Tattered Pages Book Reviews

A review by Drew:
I came across Run by Blake Crouch from reading Joe Konrthat's blog a few months ago. I'm not a Steven King fan. I've never read the works of Dean Koontz or Thomas Harris, yet this is what RUN was compared to.  Yet from the description alone, which is posted below, was enough to peak my interest and pay the $2.99. A really fair price for this well written book.

I'm not usually a fast reader, yet this book sucked me in. I read it in about 2 or 3 days. I really lost track of time. Had I been able to skip work and family responsibilities I would have probably read the book straight through.

There is some violence...but not overly gruesome or over the top in my opinion. Blake doesn't go into explicit detail of what is going on but leaves your imagination to do most of the work. It's not gratuitous either. What violence is included seems reasonable for the story line.

The story is about Jack Colclough is a father and husband. Faced with what seems as most of the world trying to kill him he is consumed with the task of survival for him and his family. Perhaps what pulled me in is because I myself am a father and husband and tried to imagine what I would do in the same situation. What length would I go to protect my family from someone else?

Here is the description from Amazon:


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A review by Drew~

I met Rusty on the Kindleboards Forum. A place where Kindle authors and users hang out. He was asking for some opinions and we struck up a friendship. I'll admit, I'm somewhat partial to Bigfoot. I would love to see one. I would love to think that they are real. I would love to get a bunch of video and pictures of one. Just seeing a book of Bigfoot stories was enough to make me want to buy the books. So, I quickly picked up Rusty's Six Short Bigfoot stories and was not disappointed.

Rusty certainly has a limited market with these books....but that is a shame. His books are well written and the stories are both interesting and fun at times. Often they are just plain scary. If you have ever sat around a campfire and shared a scary story....then you will feel right at home with these. If like me, you would like to believe that the big hairy guy is real and lurking just around the next corner or behind the next tree, then these books are certainly for you.

Rusty has spent years in the outdoors and used his time with other adventurers to collect their tales of bigfoot. These are more then just just the crazy or fun campfire story that is told to scare the kids. Rusty's stories will give ammo for the believers and will convert the skeptics. There is nothing scientific or investigative with these stories, but that is fine by me. They come across as real, factual accounts from good people who experienced something strange and unusual out in the wild.


Rusty has two other books, Bigfoot Campfire Stories and More Bigfoot Campfire Stories. These are both sold on Kindle for $9.99. Six Short Bigfoot Campfire Stories is only $2.99 and will give you a taste of his writing and the quality of his stories. Once you have read this book you won't have any hesitation in picking up his other two.


None of these stories are very long. And none of them are really interconnected. So you can sit down and read one in a few minutes or read a bunch in an hour. It's really up to you. If you like bigfoot....like a good story...then go ahead and get these books.

Rusty's Books are available at Amazon.com at the following links:

Six Short Bigfoot Campfire Stories
Bigfoot Campfire Stories
Rusty Wilson's More Bigfoot Campfire Stories

This story was originally published back in 1992, I think. I got one of the old prints of it off eBay. I enjoy collecting old books because of the vintage cover art. In this one, I really like the drawing of the couple, even though this isn't a very good scan of it. And the scary dude on the left...I don't recall anything like that in the book...

Anyway, to me, Secret Vampire is a classic in vampire tales and a must read if you fancy the fanged beings. If you see things in this that remind you of Twilight, well, that just tells you something interesting...L.J. Smith was first.

From Amazon:
"Teenage Poppy, petite, dynamic Poppy, has pancreatic cancer, a death sentence not even she can escape. Then her lifelong friend (and secret love) James confides that he can save her..."

Obviously this is meant for teens, but I love reading teen novels and I LOVED this story. The series has been reprinted more than once and it can be purchased in Night World #1. This volume contains Secret Vampire and two other stories in the Night World series. Megan has read those and she will review them for you sometime soon. This is a clean and sweet read.

The sad thing for this author is that she's been "fired" from actually writing her own books. It's a perfect example of how big publishers can take advantage of authors then and now. Yes, they're actually keeping her name, but the Vampire Diaries books are now being written and rewritten by ghost writers.

One word  reveiw: Touching

Will I read it again? Certainly (Twice so far)
Would I recommend it? Obviously I do.
Was it violent? I wouldn't say so.
Was it clean? Yes.