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Book Review: The Kraken Sea by E. Catherine Tobler
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Book Review: The Kraken Sea by E. Catherine Tobler

Posted on September 10, 2019September 12, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Another stop on the Apex September Back Catalog Blog Tour. As you’ve probably picked up by now, Apex authors have been blowing me away with…

Book Review: Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters
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Book Review: Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters

Posted on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Today’s review as part of the Apex September Back Catalog Blog Tour (I’m still all excited that I got asked to do this–makes me feel…

Book Review: I Can Transform You by Maurice Broaddus
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Book Review: I Can Transform You by Maurice Broaddus

Posted on September 3, 2019December 1, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

I got the amazing opportunity to join in the Apex September Back Catalog Book Tour. This let me “go shopping” in the Apex publications list…

Book Review: Sacred Vines by Don Stevens
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Book Review: Sacred Vines by Don Stevens

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

This is the type of book review I absolutely hate to write. I want to be able to say good things–or at least neutral things–about…

Book Review: Do Not Go Quietly edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner
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Book Review: Do Not Go Quietly edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner

Posted on July 4, 2019December 1, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

A huge truck is headed right for you but you’re pinned in the glare of its headlights and can’t move. As it hits, you feel…

Book Review: A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn
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Book Review: A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn

Posted on June 21, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Cozy mysteries like A Crafter Hooks a Killer have been a staple of my reading diet for a number of years. Both my mother and…

Book Review: A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig Albert
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Book Review: A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig Albert

Posted on June 13, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

I selected A Plain Vanilla Murder from NetGalley because I had read some earlier books in the series. With its interesting tidbits on herbs and…

Book Review: Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus
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Book Review: Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus

Posted on May 28, 2019December 1, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Apex Books has been kind enough to let me have a digital ARC of Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus. I hadn’t previously had the…

Book Review: Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst
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Book Review: Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst

Posted on May 26, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Murder from Scratch is a good, solid cozy mystery with some likable characters. It gives me a chapter to get comfortable with the main character…

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Book Review: A Snapshot of Murder by Frances Brody

Posted on May 19, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

I want to apologize to the author and publisher for my delay in posting this review. I was supposed to have posted it about a…

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About Me

R. Jean Bell grew up in the United States but has spent the last twenty years in Denmark. A voracious reader since age three, she averages a book a day. She spends her time writing fiction and poetry, doing hobby photography, and being with her husband, horses, and dogs.

Her work appears in Cast of Wonders, ParABnormal Magazine, and more. She additionally took second place in the 2019 BSFS poetry competiton.

She recently joined the first reader team at Apex Magazine.

The bex bee image and the bex-with-book image used with book reviews were both created by the extremely talented Matytan.

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