At 61 years old Christie Brinkley appears to be half her age, with a glow that would fool many who might be trying to guess her age. In her new book, Timeless Beauty, she has shared her secrets to an ageless beauty that anyone would love to have. The former supermodel spent five long days of personal appearances, and in retail stores autographing her book, but still managed to look fabulous. She has appeared on over 500 magazine covers around the world. Among her many honors have been being the first to appear as Sports Illustrated’s swim suit cover girl for three consecutive years, being the face of Cover Girl make-up for several years, and being selected as a featured person in the 100 Most Beautiful People in People Magazine. Christie is an active Vegan……..the 5’9″ beauty attributes her youthful glow to her healthy lifestyle, and to inheriting her mother’s good looks. She is the mother to Alexa 29, Jack 20, and Sailor 17.
One free tip before you read the book filled with over 100 beauty secrets……..Christie says the best secret to looking younger is a great smile!
Michael Connelly, detective novelist, releases another in the series of Harry Bosch novels. Different than the nineteen that came before, Harry has just retired and is looking forward to that phase in his life, but his lawyer brother requests his help on one of his cases. Against his own instincts, he accepts the case and secretly enlists the help of his former partner. As they get closer and closer to the answers, Harry becomes a target himself. He has agreed to help his brother in a defense case, which is counter to all cases in which he participated. His colleagues would say he went to the dark side and question whether he was betraying the principles that he had lived by for his whole career.
Connelly has been called a master in building suspense in his novels. He is also noted for his success in writing crime procedurals. He step by step describes what actually happened in a case. The process is neither quick nor easy. Connelly is a one-of-a-kind author, deserving of the critical accolades he has received. Every Michael Connelly book is a highly anticipated read, and The Crossing will not disappoint.
Authors Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard have joined once again as a best selling writing team to create their next in a long line of successful books, Killing Reagan. They educate their readers in an enjoyable read of the career and life of President Ronald Reagan. They explain his rise to power and tell of those who conspired to bring him down.
When President Reagan barely escaped death when a gunman’s bullet came close to his heart, he was grievously injured, but still had to carry out the duties of the most important man in the world. Such a traumatic incident would have been too much for men half his age to carry on.
Killing Reagan goes back to his glory days in Hollywood on through to California’s governor’s mansion, and finally to the White House and the Presidency. O’Reilly and Dugard present an unforgettable view of a great man who served in a violent time.
American author, Nicholas Sparks has written and published a new novel entitled, “See Me”. It promises the reader another great love story featuring the brooding guy character as the lead, the parents who disapprove of their sons actions, and a need to be successful in the second chance given. “See Me” is not only a love story, but a suspenseful thriller as well.
The subject of bullying is given a bit of a different spin, with lead character Colin resorting to violence after being bullied for several years. He also turns to alcohol which is a troubling mix with violence. After a close call with a stint in prison, Colin knows he must stay out of trouble or face going to prison. He gets help in keeping his commitment to a successful second chance when he meets Maria, but it will not be easy.
Sparks takes the reader from happy to sad to frightened when switching from the soft feeling of love to the emotional rush of the thriller. In order to stay alive, Colin and Maria must deal with their own demons……..can second chances be successful?
Swedish author, David Lagercrantz, has published the fourth in the series of Millennium novels, which began with Stieg Larsson’s, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Spider’s Web follows The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. “The Girl in the Spider Web” continues to follow the series main characters of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist.
The novel has a mix of “artificial intelligence, the hacking of the U.S. National Security Agency, and an autistic child with Savant syndrome, who witnesses a murder and has the ability to draw images from his photographic memory”.
Critics have given “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” good reviews, and it topped the US best seller list.
Author, Kim Harrison, has published the first in the series of her Peri Reed Chronicles, The Drafter. A drafter possess unusual qualities and priceless skills for altering time to accomplish covert actions, then having the memory of such actions erased. The main character, Peri Reed, is a drafter who has found out that her own life has been manipulated to suit the agency for which she works. The Drafter follows her journey in executing her tasks, but at the same time, fighting for her own survival.
Debbie Macomber is one of the leading authors when it comes to fictional novels that appeal to women. She has had nine novels on the New York Times best sellers list, and three have been adapted into hit movies on the Hallmark Channel. There are more than 170 million copies of her books in print across the world.
Silver Linings is another in the series of the Cedar Cove books. The innkeeper at Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie, is welcoming two new guests . Two best friends, Kellie and Katie, have returned for their ten-year high school reunion. Everyone knows what emotions can be stirred when there were unfinished issues when they decided to leave Cedar Cove. The book follows their journey of seeing that people can change. They both look to the exciting possibilities that lay ahead of them.
It has been said in reviews that many are impressed by Debbie Macomber’s ability to express feelings in her writing, both good ones and bad ones. Most of Silver Linings is dedicated to expressing the feelings of Jo Marie Rose when her long-time friend, Mark Taylor, declares his feelings for her. Jo Marie has many personal feelings to ponder.
Brad Thor has written another episode in the Scot Harvath Series (#14). Many reviewers have exclaimed that “he topped himself again”! Others have said that it reads like the action on the TV series “24”, which was a hit for many viewers. The story covers the covert actions of a secret committee that is hidden within one of the most powerful organizations in the world, whose members are considered to be untouchable. The book has many components of a scary, intense thriller and an excellent read.
It takes just a four second video of “the committee” to set a whole range of actions in motion by the book’s hero, Scot Harvath. As a counterterrorism operative, he jumps into character when asked to do a personal favor. But that request sends him on a globe-spanning journey that will expose him to international intrigue, political gamesmanship, and the most clandestine fears of the espionage world. As one reviewer commented…… “Thor isn’t at the top of his game……. he owns the entire game”.
The English Spy is another successful international spy thriller novel by author Daniel Silva. Silva has thrilled his readers with 17 spy novels featuring amazing characters and plots that have taken his brilliant hero, Gabriel Allon, around the globe and back. Silva’s background as a journalist for UPI covering the Middle East, then an executive producer with CNN, has given him some factual base as he began his first novel, The Unlikely Spy.
The English Spy features Silva’s acclaimed Israeli operative, Gabriel Allon. The author’s timing of his novels is just short of serving as a prediction of future events. The English Spy deals with the Iran nuclear negotiations, bringing that modern-day aspect seamlessly into the stories plot. Once again a former character, Madeline Hart (the English girl), gets caught in the cross-hairs of a killer and depends on Allon to survive.
It is said that Daniel Silva can write like no other in his ability to describe wondrous works of beauty on one line, then acts of raw brutality on another, with such a seamless span from one to the other. In The English Spy, he opens with a suspenseful situation, then backs it up with all the intrigue and adventure that he is famous for. The reader or listener can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
The prestigious author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, has allowed her long-lost book, Go Set a Watchman, to be published. It was written before Mockingbird, which was published in July of 1960, and portrayed lawyer Atticus Finch, losing a case he represented for a local black man, Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a white woman. The legal representation was not popular at that time (30’s Depression Era) with the town. Many moral, ethical, and racial issues ensued. Go Set a Watchman is another controversial novel which sheds a very different light on the character of Atticus Finch. The main plot is a description of the return of Scout Finch back to her small hometown of Maycomb from New York, to visit her father. During her visit, she has flashbacks to her childhood and the chaos of the trial. These flashbacks were the material from which Mockingbird was written years later.
In 2014 Lee’s lawyer was examining her safe deposit box and found Lee’s manuscript for Watchman, which had previously been thought to be lost. The book, even though pre-Mockingbird, was initially thought to be a trilogy with it being the first, a shorter connecting novel, then Watchman as the third.
In 2006, Harper Lee wrote: “Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cellphones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books”. As for the publishing of Go Set a Watchman, she stated that she is still alive, kicking, and happy that she is humbled and amazed that it is now published after all those years. One reviewer has this to say about Go Set a Watchman: “It doesn’t quite reach that standard (of Mockingbird) but it is a great read in itself…….a fan like myself will really enjoy it.
At 61 years old Christie Brinkley appears to be half her age, with a glow that would fool many who might be trying to guess her age. In her new book, Timeless Beauty, she has shared her secrets to an ageless beauty that anyone would love to have. The former supermodel spent five long days of personal appearances, and in retail stores autographing her book, but still managed to look fabulous. She has appeared on over 500 magazine covers around the world. Among her many honors have been being the first to appear as Sports Illustrated’s swim suit cover girl for three consecutive years, being the face of Cover Girl make-up for several years, and being selected as a featured person in the 100 Most Beautiful People in People Magazine. Christie is an active Vegan……..the 5’9″ beauty attributes her youthful glow to her healthy lifestyle, and to inheriting her mother’s good looks. She is the mother to Alexa 29, Jack 20, and Sailor 17.
