Hunters in the dark:A beach novel

So keeping this simple, I am looking at this as a basic beach novel, a fun read when you are relaxing and probably would make a comedy of errors in the mold of the 1980's.

It was what I expected and that was about it. I am honestly not really finding things that truly are in depth or worth more then a read and toss or just light skim.

So this is a fun mystery, a road trip romp for both the reader and the characters. The fact is that really I skimmed it, probably better for a beach chair and a fruity drink.
The cover and the back cover show more then they probably should and while fun the plot is paint by numbers in a lot of ways.

Apache Wars:History as Western

The Apache Wars was solid. Enjoyed the writer making a history that could be dusty as the desert he writes about but still keeps it fresh. 
I will have to reread and could see this as a history channel show from before crazy alien people. 

It is a bit hefty, and if you are not down for a hardcover read, find the audio book if you can. 

Keeping Solid and Simple-How To Have a Good Day

Keeping it simple and basic this book is a solid way to help you plan your day for productivity. I found How to Have A Good Day a nice read, most of it is common sense. Organizing a day and getting the things you like least over with, but still repetition is needed sometimes in the development sphere.

Old Ladies on Fire, But It All Melted In The End.(Brooklyn On Fire)

Okay so this is going to be a short review. I tried to start this text with an open mind. However if a mystery can't fire your brain in the next 10 or so pages it is done. And this little book is done. I love the idea behind this. But a second book should have it's world truly established. 
Once the world is built, move the story along. I can tell the writer was in TV writing because the feeling of the dialogue was an attempt to be a sitcom with a mystery component. Not a mystery first. 
The Book in Question

Dear Mister Essay Writer guy-A quick bite review

A solid read, enjoyed for the brevity. While i tended to nod off before bed. It was usually with a chuckle. Something about the fact that cannibalism in the right context can be funny along with the grammar having blues. This is a quick read, light entertainment but some that has the benefit of adding to your knowledge base.

Book Review: Inside the Criminal Mind (It's the Steak not the Sizzle)

Title:"Inside the Criminal Mind

Author:

Stanton Samenow PHD

This book for all its pretensions, reads more like someone took a dissertation and published it en mass. The title was catchy and that threw me off. While meaty and in depth the book is dull as dishwater on a cloudy day. I am not expecting greatness but this is hard.
For the psych nerd this is probably a great read, for the dabbler that is me...not so much.

And this is a hard confession but I could not even finish it.

So if its hard deep psych you are into then have at it, me I am going to enjoy the final Terry Pratchett book.

Lucha Underground: Take Five

Smooth Moves to Smooth Jazz

So guys, it's Sunday, I am stuffed still from the food and frivolity of this Thursday But the night before was for lucha. We get Dario and Konnan having a little drink between friendly enemies. Business takes precedence over personal any day of the week.

This leads to a little dance of a street fight with Prince Puma and Big Ryck; no rules just bloodshed. Main event settled, we move on to the action.

One Thousand Ways to Slay A Dragon, AKA The Hunt Continues:

Mil Muertes and Drago have one beauty of a match, with power meeting aerial maneuvers with satisfying force while the hunter King Cuerno watched from on high. Muertes pulls off the win with a flat liner. The good news is Drago got enough solid action that this was shown not to be just some squash match. Caterina gets her licks in, too, and a lot of boys become men at the end of a solid start.

In comes Cuerno, who then plants the fallen dragon with authority. It furthers the story but keeps that little feud in the ring, heel established on the tweener and we are good to go. At least in my eyes, mind you Lucha is still a new world, but one that is fresh, right?

Around the World with Johnny

Up next was a good and solid promo from Johnny Mundo, playing up the Tecnico who has control issues to a tee while still having a good time in the off hours. Thank God he kept it all about the ring, about being the best at what he has done and will do. Champagne and caviar are treated as a poor second to ring and the rush of the fans chanting your name. It wasn't about his feelings or how X dude called him a poop head. Nope, it's all about the gold around his waist and being The Guy. To quote a very well known gentleman “Stylin' and Profilin'”

He knows what darkness lurks below.

Caterina, with Mil Muertes staying silent in the back, have a little chat with the boss. Keeping it simple, they know him and his darkness. More to come as the fear comes through Dario's Eyes. These back stage moments are a much better show within the show then most current popular wrestling shows.

Lucha is Havok on Little People:

One of the things I am still getting used to is the fact that the little people get the big stage. While a novelty in some ways, the fight still is crisp, clean, and fun to watch, no matter the size. Son of Havok got his story-line butt whooped by Mascarita Sagrada while his roadie Ivelisse did the ladies Rudo right by helping her man beat up the little guy.

Sexy taking it out of Chavo:

Vengeance is a stone cold lady and sexy star, and proved that tonight on a referee and Chavo Guerro. I mean having the face go for the low blow for vendetta is a nice breath of fresh air is all I am saying. Really the match was a no go from the start but for that moment, well for me and the ref it was breath taking.

Wednesday Night Street Fight:

So its main event time, and Puma and Big Ryck put on a show. The rest of the boys all get into the dance as the heels stomp the stuffing out of the kitty. Not that he doesn't get his shots in. And while the three on one mixer happens in the middle of the ring, you watch the top and Bam! in comes Batman...I mean Johnny Mundo.

Harry Dresden fans scream “Parkour Bitch!”

While Johnny gets his licks in, that little razzle dazzle however ends with Mundo clocking the Prince with a chair, and Ryck, then adding injury to insult by putting the young Prince through a table.

Round up:

Keeping it simple here. I enjoyed this week's show, and I am hoping that the story seems to keep on this track. People are settling into roles and the lines may be drawn, but there is still growth available. I almost hope they get the show ready for DVD release, because it's nature as a drama with action means I get my story with a smile.

So what moment caught your eye, what do you think could or should be added. Hell what do you think of the DVD thing?

As Always!:

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Mat Sense: Saturday Ramble (Hell in a Cell Edition)

IT is The Weekend!

So its a love cold Saturday morning before Hell in a Cell. This leads me to this posting on Saturday's Before the pay per view to ramble incoherently for a bit. So I am going to be posting up some reactions to the pay per view and while it may be gibbering lunacy hopefully it will amuse, entertain and cause you to keep up with me as I wander through the world of the blogger.

Blog Fixes and Reaching out!

Speaking of blogging, I have been playing with the site getting this bad boy set to awesome, leave a comment So I know that works. MY Frustration at times was probably enough to power a small town. But hearing from you, that makes it worth it!

 

On the books front

Since I am looking into espionage books, and with a slim wallet, I am going to be looking at Rudyard Kipling's Kim.

This is one of the Granddaddies of all the spy fiction. Plus for me its a personal challenge. That book has bored me for years and by golly I am going to beat this thing Right here on the internet!(Foley Cheap pop!)

Bang Bang!

On the Wrestling Front

Hell in a Cell Review to come:

So hell in a cell is tomorrow, I will be watching and posting my thoughts, I am probably not going for that match my match vibe, but I think at least two matches should be awesome

Ambrose and Rollins:

Pretty boy meets madman as things get hopefully bloody, this match is one that has been really stewing for a good while, and can have a massive HSQ

Ziggler and Cesaro:

Its about the IC title and the format allows them more time to get their awesome technical approach out and rolling.

The Rest

Hopefully I will have enough booze/books to read(see Kim will come in handy!) to make it through the other piss matches.

Empire of Sin Review: Mat Sense Reviews

So I have fallen in love with book reviews, sue me...gives me something to do during the chatty bits of RAW.

In keeping with the reviews of books from Blogging for Books. I am next going to be checking Gary Krist's Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. I am linking the book to see if there are others who want to put their own two pennies into the bank. I am a sucker for True Crime and History. So this is going to be awesomeness all over the place.  I am getting my hard copy in a few week or two. Got my digital copy for a read, but I want the latest version to give the best review, not an ARC.

The Big Easy has a very unique vibe to say the least, and reading about its germination and growth as a town is something that intrigues me. Seeing a city on the edge of greatness and corruption is fascinating to say the least. Also let no one say the folks in that town are not survivors.

What does this have to do with combat sports, honestly not probably enough, but hell...there has to be time between the fights right?   New Orleans is a place that breeds characters. Sweet southern vibe, spicy Cajun food and Voodoo, these all lend themselves to unique faces, heels and even the Tweener if going the Pro Wrestling Route.

So let's step inside the Crescent City, hearing the strains of jazz and enjoying that perfect hurricane. Its time to get my and your read on!

Hot Jazz and Good times

After this bad boy is done, I am going on to review more books in the spy genre, so lets get our James Bond and George Smiley on!

A Spy Among Friends:A Mat Sense Review

My Thanks

First a thank you for Blogging for Books to give a shot at this Real Life thriller. Read the review and tell me what you think, click the link to know where to get it.

Just a Good Ole Boy

The Book:

A Spy Among Friends:Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben McIntyre with an afterword by John Le Carre, is the tale of the friendship and betrayal of the most famous of the double agents in the spy game. Philby reads like a sociopath, all manipulation no compassion, mind you I am not a psychiatrist and all that.

 Tools of The Trade:

However the real story on top of the spy hide and seek is the old boy network all twisted up in its purity. Being from the right school, right class and right place and you can go anywhere. All it required was the right booze in place as the lubrication.

Thus did Philby use those tools, to get himself in the door as a “Eton Lad”. During the lead up to world war two was the only doubt he had for the Communist cause when the Soviets cut a non-aggression pact with the Germans. He kept chugging along, and during the war, again made the right friends in the right places. One was the future top spy hunter in the CIA, James Jesus Angleton. The other was a top hunter in MI6 Nicholas Elliot.

Going to Ground:

Almost getting caught caused a  not so  minor stir and lead to the eyes of MI5 turning their glare on him. But again, friends covered for the right chap. The issues of inter-service rivalry, with MI5's working class vibe and MI6 James Bond upper crust song and dance clashing. This issue is one that various organizations have probably having since the dawn of time.

This continued until the game was up and Philby bolted from Lebanon, where Elliot had “A chat”, running to the Soviet Union. Where he later died, neither fish nor fowl. Too British to be a good communist and a traitor to Queen and Country.

My Thoughts:

The book is a fun read, informative, however I feel like the author has the problem of much of history texts in that hindsight is 20/20. I can imagine there was much face palming and internal reviews coming from on high. While its an interesting view into the world of the Spy, double agent, and traitor with their trials and tribulations. I feel like it got into the weeds. Relationships and who you know can be a vital tool in life. But its a tool that can lead to the Double Cross, blinding you to The Mole, the Judas, the Cassius in your midst.