Author: Mike Pihlman

  • January 2011 Thrillers

      There are 18 new Thrillers starting the new year.  Happy New Year ! Happy Reading  🙂 News from South Africa by Mike Nicol Damage by John Lescroart Boiling Point by Karen Dionne Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan The Sentry by Robert Crais House Divided by Raul Ramos y Sanchez Amortals by Matt…

  • “Photo Shoot” by Mike Pihlman

    “Photo Shoot” by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Everyone at the company was happy to receive their Christmas bonuses.  Everyone but Sergey, that is. It turns out that Sergey is not afraid to tell Boss that he was wrong.  He is not afraid to make product suggestions that others were too afraid to bring up.  Boss did not know it, but,…

  • Google ebookstore

    If you have an eReader that can read Adobe’s ebook format (Nook, Sony Reader and some others….not Kindle) you can download and read books from the new Google ebookstore. Since it was just announced today, I have not had time to play with it on my Nook, but, over the next few weeks, I will…

  • Book Review: “The Pawn” by Steven James

    Book Review Genre: Thriller Rating: 4 WaterTowers (BRUTAL) 1985 Aaron Jeffery Kincaid needs to be in control.  Aaron and his girlfriend, Jessica, made a suicide pact.  They would slash their wrists in a hot tub and spend eternity together. Aaron slashes his wrist turning the water red with his flowing blood.  He helps Jessica slash…

  • December 2010 Thrillers

    There are 21 new Thrillers to be released in December.  Perfect time for a gift for your favorite Book Reviewer 🙂 Happy Reading… Oh yeah…I have three ARC’s that I need to read.  I will be able to handle (my reading since Carol died, ForCarol.com, has come to a crashing halt) one ARC per month through…

  • The End of Publishing?

    A friend posted this on Facebook….pretty cool, but, you need to stay put all the way through it.

  • Color Nook: A Quick Peek

    Galen at Tracy, CA Barnes & Noble asked if I wanted to play with the extra Color Nook he had in the back room.  I practically jumped out of my seat!  YES! Not having my trusty 5 year old Toshiba laptop with me, or my good camera, I played with it for about an hour…

  • NPR Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers For Nov. 11

    #1 this week:  “Towers of Midnight” Since I am still gearing up the mind for reading (see ForCarol.com if you don’t know what happened)  so the next book review will still be awhile…here is the full Nov 11th bestseller list from the good folks at NPR. Before you leave….there are several thrillers / mysteries on the list.…

  • Book Trailers

    ***** Watch these cool (Award Winning!) book trailers ***** 3/18/13 “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies….The man who never reads lives only one.”.  George R.R. Martin, “Dance with Dragons”.

  • Book Review: “Divine Justice” by David Baldacci

    Book Review: “Divine Justice” by David Baldacci

    Book Review Genre: Fiction Thriller Rating:  4 WaterTowers Divine, Virginia “What cover are you using?” Annabelle asked. “Said I was a writer looking to set a novel in a small mountain town.  Everybody seemed to accept it okay.  I guess I look like a writer, ” he added smugly. Not exactly.  If you know the…