About the author:
Michael McDonald-Low graduated from Officers Candidate School in 1966, at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at 19 years of age. He served in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968 as a 1st Lieutenant infantry platoon leader and later as company commander after being promoted to Captain. He has one soldier from his platoon still there, Specialist 4 Clifford Van Artsdalen - MIA #1165. In 2012, he led an American Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team to search for his location.

Among McDonald-Low's military awards and decorations are the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Bronze Star with “V” Device for Heroism, Bronze Star for Meritorious Service, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (2), Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Award, Meritorious Service Medal (2x), National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Army Valorous Unit Award, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Tet Counter-Offensive Medal.

In September 2014, McDonald-Low joined the newly reorganized Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) as the its first-ever Southeast Asia Veteran Liaison. McDonald-Low participates in MIA case analysis and review of existing DPAA background information and investigative reporting related to unresolved ground loss cases in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Book synopsis:

During the Vietnam War, the Que Son Valley region was a very bad place with a very bad reputation. More U.S. Army infantrymen and Marines died there than at any other location in Vietnam. More Medals of Honor were awarded in this region than in any other single combat zone, ever.

On 5 May 1968, the downing of two U.S. helicopters in the Que Son Valley marked the beginning of the North Vietnamese Army’s second Tet offensive, with the goal of destroying all U.S. forces. At 1728 hours, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry conducted a combat air assault to join Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry at the helicopters' fatally downed location.

Their experiences during the next six days set the stage for a three-month long battle that lasted only hours for some. In the end, there would be more than 2,300 dead and wounded, and one American Soldier missing in action. It will take over 44 years to find his location; UNACCOUNTED is his story.

My rating: 5 stars

What did I think:
For I want to think NetGalley and especially McDonald -Mr. Low for letting me read what turned out to be a really great book. And I also want to think McDonald -Mr.Low for everything his doing to help bring home our mission soldiers from the Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia with your help Mr.Low and others we probably wouldn't know what happened to them, with that said let me tell you what I thought of the book: First off I want to say that even though I love history for some reason I never pick up this types of books that deal with the Vitamin war,WW1 or Ww2, even though I've have family that fight in this wars and study it in school, and I have to admit that even though I did study it in school I just did have an understanding of it , but when I saw Mr. McDonald-Low's book and read the synopsis of it there was just something about it that called to me.Even now since I just finished it I don't know what to say,so I had to look on my notes that I wrote dow:here's what I put down:
reading three chapters a day because it deals with some heavy stuff
learned more about the Vitamin War, and what happened to our soldiers who fought and never came back.
help me to understand more of what they went through and what was happening over there.told in different perspective,which I loved because you get both the perspectives of Mr.McDonald-Low and of the missing America sold, the more I read it was like I was actually there feeling and seen that Mr.McDonald-Low and the rest of the soldiers felt and seen, it helped me to understand some what why my grandfathers never talked about what they went though when they fight in the war, and I loved how I learned more about the places and Mr.McDonald-Low fight in when he went back in 2012. All I can say is that I will definitely be picking up more books like this to read and this is a must read as well as one book you have to add and have in your library.

book synonyms:
Maggie Riley has settled into her new life in Thailand, working aboard her sailboat and doing her best to leave the past behind. When she receives a letter from a World War II vet claiming to have served with her grandfather who went missing in action, Riley is once again pulled into the intrigue that tore her family apart and led to the disappearance of her former search partner—and the love of her life.

Armed with the secret code her grandfather left behind, Riley must head to the Philippines to hunt for a mysterious shipwreck, uncover the truth of Yamashita’s gold, and find the answers to old questions about her own family.

my rating: 5 stars
challenges : non

what did I think of the story: I loved it, loved how once again this author mixedhistorical facts and fiction together ,loved how you get it told in three different views, just loved every thing about this book, can't wait to read book 3, also I want to say thinks to NetGalley and to the publishers as well as the author for once again give me a chance at reading other great book

about the author:
Chloe Neill is the New York Times bestselling author of the Chicagoland Vampires Novels, the Devil's Isle Novels, and a YA series, the Dark Elite. Chloe was born and raised in the South, but now makes her home in the Midwest. When she's not writing, she bakes, works, and scours the Internet for good recipes and great graphic design. Chloe also maintains her sanity by spending time with her boys--her husband and their dogs, Baxter and Scout.
Connect with Chloe at www.chloeneill.com.

book synopsis
As the Chicagoland Vampires series continues, Merit and Ethan find themselves in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where winning may require the ultimate sacrifice...

A vampire’s grudges don’t stay dead long...

Merit is one of Chicago's most skilled vampire warriors; these days, she doesn't scare easily. But she and Master vampire Ethan have made a new and powerful enemy, and he won't give up until he owns the Windy City.

With his last plan thwarted, he's more determined than ever to watch Cadogan burn. Ethan has put the House's vampires on high alert, but their enemy will stop at nothing, including pitting vampire against vampire...

In this deadly game of cat-and-mouse, the stakes are life or death—and winning might mean sacrificing everything

my rating : 5 stars

what did I think of the story:
First I want to say things to NetGalley , and to Penguin Group for send me a copy of the ARC of this book for my honest opinion, OMG what can I say but I loved it, its been a year since I picked up any of the books in this series and I'm so glad that I picked this one up, loved the characters , loved everything about the story , loved how it ends, can't wait to get the rest of the books when I can, if you haven't picked this series up yet to read then what are you waiting for , and I'm not just saying any of this just because its one of my all time favorite vampire series,

book synopsis:

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist’s groundbreaking account of the crime that shocked New York City—and the world

In the early hours of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was stabbed to death in the middle-class neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens. The attack lasted for more than a half hour—enough time for Genovese’s assailant to move his car and change hats before returning to rape and kill her just a few steps from her front door.
 
Yet it was not the brutality of the murder that made it international news. It was a chilling detail Police Commissioner Michael Joseph Murphy shared with A. M. Rosenthal of the New York Times: Thirty-eight of Genovese’s neighbors witnessed the assault—and none called for help.
 
To Rosenthal, who had recently returned to New York after spending a decade overseas and would become the Times’s longest-serving executive editor, that startling statistic spoke volumes about both the turbulence of the 1960s and the enduring mysteries of human nature. His impassioned coverage of the case sparked a firestorm of public indignation and led to the development of the psychological theory known as the “bystander effect.”

what did I think of the cover: Its what due me to the book in the first place, and after I read the synopsis I knew I had to read it,

what I thought of the book:

first I want to think Netgalley, as well as the publisher and author for giving me a chance at reading this in an change for my honest opinion,when I first saw it on Netgalley it was the title that caught my attention,Thirty - Eight Witness -The Kitty-Genovese Case,so I requested it and I'm so glad that I did, it wasn't until I started it that I remember watching a tv show about this case a while ago, and even then I was so surprised that while this man was killing Kitty, and she was screaming for help non of the thirty -eight witness went to help her, they didn't even call the police,but you want to know what the kicker is when it was done with and over and Miss Genovese was died and her murder had gone- one man did call but the actual kicker is that instead of call the police first,he picked up the phone then called a friend to see what he should do,then he went to a neighbor and made the call.Who does that,I mean yes this case happened back on March 13,1964 but still if only one of them had done something sooner maybe she would have a chance at living.With that said all the time i was reading this and even after I finished it i kept think would i have done something if I was every in something like that and the one thought that kept coming to me was that I would have at least attempted to put a call though to the police and if i can't get though i would have kept calling.So with that said i leave with a question to you here on Booklikes ,would you have done the same ,just like the thirty eight witness or would you have tried to give help anyway you could like calling the police?

Bio: Ohio native Michelle DiCeglio earned her bachelor’s degree in criminology from The Ohio State University. She worked in the criminal justice system for more than fifteen years. As a volunteer for an independent theater company, Michelle has written several short plays, and she works behind-the-scenes as a stage manager and set designer. She also serves as the troupe’s resident photographer.
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While investigating a serial killer in her small town, Detective Lacey Mills meets Alison Rhodes, a potential witness to one of the crimes. But as the murders get more intense, so do Detective Mills’ feelings for Alison—and her suspicions that Ali may be more than just a witness.

what I thought of the main character: 

this is the first time I've ever picked up a  book who's  main character was  a LGTB Lesbian , while I mainly pick up LGTB Gay , I had some prombles with the main character Lacey , while I loved reading about her , there was times when she just seemed to be living in the past a little to much, and there was times that I didn't like the way she acted towards the man who was like a father to her. But the more I read and begin to understand why she acted the way she did, she kind of grew on me.

book cover:

i liked it, loved how it kind of pulled you in to it

what did I think of the book: 

Like I said before , this is the first book that I picked up that the main character was LGTB Lesbian, while I mainly pick up LGTB Gay, I was surpised that I actually like the story, loved the mystery , and secrets that where hiden and finally came out,loved how there was a lot of twist and turns and how Lacey was able to give love a other chance, and how she even began to under stand how she had also made mistakes not just Ail.only promble I had was it did say how the killer got way from the police ,maybe I missed that part but still a good story to read.with that said I would like to say thinks to the author and Netgalley for giving me the chance to read Sight Lines.