The Fold- Peter Clines

I have to admit that I was in a rush when I chose this book for my next review. With a quick skim of the description it sounded like something I would enjoy and it did not disappoint. 

It's about interdimensional travel that will quickly make you think of Stargate. Obviously the author thought so too as he makes a reference to it in chapter 2 I believe stating how the lead on the project hated the reference. As I continued to read I viewed it as the movies Stargate and The One put together. 

The story has every Sci-Fi thing you would expect from something called The Fold. Dimensional travel, Star Trek references, bug people, dragon & even men in black types. All things a true sci-fi'er wants & needs is delivered. 

Mike is a genius with the IQ of 180 who refuses to follow the stereotypical type for  a profession instead choosing to teach high school English. His name Mike is actually a nickname for Mycroft. Mycroft Holmes in literature was the older & smarter brother of Sherlock but most day he wasted his talents unlike Sherlock who was all about the show. 

Add to it that Mike also has a photographic memory that his "ants" bring out for him when he needs it. 

Reggie is one of Mike's oldest friends & has been trying for almost two decades to recruit him into DARPA. 

Finally he is tricked into taking this assignment that involves something called the Albuquerque Door that let's a traveler be somewhere within seconds. 

The people on the project need more funding but refuse to show any findings to the board so Reggie sends in Mike to report. The people are full of secrets & view Mike as the enemy with his photographic memory refusing to tell him anything about how the made the door work. 

Soon Mike sees some of the travelers come back slightly different & sets out to find out the secrets they are hidding. 

Ultimately the book deals with what happens when you mess with things you don't understand & the ego's that go along with it. 

I give it 4/5 stars. 

I recieved this book free from bloggingforbooks.org for a honest review. 

The Room Jonas Karlsson

A roller coaster of emotion is what you will get when you pick up this book. It is worth a read from anyone who works in the corporate world. 

I'll raise a glass to that!

As a whiskey drinker this book automatically grabbed my attention. 

I have always been a Jack Daniel's girl-calling him my true boyfriend being he was the longest relationship I've had lol- but I have tasted other whiskey's as well. 

Whiskey and bourbon are the same but as the saying goes "all whiskey's are bourbon but not all bourbon are whiskey"

I found this book highly intoxicating, yes pun intended, just for the fact of learning more about the inception of whiskey. 

Go to any liquor store and you will see a multitude of whiskey on the shelf. So many brands and now so many flavores to choose from! And you stand silently as your eyes boggle back and forth trying to choose. I'll take them all, oh wait I am broke so that won't work. 

As I read through the pages each section showing the design work that each label has gone through was interesting to me but to see the struggle that the whiskey distillers had gone through just to stay afloat was dizzing to the mind. I don't think I could have made it through prohibition! 

Each section also ends with the drinks of the area so you also get recipes. 

Even reading about the many distillers and the generations of them found me enticed. 

All and all I have to say that this book has renewed my passion for checking up on some of my past loves including Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, and Maker's Mark just to name a few, but if any of you out there are holding onto a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle's and are looking to share it you will be my new best friend! I am also quite curious to try this High West Whiskey which has blended both bourbon & rye! 

I have other whiskey loves but they are not American & so are not included in this book or this review so time to move on. 

The one thing I will do is have a cigar & whiskey party. Have everyone bring their favorites and enjoy. 

I know my whiskey friends amoung me will highly enjoy this book! 

I received this book free from blogging for books.org for an honest review and I will be buying some as gifts for others!