Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of February of 2024. Here are the 7 books I read and reviewed for February. I might have read even more if I didn’t have a few WIP. But I always seemed to have a WIP! That fact never stops me! I hope you enjoy reading these reviews.

I love sharing my eclectic reads in this Jemsbooks Segment, Books Read in the Month. I hope you will get a chance to look over these books soon. Thank you for your kind support of my work and that of my fellow authors.

If you are an avid reader, as I am, please review the books you love on Amazon or wherever you purchased them for others to enjoy your reviews. Reviews are one way for readers to know about an exceptional book. We indie authors love to receive reviews and appreciate the efforts of readers to do them. Once again, I thank you for your kind support of me and my books and for supporting my fellow authors too.

When I wrote these reviews I rated them on Amazon, Goodreads and sometimes Barnes & Noble. I did not include the ratings here though. It is best to share my thoughts with you about how I felt about the book without the rating. Ratings can be deceiving at times.

We all feel differently about books. Sometimes we love them, sometimes we like them and still other times we may dislike a book. Some others are so memorable they take our breaths away! While still others are sweet, sensitive, and enjoyable reads that we soon will forget. But all these books I have reviewed were lovely reads as you can see from my reviews. I hope you enjoy my reviews and that they help you decide what will be your next read.

Deception Point is another outstanding novel from best-selling author, Dan Brown. The story begins with so much scientific information that I felt overwhelmed at first until I got acclimated to this data. He had to do mucho research with the help of many scientists to bring all this together into a story.

I was held captive by the greed, decent, corruption of different agencies and people who would do anything to keep their agency receiving money even though they are not doing legitimate work for the country. The characters were fascinating, bringing the story full circle.

This novel is a must read if you love science, outer space, and oceanography. You will become engrossed and learn more than you can imagine about all of it and more. It had me holding my breath with all action, adventures, and danger at every turn.

A Cold Trail is the seventh book in the Tracy Crosswhite series that was intriguing, fast-paced, and full of suspects. Tracy is a fascinating character, strong, resilient, tough when she must be yet sensitive to her husband’s feelings of love and fear for her life each time, she takes on another violent crime case.

This story relates some of the past for the reader to refresh their memory of what has transpired up to this time. I don’t always read books in a series close together, so it helped me get up to speed with the character and what she did before. Now that Tracy has a child, she is more aware of the danger she puts herself in and worries about her child being motherless if something happens to her. This doesn’t always stop her from doing something dangerous because she is driven to complete each task to the best of her ability.

There were many clues in this story that eventually led to the suspect in question even though I was still surprised at the outcome. This was an enjoyable mystery, crime, thriller series and I look forward to the next book to see what Tracy came do next to solve another cold case.

I highly recommend this series to all lovers of crime, thrillers, mystery, and suspenseful stories.

In Her Tracks was a gripping addition to the Tracy Crosswhite Series. Tracy is once again on some tough cases and has to deal with her disgruntled boss who fights her on every case.

She must solve some cold case mysteries in this book after she is pushed aside by her boss when he assigns her position to another agent when she returns from her maternity leave. She is forced to take on some cold cases like her own sister’s disappearance and eventual death that only help to bring back the pain of the loss of her sister.

A gripping story of the tragedy of cold cases and the heinous mind and work of cold-bloodied, serial killers. A well-written series that is an enjoyable and worthwhile read.

Without a Trace is a gripping story of a man beginning anew after a narrow escape with death. What is more important, having plenty of money without love or love without money? This is the question that the main protagonist, Charles Vincent, in this story must decide.

Charles has it all in his life, wealth, a family, and an important job, but is this enough for him? We see how much he is tormented by what he no longer has – love. When he nearly loses his life in a car accident, he decides to give up his old life and begin anew but this isn’t a simple solution to his dilemma.

I enjoyed this book but found it full of redundancy about the feelings, situations, etc. of the characters and scenes. The author felt compelled to keep reminding us of what was already relevant. I have read many of Steel’s books but have not noticed this repetition in her previous work.

Perilous Trust is the beginning of an intriguing mystery series. In this book Sophie Parker, the main protagonist, must solve a mysterious message that her father, an FBI Agent, left her before his death. A man she met years ago, with whom she had a one-night stand, aids her.

There is a back story about Sophie and her one-night tryst with Damon, who is with the FBI. There is danger at every turn that prevents them from staying in one place too long for no one can be trusted. They have feelings for one another that grow as they become dependent upon each other to stay alive.

Freethy is a creative writer who knows how to create stories with plenty of intrigue, suspects and a storyline that keeps the reader guessing until the end.

Hart’s Ridge is not just a mystery and crime story but also a heartwarming one with a dog who steals the show in every scene. The main protagonist is Taylor, a detective in a small-town police force who struggles with family issues and chauvinistic fellow officers.

Taylor is a strong, resilient woman who tries to take care of everyone in her family as she struggles to meet her own needs. Her father is depressed and drinks too much while two of her three sisters are too busy with their own families to worry about their father and her youngest sister is a wild child who is always into trouble and coming back to Taylor to be rescued repeatedly.

Being the only woman on the police force is a challenging job since no one pays attention to Taylor or gives her credit for her initiative in solving crimes. She is a fascinating character but lonely until she adopts a dog who is a sweetheart. There is also a mystery surrounding this dog that was interesting and emotional that brought tears to my eyes and made me love this dog even more.

I enjoyed this book with its heartwarming appeal and for the intriguing mystery and crime story. I would highly recommend this series and look forward to the next installment.

At this writing, I am still reading this book but have read enough to do a review. I will finish it soon though.

This book is a comprehensive and informative chronology of how our world has evolved from the fifth century’s intellect to today’s infusion of technology and introduction of AI. Though AI has been around, in some form, for a long time it is becoming more popular and acceptable in today’s technologically hungry society.

The three authors detail how civilization has grown from the horse and buggy to automobiles, from everything being made by hand to incorporating machines into the workforce, and how our minds have expanded in knowledge to create machines that can aid doctors in research and medicine, teachers in education, and help us to learn how to think outside the box in ways we never thought possible.

It is an exciting time, but it also brings along some reticence and fear of what AI can do and how far it will take us into the unknown as we become less relevant when the machines take over more of what we would normally do. Also, there is the danger of AI not having a conscious when it comes to using it in politics and during negotiations to prevent war. Will we be able to control AI and regulate what it can and cannot do? How far will AI take us into the future? There is no end to how advanced it will become. Do the benefits outweigh the negative results?

Much of this is my interpretation of what I read even though the authors have not given any indication of what they think or solutions to the problems that could evolve from the use of AI. There are many questions left unanswered.

Thank you so much for stopping by to read this post and for your continued support. Come back again for more book reviews each month and daily for whatever pops into my already overcrowded head.

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