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A Five-Star Review

Friday, January 27th, 2012

I’ve written a novel titled, ANIMUS, and while it’s not published yet, and at the moment is being evaluated by an agent — I got a positive review on ReadersFavorite.com, a book review site. Apparently when the book is published, I can use their 5-star seal when I promote the book.

Here’s the review:

Hello,

Your review is complete!

——————-
Rating: 5 Stars

Animus

“Reviewed by Stephanie D. for ReadersFavorite.com

Animus by Joseph Eastburn is subtitled, A Jungian Mystery. Eastburn explains: “It’s a mystery/thriller driven not by the conventions of the genre, but by the world of Jungian thought — or both.” But you don’t need to be a Jungian therapist, like Gar Moody who is the hero of this story, to be able to read or understand this book. The Jungian element simply adds another intriguing layer to a very exciting thriller that keeps you on your toes to the very end.

However, it is helpful to know that animus means not only ‘motive’ and ‘hatred,’ but also, in Jungian theory, ‘the masculine inner personality of a woman.’

The action begins when two of Moody’s patients are kidnapped and their hair washed. One is returned alive, confused and traumatized. But Deanna is murdered. Moody discovers another connection between them, other than his being their therapist. As he investigates further, things become darker and more dangerous.

I enjoyed this fast-paced novel, set in Los Angeles, and peopled by a cast of complex, interesting characters. These include Moody himself, his troubled patients, law enforcement officers, a Mythologist, a pathologist, a psychoanalyst, one or two cats, and above all, the mysterious Watcher, who perpetrates the crimes. And there is also Finn, Moody’s girlfriend who committed suicide, but whom he still sees and hears. It’s an exciting read, packed with emotion, but it’s also a somewhat complicated story. The Jungian mystery is a new genre that this author has invented. Thank goodness he has, because Animus is a very successful, innovative and satisfying book that challenges and entertains in equal measure.”

——————-

We were unable to find a purchase link for your book, so we cannot post our review on our site, Amazon or Barnes & Noble. But when it is available on Amazon just send us a link to it and we will post our review on our site, Amazon and Barnes & Noble (if applicable).

Let us know if you find any typos or errors. If you need a slightly different version for the back of your book, we will be happy to work with you. Just write an edited/modified version of our review that you would like to use on your book and we will review it.

GET PUBLISHED!
No matter what your genre, we can help you create a compelling Query Letter and get it in front of 1,000 Agents and Publishers who have agreed to receive Query Proposals. Read more on our website at http://readersfavorite.com/author-advertising.htm

READERS FAVORITE AWARD CONTEST
We award 4 levels in each of our 50+ Genre Categories. You could win a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Honorable Mention Award Seal for your book and would be able to call yourself an Award Winning author and your book an Award Winning book! You can learn more at http://readersfavorite.com/annual-book-award-contest.htm.

5 STAR LOGO FOR YOUR WEBSITE OR BOOK
If you received a 5 star review from us you can use our 5 star logo for your advertising. We have two available, a fast loading version designed for online advertising like websites and Facebook: http://readersfavorite.com/images/Five_Star.jpg, and a high resolution version for publication like printed press releases or the cover of your book: http://readersfavorite.com/images/Five_Star.zip.

Thank you very much and good luck with your book!

The Readers Favorite Team
support@readersfavorite.com
http://readersfavorite.com

 

The Best Sentence I Have Ever Read

Monday, October 24th, 2011

The sentence appeared in the second paragraph of “The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami,” the cover article in today’s New York Times Magazine.

The writer has traveled to Japan and as a way of preparing himself to interview the author, he has read many of Murakami’s books. This turns out of be a bad idea; because of the imaginative nature of the books, the writer has become disoriented. And besides, Japan has turned out to be “intensely, inflexibly, unapologetically Japanese.”

Here’s the sentence:

On my first morning in Tokyo, on the way to Murakami’s office, I descended into the subway with total confidence, wearing a freshly ironed shirt — and then immediately became terribly lost and could find no English speakers to help me, and eventually (having missed trains and bought lavishly expensive wrong tickets and gestured furiously at terrified commuters) I ended up surfacing somewhere in the middle of the city, already extremely late for my interview, and then proceeded to wander aimlessly, desperately, in every wrong direction at once (there are few street signs, it turns out, in Tokyo) until finally Murakami’s assistant Yuki had to come and find me, sitting on a bench in front of a honeycombed-glass pyramid that looked, in my time of despair, like the sinister temple of some death-cult of total efficiency.

Wow… the writer is Sam Anderson.

Here’s a link to the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/magazine/the-fierce-imagination-of-haruki-murakami.html?src=me&ref=general

A Five-Star Review

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

I got some good news yesterday. I’ve written a novel titled, ANIMUS, and while it’s not published yet, and at the moment is being evaluated by an agent — I got a positive review on ReadersFavorite.com, a book review site, and apparently when the book is published, I can use their 5-star seal when I promote the book.

Pretty cool, huh? Anyway, here’s the review:

Hello,

Your review is complete!

——————-
Rating: 5 Stars

Animus

“Reviewed by Stephanie D. for ReadersFavorite.com

Animus by Joseph Eastburn is subtitled, A Jungian Mystery. Eastburn explains: “It’s a mystery/thriller driven not by the conventions of the genre, but by the world of Jungian thought — or both.” But you don’t need to be a Jungian therapist, like Gar Moody who is the hero of this story, to be able to read or understand this book. The Jungian element simply adds another intriguing layer to a very exciting thriller that keeps you on your toes to the very end.

However, it is helpful to know that animus means not only ‘motive’ and ‘hatred,’ but also, in Jungian theory, ‘the masculine inner personality of a woman.’

The action begins when two of Moody’s patients are kidnapped and their hair washed. One is returned alive, confused and traumatized. But Deanna is murdered. Moody discovers another connection between them, other than his being their therapist. As he investigates further, things become darker and more dangerous.

I enjoyed this fast-paced novel, set in Los Angeles, and peopled by a cast of complex, interesting characters. These include Moody himself, his troubled patients, law enforcement officers, a Mythologist, a pathologist, a psychoanalyst, one or two cats, and above all, the mysterious Watcher, who perpetrates the crimes. And there is also Finn, Moody’s girlfriend who committed suicide, but whom he still sees and hears. It’s an exciting read, packed with emotion, but it’s also a somewhat complicated story. The Jungian mystery is a new genre that this author has invented. Thank goodness he has, because Animus is a very successful, innovative and satisfying book that challenges and entertains in equal measure.”

——————-

We were unable to find a purchase link for your book, so we cannot post our review on our site, Amazon or Barnes & Noble. But when it is available on Amazon just send us a link to it and we will post our review on our site, Amazon and Barnes & Noble (if applicable).

Let us know if you find any typos or errors. If you need a slightly different version for the back of your book, we will be happy to work with you. Just write an edited/modified version of our review that you would like to use on your book and we will review it.

GET PUBLISHED!
No matter what your genre, we can help you create a compelling Query Letter and get it in front of 1,000 Agents and Publishers who have agreed to receive Query Proposals. Read more on our website at http://readersfavorite.com/author-advertising.htm

READERS FAVORITE AWARD CONTEST
We award 4 levels in each of our 50+ Genre Categories. You could win a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Honorable Mention Award Seal for your book and would be able to call yourself an Award Winning author and your book an Award Winning book! You can learn more at http://readersfavorite.com/annual-book-award-contest.htm.

5 STAR LOGO FOR YOUR WEBSITE OR BOOK
If you received a 5 star review from us you can use our 5 star logo for your advertising. We have two available, a fast loading version designed for online advertising like websites and Facebook: http://readersfavorite.com/images/Five_Star.jpg, and a high resolution version for publication like printed press releases or the cover of your book: http://readersfavorite.com/images/Five_Star.zip.

Thank you very much and good luck with your book!

The Readers Favorite Team
support@readersfavorite.com
http://readersfavorite.com

 

“Harry Potter and the Billion-Dollar Franchise”

Monday, July 4th, 2011

This is a very cool post on today’s NY Times.

Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/03/movies/harry-potter-timeline.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha28.

You can track the dates from when J.K. Rowling got the idea for her boy-wizard on a train ride, to writing that first book, to finally being accepted by a publisher, to the first books becoming instant hits, to the Times starting a Children’s Best-seller list, and so on. And all this before the movies! Clips included. There’s even a lawsuit in the timeline. Phenomenal.