Hope, Missing Those Who Died

Sudden unexpected deaths of loved ones, even after years of the tragic events send the heart and mind into a shattering world of sorrow. These stabbing moments often strike with reckless abandoned as each emotional lesion scars our souls. Tears often rain down during a drive, or simply standing in a retail line.

Hope may be sensational seeds planted in the gardens of kindness, laughter and wisdom. Fantastic forests of beauty and truth rain eternal bliss from ours tears that worship all those we miss.

Nature 2112

The majestic mystic of the deep and soft sands of eternity seep into the soul, nurture the heart and balance the brain. No longer bound to popular dreams and societies greed's. I've finally embraced natures seeds. Alone I dream, quietly I fade from societies charade.
If I'm not laughing or smiling, I'm swirling in my imagination, no matter the events of any given day, with every setting sun I close my eyes alone and hope someday my ashes will be cast into the moving waters of any beautiful ocean...

Children 2112

Children 2112

Friendly faces, and warm embraces, I've seen the art of innocence and have dwelled in the dreams of happy children. Winds of wisdom whisk across the blissful sky's amidst the laughing little one's eyes, their untarnished hearts covet the keys to all that is pure. Fabulously fierce and brutally honest, their extremely young souls keep hope eternal.

The novel "Court Trouble," a marvelous murder mystery, or a miserable mystery?

"Court Trouble" is a play on words, court being a tennis court where the murder of Manny Grimes occurs.

Grimes is bludgeoned to death on one of the tennis courts at the North Boulder Recreation Center. Right from the get go, how can someone, just one person beat someone to death with a tennis racket?
Novelist Mike Befeler tries to justified this in a non comedic way and this book fails miserably.

The only good thing about this book was that is was free to read, thanks to the coddingtown library. Released to the general public on July 20, "Court Trouble" was troublesome to read to say the least.

The books like the previous one I reviewed lacked any interest for the reader, and for a murder mystery, it was more of a mystery as to why such a boring story was being written. A brain damaged monkey on acid with a rubbery twig in the wet sand could have written a more interesting story.

The main character Mark Yeager was good friends with the murdered Grimes, and even though he's just and entrepreneur with absolutely no police or detective experience, he sets out to question witnesses and search houses, which the cops don't object too, a major red flag for a story that is a drama and not a comedy.

Yeager almost gets himself and his wife killed with his snooping around and dangerous questions to the nefarious folks. Even when Yeager is tied at the hands and feet with duck tape and thrown into an ice covered lake, I knew he'd live and solve the mystery, another red flag, extreme predictability.

There are four main suspects, and four very boring characters who spark as much interest as a documentary about toilet tissue holders.

"Court Trouble" contained all the main ingredients for an adult thriller, illegal gambling, gun trafficking, adultery, murder and mystery, but the formula was nothing more than a messy mix of miserable character development and lackluster story telling. Zero stars for this book, it was simply a pathetic parade of nonsense and boredom.

New Suspense Novel "Red Right Hand" Intense Or Senseless?

"Red Right Hand" released on Sept., 13, is the second book featuring the trained assassin Michael Hendricks.

Is the the novel "Red Right Hand" an intense thriller with colorful characters, rich with humor who wittingly thwart evil deeds, or is it a barrage of boring people fighting government corruption and Middle Eastern terrorism?

I didn't read the first book featuring the main character Michael Hendricks, "The Killing Kind." If "The Killing Kind" is half as bad as "Red Right Hand," I'm extremely confessed as to why a second book was even written.

The F-word was used way too much in this book, maybe third graders love this word used for absolutely no reason, but the profanity was unnecessary and pointless, unless the author was catering to the extremely unenlightening with no imagination.

The story kicks gets going right away when a tug boat driven by TIC, True Islamic Caliphate terrorist ram San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge doesn't even collapse, and the injuries and casualties are extremely minimal. Right of the bat, no intensity and the lack of character development throughout the entire book left the reader with the who cares what happens next attitude.

The female side kick Cameron who is meant to be charming and funny is as enlightening and entertaining as jet black charcoals on the oven floor. Not a single moment went by when I was concerned for the life of any of the characters and when Cameron saved Hendricks life, it was a so, the story continues, oh shucks kind of deal.

I surprised myself by reading the entire book, one and half stars for this hapless novel. The only reason it gets this high of a rating from me is because Holm, the author does acknowledge that all world leaders create war solely for money. Share holders in all parts of the world are profiting from war, an endless sad reality.

Two Suspense Movies, Double Duds Or Terrific Two?

"Nerve" explores the seldom mentioned, but real world of the 'dark web'  that lurks across the universe and is eager to pounce on the too daring or curious minds.

Nerve is a selfie web game that allows its participants to be watchers or players. The players are given various dares from kissing a complete stranger to laying flat on a railroad track while an on coming train approaches. One guess what the watchers do. The players must video themselves or have some else recording while doing their devious dares, and are also timed. If the dare is completed within the time limit, anywhere from a $100.00 to several thousand dollars is deposited into the players bank account.

Nerve hit the big screen in July, and DVD on October 25, it stars the young actors Emma Roberts and Dave Franco.

Vee Delmonico (Roberts), a high school senior succumbs to peer pressure and becomes a player for the wacky and dangerous website Nerve. While playing the game she meets her love interest Ian, (Franco) who is also a player in the dark game. Together Ian and Vee participate in various dares such as potential shop lifting and riding a motor cycle blind folded.

When the two decide the dares are too much, it's too late to simply walk away from the game. Once the two are caught in the vortex of the Nerve, they could be killed or their friends or various family members could be murdered if they quit playing the game. With the aide of Vee's friends, the two find one way to potentially keep their money, and save their loved ones as well as themselves, or does everyone die?

Three stars for the movie "Nerve," it could have been even more intense, but I really did enjoy it, well worth a watch.

"Lights Out," also released on DVD October 25 is not a supernatural edge of your seat teeth grinder, but it was still psychologically creepy, and I flinched a couple of times in my seat.

Actress Maria Bello portrays the mother of Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) and Martin (Gabriel Bateman). Bello is a single mom living with her son Martin and a supernatural entity that murders. Rebecca fearing for her little brother, takes him away from her mom and the tension mounts for all three.
The shadowy female figure that roams around in the dark and kills, seems to have positive ties to Bello.

The dark entity hates the light so much, that it is completely harmless during the day and even a working flash light will keep its potential victims safe, even in the prime of night, yet this devious entity has it's way of cutting off the electricity.

Is Bello completely out of her mind and one who fuels this baleful being into its killing sprees? Rebecca, her boyfriend and her little brother are cast into a horrifying and deadly realm of the supernatural, and together they are forced to combat the chaos of a cryptic world.

"Lights Out" is extremely well acted and though it could have been a lot more mind chilling, I still give it three stars. It's a good flick to watch on Halloween.

Tears For The Three, Emotional Lesions Attack At Random...

Wish they were here; my parents and Ali Bear, three unique souls currently soaring on the wings of wisdom into the infinite realms of space and time.

Never again will I share a laugh or bask in their presence, this very moment in time is cold, dark and lonely, yet the pleasant memories of them continue to pick me up and encourage me to embrace each new sun rise and sunset.                                                                                          Izzy Schurr