by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 21, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
You Can’t Catch Me by Catherine McKenzie My rating: 5 of 5 stars I absolutely loved this book. McKenzie had me hooked from page 1 with this clever twist on identity theft. Add to the mix the protagonist’s (Jessica 1) upbringing in a cult, and the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 18, 2021 | Book Reviews, My Publishing Journey
Crimeucopia – The Cosy Nostra by Various Authors My rating: 5 of 5 stars Anthologies, to borrow a quote from Forrest Gump, “are like a box chocolates. You never know what you’ll get until you bite into one.” In the case of The Cosy Nostra,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 7, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Poet was one of my favorite books, and I’m a fan of Connelly’s, so I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to get to The Scarecrow. An easy read with an interesting, if not...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 2, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
Masked Prey by John Sandford My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll admit that it took me a good 100 pages to get into this book, in fact, I thought it might be my first “Prey” DNF. As always, the opening chapter hooked me, but then things slowed down or maybe...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jul 24, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
Far From True by Linwood Barclay My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Linwood Barclay’s narrative style and I don’t mind a cliffhanger ending but seriously…I read the entire book, all 450 pages of it, and the main mystery is not only unsolved…it...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jul 18, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
The Pocket Wife by Susan H. Crawford My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of those books that should work really well – it has all the required elements of a suspense novel and all the requisite plot points – but instead of being a sympathetic character,...
