#Erik Therme

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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 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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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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Title: I Know You

Author: Erik Therme

This book started out really well. A drunk father, a mother working two jobs, and a sister playing “mom” to her younger sister and brother...a set up for the perfect storm. While most people would have gone off to college or, at the very least, up and left a toxic family situation, twenty-six-year-old Bree took it upon herself to continue living at home, helping provide for a family she was determined to keep together. Though her brother was often off the grid and her sister was the definition of teenage drama, Bree seemed to take it all in stride. That is until she came home one day to find Alissa’s backpack on their doorstep and a mysterious text message telling her to bring her brother Tyler in exchange for Alissa’s safety. From there, Bree makes it her mission to find both Tyler and Alissa, once again taking on the protective matriarchal role. While I found myself wanting to know how this story was going to pan out, it wasn’t as suspenseful or thrilling as I had hoped it would be. Often the “suspenseful” scenes fizzled out, and when they finally got to the bottom of who took Alissa, I thought there would be this epic scene that brought the story full circle, but it wasn’t very climatic. At that point, I was expecting a lot more drama to ensue but instead was left disappointed.

I will say the book itself and the dialogue flowed very well, and this was a quick read for me. I just wish the book had lived up to the “gripping suspense thriller” that it claimed to be.

*I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5 Stars)

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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…

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Mortom by Erik Therme #Recommendation #MTW2018

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 puzzle-obsessed cousin’s true legacy: a twisted and ominous treasure hunt. Beckoned by macabre…