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Books Read and Reviewed in June 2024!

Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of June of 2024. Here are the 9 books I read and reviewed for June. I might have read even more if I didn’t have a few WIP. But I always seemed to have a WIP! That fact never stops me! I hope you enjoy reading these reviews. I love sharing my eclectic reads in…

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The 20th century without doubt was the century of the automobile and vehicles like the Ford Model T and the VW Beetle motorized millions of people all over the world. Consecutively also cities and landscapes changed significantly in order to accommodate automobile traffic. Naturally these changes to a great deal involved architects and urban planners who in manifold ways reacted to them.

The art historian Erik Wegerhoff took a different look at the relationship of architecture and automobile, namely from a creative and conflictual perspective: „Automobil und Architektur. Ein kreativer Konflikt“, published in 2023 by Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, looks into how the automobile stimulated architecture and architects on a creative level. Wegerhoff’s perspective ranges from the futurists of the early 20th century over Le Corbusier to the postmodernists and the deceleration of the late 1990s. The subdivision of the different chapters into the three blocks „accelerating“, „shifting“ and „decelerating“ already hints at Wegerhoff’s point that between the early speed enthusiasm of the Italian futurists and the focus on parking spaces and the late 1990s Slow Movement drastic changes have occurred in the relationship between the car and architecture and speed has become less and less important.

Along Le Corbusier’s obsession with the car and the transposition of movement into his architecture, Erich Mendelsohn’s designs for the passing-by motorist and Zumthor’s Therme Vals placed at the end of a winding road, the author describes the manifold touching points between the car, traffic and architecture. But Wegerhoff doesn’t solely focus on the surface of architecture and also taps into the sociocultural dimension of the topic, especially with regards to deceleration: speed bumps, slackening surfaces and the increasing focus on stationary traffic since the 1960s are the results of a refocusing on the demands of local residents, pedestrians and cyclists.

Owing to his unconventional perspective on the automobile’s influence on architecture, the essayistic style and the diverting amalgamation of cultural and architectural history, the book is a great read, also for a non-specialists.

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Book Review: If She Lives by Erik Therme

Tess Parker knows tragedy better than most.After surviving the death of her daughter and kidnapping of her nephew, Tess is ready to return to normal life. But her troubled past has other plans, and when an old threat reemerges, Tess must seek the help of an unlikely ally to set things right.No matter what the cost. Amazon My Review I chose to read this book after receiving a free e-copy from…

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If She Dies - review (AD)

If She Dies – review (AD)

I was kindly given an electronic copy of If She Dies by Erik Therme in exchange for an honest review*. If She Dies book blurb Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. The driver, Brady Becker, was sentenced to two years in prison. It didn’t make Tess’s pain go away. Brady also has a daughter: A twelve-year-old named Eve who walks to Chandler Middle School…

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Book Review: Mortom

Title: Mortom Author: Erik Therme Genre: Mystery, Thriller Rating: 4 Stars Description/Synopsis: Andy Crowl barely knew his recently deceased cousin, Craig Moore, so he’s especially surprised to be named as the sole beneficiary in Craig’s will. Not that there’s much to inherit: just an empty bank account and a run-down house. Once Andy arrives in the town of Mortom, however, he’s drawn into his…

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REVIEW

Roam by Erik Therme

Stranded on the side of the road with a man she thought was “the one” Sarah Cate realizes that perhaps Matt is NOT the one for her BUT getting away may not be all that easy. She does leave Matt, walks away and is picked up by a good Samaritan who get her home safely ONLY she is not thrilled with what her mother has to offer when she gets home and she takes off again. Her twenty-first birthday is NOT all that she had hoped it would be.

This book had many youth in conflict:

* Sarah: still living at home with a mother that is not the warm cuddly type.

* Kevin: a young man who has work-skills that might see him escaping the pain of his time living with an abusive father * Scotty: fighting off demons of his own...and perhaps in need of some serious counselling

* Matt: a man who is definitely a manipulator and abuser and someone to stay as far away from as possible.

This book had me feeling and caring and hoping for the best for more than one person in the story. It also reminded me of a story my brother tells...one in which he saw some young women hitch hiking when he was in high school. He picked them up and took them to a safe place admonishing them, though they might have been a bit older than he was, to be careful in the future because not all were as kind as he...a man with two sisters he saw in those two hitch hikers he gave a ride to.

I don’t usually read books with young main characters but am glad I read this one and believe I would read more by this author in the future.

Thank you to BOTSB for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

Book Description:

When Kevin finds Sarah stranded by the side of the road, he’s more than willing to give her a ride. Young, beautiful and distraught—she’s everything a single guy could ask for in a girl. What he doesn’t know is that she already has a guy: an abusive, drunken boyfriend who left her there in a fit of rage. And when that boyfriend comes back and finds Sarah missing, a simple ride will turn deadly.

Like Josh Gaylord and Daniel Kraus before him, author Erik Therme explores the angst of disconnected youth in his enthralling and powerful Roam. Therme’s darkly tinged novel is an unforgettable tale of three errant souls brutalized by life’s cruel circumstances, and a remarkable night of discovery and violence that will change them forever.

Purchase Links:

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Roam-Erik-Therme-ebook/dp/B01MSAA345

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roam-Erik-Therme-ebook/dp/B01MSAA345

Audible US: https://www.amazon.com/Roam/dp/B0722RN6WD/

Audible UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roam/dp/B071DXVC73/

Give away ~ win either a digital copy of Roam which is open world wide or an audio copy of the book of which is only open to UK & US readers.

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Author Bio:

Erik Therme has thrashed in garage bands, inadvertently harbored runaways, and met Darth Vader. When he’s not at his computer, he can be found cheering on his youngest daughter’s volleyball team, or watching horror movies with his oldest. He currently resides in Iowa City, Iowa–one of only twenty-eight places in the world that UNESCO has certified as a City of Literature.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErikTherme.writer

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErikTherme

Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7831573.Erik_Therme

Blog: NAWebsite: https://eriktherme.com

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Review of 'I Know You'

Review of ‘I Know You’

After Bree Walker’s younger sister, Alissa, goes missing, she gets a chilling note. The kidnapper will release Alissa, but Bree must trade her brother, Tyler, in exchange.

  I Know You by Erik Therme is a chilling thriller that follows Bree as she realizes that the kidnapper knows her family’s darkest secrets, and that her brother is involved in something that is far too big for him to handle. …

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Roam

If you want a new thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, read this book from Erik Therme.  Erik is one of my favorite authors that always keeps me at the edge of my seat.  His first two novels, Mortom and Resthaven are both excellent reads.  Just when I think I’ve figured out what is going on, Erik always changes things up and it will leave you guessing all the way until the last…

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https://www.whisperingstories.com/if-she-dies-erik-therme-book-review/ My first review with Whispering stories.

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Blog Tour (Book Review) - If She Dies - Erik Therme

Blog Tour (Book Review) – If She Dies – Erik Therme

Hello! Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘If She Dies’ by Erik Therme , organised by Damppebbles Blog Tours. I hope that you will check out the other blogs on the tour (see the banner below) as well as the book and author. Disclaimer: ‘I was given a copy this book in exchange for an honest review.’ Book Summary: How far would you go to right a wrong? Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old…

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If She Dies by Erik Therme Release Day

If She Dies by Erik Therme Release Day

Wishing a very Happy Publication Day to Erik Therme and IF SHE DIES, which is out today! About the book: How far would you go to right a wrong? Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. The driver, Brady Becker, was sentenced to two years in prison. It didn’t make Tess’s pain go away. Brady also has a daughter: A twelve-year-old named Eve who walks to…

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"Mortom" by Erik Therme only $1.99 on Kindle from June 1 - 30, 2020

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ROAM By Erik Therme #blogtour #bookreview #ROAM @BOTBSpublicity @ErikTherme A book about a chain of events which is mysterious, terrifying, unexpected and thought-provoking. It has elements of romance, coming of age, mystery and a bit of thriller combined. Unique, quirky, scary and emotional characters. https://wp.me/paMTST-wc https://www.instagram.com/p/B1LZ2jHgIo_/?igshid=d8aua1g1qp2h

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Weekly Wrap Up: May 12th through May 18th 2019

Weekly Wrap Up: May 12th through May 18th 2019

Clicking on the link under Books I’ve Read, NetGalley Haul,and Email Haul will take you to Goodreads.

Clicking on the link under Books with Pending Reviews will take you to Amazon.

Clicking on the link under Freebies I Scored (which were free at the time I got them.) will take you to Amazon, BookFunnel, or Prolific Works (I will say which one next to the title).

Books I’ve Read:

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(via Roam by Erik Therme - Book Review and Giveaway)

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Review of 'Roam'

Review of ‘Roam’

A date gone wrong on her 21st birthday, Sarah Cate finds herself stranded on a lonely highway after a confrontation with her manipulative, abusive boyfriend. She’s given a ride by Kevin, a high school student who wants to be a writer, and who has vowed to do at least one good deed a day. After a confrontation with her mother, who is also locked into an abusive relationship, she turns again to…