Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of W...:   Reviewed by Ben   I just finished The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. Chang was a Chinese-American writer for whom this book represent...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: War by Sebastian Junger

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: War by Sebastian Junger:   Reviewed by Ben   War by Sebastian Junger is a true story of an American journalist who embeds himself in Battle Company, a US Ar...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Maus by Art Spiegelman

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Maus by Art Spiegelman:   Reviewed by Ben I recently read Art Spiegelman’s Maus , a graphic novel published in two volumes from 1986-1992. This is a true, persona...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky:   Reviewed by Ben The latest book I finished was Roadside Picnic , written by Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in 1972. The book i...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Stand by Stephen King

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Stand by Stephen King:   Reviewed by Ben   I have not read many Stephen King books, so I am doing some catch-up. I just finished   The Stand , King's epic good...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi:     Reviewed by Ben   Summary: an amazingly-detailed account of the Manson family murders, telling the history of the family, Mans...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Chasing History, Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Melungeon Winter, The Poison Squad

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Chasing History, Absolutely Remarkable...:     Reported by Ben   Chasing History by Carl Bernstein: this book is the famous reporter's account of his personal journey a...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Revenant by Michael Punke

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Revenant by Michael Punke: Reviewed by Ben  You may recognize "The Revenant" as the 2015 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. However in 2002 Mic...

Only 99 Cents for THE DEPUTY by Victor Gischler AND LOTS MORE

I very much enjoyed THE DEPUTY by Victor Gischler way back in July 2010 when I reviewed it here. For today and I don't know how much longer a digital copy is only 99 cents if you use the code DHS25 at Tyrus Books.

UPDATE--- More info from Ben Leroy as posted on Facebook:

Everything we've ever published by Reed Farrel Coleman is being featured as part of our March Madness sale today. $.99 ebooks when you use discount code "DHS25" The sale also includes Craig McDonald's EL GAVILAN and Victor Gischler's THE DEPUTY.

THIRTEEN books for you. If you wanted all of them, you could make that happen for less than $13. Who loves you? I love you.

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Spreading The Word---PLEASE READ: David Farland’s Daily Kick in the Pants—We Need Your Help

 

David Farland’s Daily Kick in the Pants—We Need Your Help

As many of you know, Dave’s son, Ben, was in a serious long-boarding accident last week. He is 16 and suffers from severe brain trauma, a cracked skull, broken pelvis and tail bone, burnt knees, bruised lungs, broken ear drum, road rash, and is currently in a coma. His family has no insurance.

We are having a book bomb this Wednesday on behalf of Ben Wolverton to help his family out. You can view the event’s facebook page here.

For those that don’t know, a book bomb is an event where participants purchase a book on a specific day to support the author, or, in this case, a young person in serious need: Ben Wolverton.

Many of you have expressed sympathy for Dave and Ben and have asked if you could help. Now you can. We need you to help Ben get the most out of this book bomb. Right now we are focused on spreading the word and telling others about it. If you could share this event on facebook, twitter, pinterest, your blog, or through email, please do. This is a way everyone reading this can help, whatever their financial situation.

On Wednesday, we will have the book bomb. If you haven’t yet purchased Nightingale or Million Dollar Outlines, please consider doing so on Wednesday. If you have already purchased them, you can donate money to Ben and his family here.

If you have a blog and would like to do a post about this book bomb, please email me at kami_marynda@yahoo.com, and I will send you some information you can use.

Please consider “attending” our event on facebook.    Thank you.