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 Hello Aware Humans,  Book 42 Verity - (7/10) Premise: A small time writer gets the chance of a life time to help "Co-Author" a famous book series after the original author gets into an accident and is considered brain dead.  This is a romance novel touted as a thriller and while it's not my normal genre of choice I will admit it was a bit of a page turner.  Minor Spoilers ahead:  Lowen Ashleigh runs into Jeremey Crawford just before a meeting, cue meet cute. It turns out Jermey wants to hire Lowen to finish writings his famous wives books. His wife was in an accident and while alive does not respond to any stimulations.  Jeremey has been through a lot recently, he lost both his twin daughters and now his wife. It is just his son and himself. Lowen goes up to his house (after agreeing to finish the books) and stays for a few days. Eventually the few days turns into more while she researches the book and starts falling for Jeremy.  However Lowen doesn't...

 Hello Coyotes,  Book 41: Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with Medelin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All (5/10) Premise: Small town boy with big asperations joins the drug trade but gets too greedy  This story follows George Jung's journey from upper middle class highschooler in a small town to the large trial which ended his smuggling career. It starts out small, George flies Marijuana from Mexico to the United States to make money, a lot of money. But along the way he meets people who tell him that the Cocaine business would make him rich beyond his wildest dreams.  George is all in. He flies, or gets piolets to fly from Mexico or other places to the United States carrying large amount of Cocaine. He deals with small farmers, takes over a resort, works with Pablo Escabar and more. In the end when George is caught he doesn't want to go down alone and brings other pieces toppling down with him.  This book is definitely interesting if you want to learn ...