#BookReview - Kah Key Seal by Dick Peddler and Kah Key Billionaire by Pinky Haversnatch

Title:  Kah Key Seal (Kah Key Club Series - Book 1)
Author:  Dick Peddler and Kah Key Writer
Genre:  Satire, Adult Romance
Release Date:  May 10, 2018

About the Book:

Welcome to Kah Key, an exclusive, adults-only island resort located in the Florida Keys, where adults do adult things and the tongue in her cheek might not be a tongue.

When Alph A. Maille retired from the SEALs and moved to Kah Key to be the head of security, he figured his days would be filled with warm sun, cool water, cold drinks and hot babes. And he was right—until one ballsy B-actress shows up and pisses all over his little piece of paradise. 

But luckily for Alph it turns out that her assistant, Stella Virgin, just might be his soul mate...

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Title:  Kah Key Billionaire (Kah Key Club Series - Book 3)

Author:  Pinky Haversnatch and Kah Key Writer

Genre:  Satire, Adult Romance

Release Date:  May 14, 2018

About the Book:

Welcome to Kah Key, an exclusive, adults-only island resort located in the Florida Keys, where adults do adult things and the tongue in her cheek might not be a tongue.

Scientist Ivanna Bonier wants some hot, steamy sex like she’d read about in her favorite romance novels. Where better to find heat and hot men than on a tropical island in the Florida Keys? But in the six months she’s been at Kah Key as the island librarian, the only thing she’s found is plenty of frustration. Ivanna was about to close the book on her adventure, until adult-toy magnate Jake Koker walked out of the pages onto the island. The naughty librarian has just found her ticket to paradise, but will it expire once the sand settles on the sheets with the cocky playboy billionaire?

NOTE: All books in this series are stand alone novellas. There is no particular order in which they need to be read.

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My Review:

These are short stories and a quick, fun read. If you are not an author, or an avid reader who keeps up on what is happening in the world of authors, these books may seem silly and just plain weird to you.  But to those of you who get pulled into the drama, no matter how hard you try not to, these books will be priceless to you. This series illustrates the vast creativity of authors and their ability to let their feelings be known.  This series is filled with so much satire that you will choke on your bagel or snort your mojito out your nose from laughing.  Talk about tongue in cheek!  By all means, read the prologue. And be prepared to laugh.
#KahKeySeal, #KahKeyBillionaire

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Book Review: Oink - A Food for Thought Mystery by J.L. Newton

Happy Release Day Tomorrow!  

April 18th!

Title:  Oink - A Food for Thought Mystery
Author:  J. L. Newton
Genre:  Literary Fiction, Humor, Satire
Publisher:  She Writes Press
Release Date:  April 18, 2017

About the Book:

Pigs, poisoned cornbread, a feminist network, and a university tainted by corporate values.
First in the Emily Addams Food for Thought Series.

One of the 18 funniest books to come out this spring. MediaBookBub.Com

Emily Addams, foodie professor of women’s studies at Arbor State—a land grant university in Northern California—finds herself an unlikely suspect in the poisoning of a man she barely knows: Professor Peter Elliott of Plant Biology, the hotshot developer of a new genetically modified corn.

How did her cornbread end up in his hand as he lay in the smelly muck of a pig’s pen?

As Emily and her colleagues try to identify who and what has poisoned Peter, they also struggle to keep a new and corporate-minded administration from defunding the women’s and ethnic studies programs.

In the process of solving the mystery, Emily and her network deepen their ties to each other—and uncover some of the dark secrets of a university whose traditionally communal values are being polluted by a wave of profit-fueled ideals.

Oink comes with recipes.

“It has been said that the comic campus novel is no more (things in higher education are verging on the tragic), but Oink proves otherwise.”

—Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, authors of The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

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My Review:

Emily Addams is a professor of women's studies at Arbor State University, caught up in college administration politics and trying to keep her department alive and not swallowed up into another department.  In the middle of all of that, a plant biology professor is found unconcious (poisoned) in the hog barn after eating a piece of corn bread, presumably baked by Emily.

There is a lot going on in this book, much of which I had a hard time following.  Perhaps readers who are more into college administration would have had an easier time with it.  A great deal of the happenings revolved around food, and the author supplied recipes throughout the book.  Quite frankly, those recipes looked pretty good!

There was some humor, some mystery, some debating about genetically modified foods, and so much more.

*Disclosure:  An advance reader copy was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts, opinions and ratings are my own.

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About the Author:

Judith Newton is Professor Emerita in Women and Gender Studies at U.C. Davis. While at U.C. Davis she directed the Women and Gender Studies program for eight years and the Consortium for Women and Research for four.

Her memoir, Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen, is now available for pre-order and is forthcoming with She Writes Press on March 1, 2013.

Newton is also the author and co-editor of five works of non fiction on nineteenth-century British women writers, feminist criticism, women's history, and men's movements. Four of these works were reprinted by Routledge and the University of Michigan Press in the fall of 2012.

Her most current work has appeared in The Huffingon Post(February 8, 2013), The Redwood Coast Review (Winter 2012), poetalk (Summer, 2011), at http://tasting-home.com, and at http://ipinionsyndicate.com In 2011 and 2012 six chapters of her memoir won contests sponsored by women's memoir.com. She is currently at work on a feminist mystery and lives in the East Bay of California where she tends her garden and cooks for family and friends.

Book Review: Brain - The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World by Dermot Davis

Title:  Brain - The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World
Author:  Dermot Davis
Genre:  Humor & Satire
Publisher:  Expression Unleashed Publishing
Release Date:  July 4, 2013


From the Back Cover:

It's the classic dilemma of the writer: Do you write what's in your heart or do you write what sells? In this modern age of publishing there is a huge chasm between the best selling authors that are rich beyond their dreams and... well, everybody else. All Daniel Waterstone ever wanted to do was write the great American novel and change the landscape of modern literature forever. He has two literary books in print but no one's buying. His agent won't even accept his latest masterpiece which he poured his soul into: apparently, it's not commercial enough. In a final act of desperation, Daniel decides to write - not what's in his heart but - what he thinks will sell. Boy, did he get that one wrong...
"Brain is that rare species of complete entertainment that can be both deeply philosophical and buoyantly accessible." - Chanticleer Book Reviews
"...an entertaining farce about modern society, a deft, fast-paced tale that will leave self-aware readers giggling." - Publishers Weekly
"...ironic, iconoclastic, and pure entertainment from first page to last."The Midwest Book Review
"...full of odd metaphors, literary allusions, and hilarious coincidences... pure fun for the reader." - San Francisco Book Review
GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN THE 2015 READERS FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS
FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE 2013 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS
READER VIEWS READERS CHOICE 2014 AWARD-WINNER
SOMERSET AWARDS FIRST PLACE WINNER 2013

Buy Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble 

My Review:

This book was laugh out loud funny!  Ironic and chaotic... but in a humorous way!  I absolutely loved it!  If any of my author friends are reading this review... stop what you are doing and download this book today.  You will  love it too!

When you get to know various authors and begin to understand how the current publishing world works, you come to the realization that it doesn't really matter how good a novel is, it just matters if it is what the general population is buying at that point in time and how it is marketed.  Sad, but true.  Daniel Waterstone came to that realization when the novels he had poured his heart and soul into were rejected by his publishing agent.  She told him he needed to write what the public is buying.

Feeling dejected, having his world (and his bank account) collapse beneath him, and seeing the massive popularity of a nonsensical book by a self-proclaimed psychic, Daniel went back to his apartment and using the pen name Charles Spectrum, proceeded to write a satire making fun of the absurdity in books like Take Control of Your Life by Randy Guswhite.  The last thing Daniel expected to happen was for people to take this "satire" literally and turn it into a self-help book, following his suggestions of walking backward for six weeks and sleeping standing up or jumping up and down on their beds yelling "I can fly, I can fly".

The laughs and absurdity continue as Randy believes Daniel stole his brain and goes to extreme lengths to get it back.  Then there is blackmail, a bombing, and so much more.

If you like satire or if you are an author with a good sense of humor, you will enjoy this book.  Dermot Davis' wit and mastery of the written word brings to light a hint of the craziness this world has to offer.

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About the Author:

Dermot is an Irish writer who splits his time between Ireland and the US. His creative work encompasses varied genres and styles with a special focus on human themes and characters transformed by life experience. He is a Gold Medalist Winner in the 2015 READER’S FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD, a SOMERSET AWARDS FIRST PLACE WINNER 2013, a First Place Winner in the 2013 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS and a Finalist in the 2013 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. As a playwright, Dermot is a recipient of the O.Z. Whitehead Award which was co-sponsored by Irish Pen and the Society of Irish Playwrights.