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About T B Markinson

T.B. Markinson is passionate about reading, traveling, sports, and movies. While living in Colorado she worked at a newspaper in the news and advertising departments. Most recently she has moved from Boston, Massachusetts to London, England. Currently she is working on the draft of her first novel during her work hours and exploring her new city whenever she gets the chance. She loves to read all types of books, including young adult, literature, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, travel writings, history, politics, and biographies.

Review: Secondhand Sight by Rocky Leonard

Dan Harper has a lot on his plate. He’s a computer programmer for Quick Pay and there is a glitch that he has to repair for one of his company’s clients within a week. His pregnant wife is in the hospital after fainting and hitting her head. He has a tennis tournament for the Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA), which is the biggest recreational tennis league in the world. He plays doubles and Dan and his partner are one step away from reaching the A-1 level. This level would allow them to compete with former touring pros and college players. […]

T B Markinson2019-01-22T05:46:40+02:00September 17th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Paranormal, Thriller|

Review: Vision by Galen Snowden & Cathy Newcomb

The young girl looked back and merely nodded. “Mommy, where do monsters live?”

“You mean like Elmo?”

“No, real monsters.”

“Honey, there’re no such thing as real monsters. They’re just make believe.”

“There are,” she insisted. Madi leaned in, spoke in hushed tones. “I just saw one.”

Galen Snowden and Cathy Newcomb introduce an unlikely heroine named Madrigal, Madi for short, in their paranormal novel Vision. She’s not a typical woman in her early twenties. She’s shy, doesn’t have a lot of friends, and doesn’t have a family around. She helps run an all-female indie record label with her […]

T B Markinson2014-05-09T21:49:38+02:00September 13th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Christian Fiction, Paranormal, Religious Fiction|

Review: Fantastica by Victorio Velasquez

Fantastica, by Victorio Velasquez is not a serious novel. If you sit down to read it and you want your mind to be blown away by a touching story, this is not the novel for you. If you are looking for something to make you laugh and to help you forget about the real world, then this may be the right fit.

Before I summarize the novel I would like to state that this story is meant to be silly. Velasquez is poking fun at fantasy novels and about the world we live in today. He goes out of his […]

T B Markinson2020-02-21T06:30:06+02:00June 19th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy, Satire|

Review: The Book of 1 Ariel by Aaron Quincy

“I can be the greatest angel of all-time. It could happen.”

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be an angel? Aaron Quincy’s novel, The Book of 1 Ariel introduces heaven’s newest angel. When Ariel arrives in heaven she learns that she is to train to become an angel. Her first few days in heaven and on the job are difficult. Ariel, who wants to be the best angel ever, can’t remember her life on earth. Her own past, or lack of remembering her past, haunts her. When she is assigned to watch over Natalie, an eight-year-old, her […]

T B Markinson2012-06-08T12:59:35+02:00June 8th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Religious Fiction|

Review: Sometimes Ya Gotta Laugh by Timothe Davis

A key ingredient to a successful movie is a fabulous soundtrack. Not many people want to sit in a theater and listen to horrible songs no matter how great the actors. But are soundtracks exclusive to movies? Timothe Davis’ novel Sometimes Ya Gotta Laugh challenges this question. His story about three best friends is set to music.

Jordan Spencer is the heart of the trio. Jordan, who was orphaned at a young age, has difficulties forming lasting relationships. None of his relationships have made it past six months. However, he is close with his two friends Gabby and Chris. They […]

T B Markinson2014-05-19T21:29:09+02:00May 21st, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Music|

Review: A Searcher Summoned by Perrin Pring

“The universe, as we know it, was created as a result of an exercise of thought. In another dimension, far away from here…”

Do you feel like escaping into a new world? Perrin Pring’s world in A Searcher Summoned (The Ryo Myths) is filled with lossals, ringers, zombies, dream searchers, Eoans, Afortiori, and the Chozen.

Before the universe was created, the Eoans and the Afortiori were one. They were not human, but clouds of raw elements. They constructed the universe as a challenge. The introduction of free will drastically changed the fate of the universe. Some of the Eoans developed […]

T B Markinson2019-01-23T13:04:19+02:00May 18th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction|

Review: The Shadows Touch by R. Scott VanKirk

The Shadows Touch, by R. Scott VanKirk, is the sequel to the fantasy novel, The Dryad’s Kiss. The opening pages of The Shadows Touch picks up right where the first novel left off.

I had the privilege of reviewing the first novel and I enjoyed it immensely so with great anticipation I opened to the first page of the sequel. Ian Finn Mortgenstern’s, the hero in the first novel, life has not improved much since we last saw him in The Dryad’s Kiss. His father is residing in the mental institution, Shady Oaks, and so is his best friend’s […]

T B Markinson2012-05-15T12:57:57+02:00May 15th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy|

They built the mound layer by layer, with each layer accepting more of the bones of the fallen. Finally, on top, facing the south and east, they interred the remains of Wahkoceethee the Eagle and Sheshepukwa the Cougar. They buried the fallen warriors with ceremonies of respect and thanks along with their totems. When Anakthepeuke the Rattlesnake died, he would be buried facing the west and the strongest of them all, Mactequeta Bear, in turn would be buried facing the terrible north. They would take their totems with them so their spirits could tap the power of their totems in

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T B Markinson2012-05-10T12:56:12+02:00May 10th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy|