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Review: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain

Posted on 2 March 2013 by Bill Jones, Jr. — Leave a comment ↓

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain My rating: 2 of 5 stars Summary: Nineteen-year-old Billy Lynn as his Bravo squad are at Cowboy stadium, at the end of a two-week tour celebrating their heroic defeat of an Al…

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Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Bill Jones, Jr. — 6 Comments ↓

– 5 out of 5 Stars “My thoughts are stars I can’t fathom into constellations.” — from The Fault in Our Stars The plot of the book is quite simple: Hazel is a girl with terminal cancer. She has been…

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I Rite Buks

Posted on 27 January 2013 by Bill Jones, Jr. — Leave a comment ↓

As a reminder, I do have books for sale on Amazon. I don’t really care about the money, to be honest. Rather, I use the sales to judge whether my work is liked enough to continue developing new characters and…

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Another 5-Star Awakening Review

Posted on 29 May 2012 by Bill Jones, Jr. — 2 Comments ↓

I received a nice message informing me of a new review of Awakening on Amazon – 5 stars! To date, The books have received no reviews lower than one 3.5-star mention. I am grateful to all who’ve taken a chance…

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Awakening, On Sale Now.

Posted on 20 May 2012 by Bill Jones, Jr. — Leave a comment ↓

We interrupt this blog for a commercial announcement. Book 2 of The Stream, Awakening, is on sale at Amazon.com. You can read the newest review here. He walked to one rail and could see the night sky. There, dragons and…

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1st Review for Awakening

Posted on 6 May 2012 by Bill Jones, Jr. — 2 Comments ↓

The first review of Awakening is up, from Karen Doering of Parents’ Little Black Book. It is currently up on Amazon, and I will add links to their website and Facebook page when they appear there. It’s 4-stars, which I…

Finding the Best Writers in History – Part 1

Posted on 12 April 2012 by Bill Jones, Jr. — 4 Comments ↓

It should already be self-evident to all of you that finding the absolute best of anything as subjective as writing is impossible. However, it is possible to glean a consensus of who is redeemed in writing, and who is not.…

Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium #3)

Posted on 27 February 2012 by Bill Jones, Jr. — Leave a comment ↓

Book The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson. Translation Copyright 2009. Paperback edition, 655 pages Synopsis In the conclusion of the Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth Salander, the book’s female lead, lies in hospital with a bullet in her…

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Review: The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)

Posted on 5 February 2012 by Bill Jones, Jr. — 2 Comments ↓

I give the book 8 of 10 stars; but with an asterisk. It was a well-written story, with a riveting ending. However, the book would have benefitted from a bit of editing. That having been said, I would recommend the…

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Review of “Big Leagues” by Jen Estes

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Bill Jones, Jr. — Leave a comment ↓

Big Leagues by Jen Estes My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ms. Estes’ first novel is a hit! Cat McDaniel, the main character of the novel, isn’t your typical superhuman sleuth. In fact, she’s refreshingly normal. As a new reporter,…

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