Bingeworthy Mafia and Drug Cartel TV Series
I always gravitate towards TV shows about the mafia, drugs & cartels. While watching these types of shows, I love getting to see the reasons behind why people make these choices & why they get involved in these ventures. Some are very violent, some are really gritty & most have characters that you root for. Bingeworthy Mafia and Drug Cartel TV Series The Sopranos This is a modern mafia show with fantastic writing. Every episode is fantastic & I’ll binge the hell out of it any day of the week! To this day, The Sopranos is my favorite HBO show of all time. It definitely belongs at the top of…
The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler
The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler is a great book that picks up speed from the very beginning. As soon as I finish the first chapter, I am hooked! Honestly, there is not a single lull in the narrative that has me wanting to hurry up and get ahead. This is a very engaging read. Kepler always does a good job writing the characters. Even better, they build their story and close them out very well. As in all of Lars Kepler’s books they do a great job of being very descriptive. The authors use lots of details to bring the settings to life.…
Just One Bite by Jack Heath
Just One Bite by Jack Heath The lowdown on Just One Bite by Jack Heath from Goodreads Publication Date June 4th, 2019 I really enjoyed this book. Honestly, the pacing is so fast & I was engaged the whole time. Surprisingly, I am very familiar with the setting of Just One Bite. Many years ago, I briefly lived in Southeast Texas and part of Southwest Louisiana. When Jack Heath describes the setting, I feel as if I’m back in time in Lousiana. Even though Just One Bite by Jack Heath is part of the Timothy Blake series, I didn’t read the first book, Hangman. Despite this, I am able…
Hotel Scarface by Roben Farzad Book Review
Hotel Scarface by Roben Farzad Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date October 17, 2017 Drugs, disco, and debauchery: This is the wild true story of the Mutiny, the decadent hotel that embodied Miami’s cocaine-fueled heyday–and inspired the legendary film Scarface. In the seventies, coke hit Miami like a hurricane, and no place attracted dealers and dopers like the Mutiny. Rock stars and models flocked to the hotel’s club to order bottle after bottle of Dom and to snort lines alongside narcos, hit men, and gunrunners, while upstairs, marathon orgies raged in the elaborate fantasy suites. But as the kilos–and bodies–began to pile up, the Mutiny became target number one for law…
Justice League: No Justice by Scott Snyder Review
Justice League: No Justice by Scott Snyder Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date September 25, 2018 The events of Dark Nights: Metal have transformed the universe in ways both wonderful and terrifying…and unleashed four ancient entities with the power to destroy it all. Mystery. Wonder. Wisdom. Entropy. These four forces govern all of existence, and now the godlike beings who embody them have awakened. All life is in jeopardy, and the only chance the superheroes of Earth have to stop the unthinkable lies in new alliances…the likes of which have never been seen before! Superman, Starfire and Martian Manhunter search for the secrets of the cosmos in Team Mystery! Batman, Beast…
Stalker by Lars Kepler Book Review
Stalker by Lars Kepler Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date February 5th, 2019 The Swedish National Crime Unit receives a video of a young woman in her home, clearly unaware that she’s being watched. Soon after the tape is received, the woman’s body is found horrifically mutilated. With the arrival of the next, similar video, the police understand that the killer is toying with them, warning of a new victim, knowing there’s nothing they can do. Detective Margot Silverman is put in charge of the investigation, and soon asks Detective Joona Linna for help. Linna, in turn, recruits Erik Maria Bark, the hypnotist and expert in trauma, with…
Creed II
Creed II Creed II is in theatres November 20, 2018 I cannot wait for this movie! My wife bought tickets for our whole family to go see it on opening night. As soon as I watched the first Creed, I hoped Stallone would go with the storyline of a Drago match. Well, the day is here & I’m ready! You Don’t Know Rocky? This afternoon, I reminded my daughter we’re seeing Creed II on opening night. I’m still in shock over this, but she asked me what the movie was about. Now, I know my daughter has not only seen the first Creed movie but the entire Rocky movie franchise. You can’t be in…
Rocky IV Soundtrack
Rocky IV Soundtrack Come 5 AM at the gym, there are several different artists & albums that I am Really Into. It’s not easy to get motivated that early in the morning. So, I rely on a few favorites. One of those is the Rocky IV Soundtrack. There are days when that gangsta rap gets my blood boiling. Tupac is my go-to. Other days, I prefer that Dirty South vibe. Those days I go hard with Scarface, Lil Keke, UGK and so on. But there’s something about the Rocky IV Soundtrack that lights the fire within. The Soundtrack of ALL Soundtracks The Rocky IV Soundtrack is always a constant in my playlist. When I need…
The Ancient Nine by Ian Smith Book Review
The Ancient Nine by Ian Smith Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date September 18, 2018 Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fall 1988 Spenser Collins An unlikely Harvard prospect, smart and athletic, strapped for cash, determined to succeed. Calls his mother—who raised him on her own in Chicago—every week. Dalton Winthrop A white-shoe legacy at Harvard, he’s just the most recent in a string of moneyed, privileged Winthrop men in Cambridge. He’s got the ease—and the deep knowledge—that come from belonging. These two find enough common ground to become friends, cementing their bond when Spenser is “punched” to join the Delphic Club, one of the most exclusive of Harvard’s famous all-male final…
Knife Creek by Paul Doiron Book Review
Knife Creek by Paul Doiron Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date June 13, 2017 When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting wild boars that are tearing up the forest and farms in his district, he makes a horrific discovery—the body of a baby buried in a shallow grave. Even more disturbing: DNA tests link the infant to a young woman who has been missing and presumed dead after she disappeared from a group rafting trip four years earlier. As he assists the reopened investigation, Bowditch begins to suspect that some of his neighbors aren’t who they seem to be. When violence strikes close to home,…
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