is waiting very patiently for you to remember. And to thank Him.

Ms. Dingman will lead you through this unique study guide. And she will prompt you to the point where you will remember the many times God has taken care of you.

I highly recommend this book for a single person study. There will be several times when you will wish not to make public what you are thinking, so I don't believe this would do well as a group study.

I give this book...

FIVE STARS

and a...

BIG THUMBS UP!

You may purchase this book at Amazon.com

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