Thanks to my new Friend Deb for this great review...
My husband [whose Editorial review appears on Amazon] handed me a copy of "Terror Strikes: Coming Soon to a City Near You" once he was finished reading and told me I needed to read it. So glad I did. Indeed a very "distinct" and "different" book from the usual Politically biased fare available today.
I read the reviews and saw how Mr. Lenard was more being personally attacked than the substance of his book refuted, which is understandable when people cannot refute details then engage in personal assault. As for his Grammatical style? It is in-line with Dean Koontz, Brian Herbert, S T Joshi, and others; as outlined on the Terror Strikes website "ScoreIt" subpage [ https://TerrorStrikes.info/ScoreIt ]; do they attack them too? Doubtful.
As for other aspects of Mr. Lenard's "writing style?" It is very much in-line with many others that use the narrative and/or descriptive (per page by percentage) versus formulaic "proportion of dialog in novels" (U-Penn report); of which Hemingway is considered the master of dialog writing. Personally I think some use to just pad page-count, or convey something they otherwise have trouble descriptively delivering, rather than enhance story. Do people criticize Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code" written with same styling? Books with zero dialog include the likes of "The Notebook" (N. Sparks), "The Road" (C. McCarthy), "The Great Gatsby," "Catcher in the Rye," Classics, and more!
So, yes, as one other reviewer listed on the Terror Strikes reviews page says - this book does not engage in a lot of dialog. In my opinion, it didn't need to. For my part, I greatly enjoy both stylings, but books like this are indeed the smaller part of the market, while others follow the Pack. Both make for great reads, for different reasons.
I for one am happy Joseph M Lenard's "Terror Strikes: Coming Soon to a City Near You" has the courage to take the path less tread in his adoptive style.
D. Shamanski - Constitutionalists Podcasts
Send CINOs/RINOs a monopoly money message vlog!
This tells them more than you just hanging up on their Calls, use their postage-paid reply to envelopes against them!
more in attached vlog.
WOW! If I do say so myself, and I just did! LOL
This turned out SO DAMN WELL, I had to make it a #music #video (attached):
IF YOU CLAIM GOODNESS (BE NICE) [Ode to #SuperGirl]
[aka: To The Girl Who Would Become Super]
(c) Joseph M Lenard (created via @suno / #suno)
From "X" platform ( https://x.com/grok/status/2109328831437836365 ):
@WillJon50281549 @JoelCorbin89 @GEEKTech2010 @gritngrace1423 @JohnnyDaMango @TPUSA
FOR NOW, while I am waiting on working on my next L&L Series #book, to work in "IF CLAIM GOODNESS (BE NICE)," put it in a #song / #tune to #music via @suno
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[ Inspired by the movie SUPERGIRL (2026) and in response to my own "X" query - see: https://x.com/JLenardMichigan/status/2109094130991128695
IF YOU CLAIM GOODNESS (BE NICE) (Ode To Supergirl) (aka: To The Girl Who Would Become Super) https://suno.com/s/8zP0xevi7xrU9vHc
#book #books #read #reading #stories #Life #Living
I keep coming back over and over to the #SUPERGIRL #movie over-riding storyline moral:
"Don't have to be Nice, but I expect you to be GOOD!"
Been toying back and ...
The Life And Living Series ( https://tinyurl.com/LifeAndLivingSeries )
Books: TERROR STRIKES: COMING SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU (TS) (novel, narrative w/ limited dialogue mix story telling)
THE BOOK OF KENNEDY: PROJECT CARPE DIEM (TBOK:PCD) (novelette, narrative style no dialogue, female lead)
A SHORT STORY: A LASTING LEGACY (Legacy) (novelette, Journal writings style, limited dialogue final non-Journaling chapter)
COMPLICATED (novelette, narrative, no dialogue)
ROLLER COASTERS: THE LIFE KIND (RC:TLK) (short-story, eBook/aBook exclusive, narrative, no dialogue)
Hope you enjoy the read(s). Whether you choose just one or all (as you may prefer one book size over the other, or one writing style over another), I appreciate you looking into this "life and living" series of "loosely" inter-connected manuscripts description for consideration.
NOTE: I am JOSEPH M LENARD, and that is how most people pronounce "Leonard", but without the "o" (reside in Michigan). I must make the distinction, as there is a Joseph Lenard (I ...
#Michigan #Conservative #Constitutionalist Activist (sums it up)
MORE about what you may want to know about me, via writings (and more detailed BIOs on those sites too (http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio))...
B4IN (2014-????): JLenardDetroitB4INArticles - https://tinyurl.com/JLDArticles
RedState (2008-2017) https://tinyurl.com/RedStateJLD
SSCE (Super Simple Computer Enterprises, my Computer company and Private posts sites by extension - 1980's - early 2000's) https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024904/http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-catagories.html (this lists other authors posted on my site too, my Articles are clearly marked and you can choose the LIST BY AUTHOR ("L" Lenard) to find just mine if you like.
vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkdRA7aHCzR4xcS1WsMnJjg/videos
(and what YouTube banned at) https://www.brighteon.com/channels/jlenarddetroit
MORE... MORE... MORE.... http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio
How do #AnneHathaway, #JennaOrtega, #SydneySweeney, #BradPitt, #GeorgeClooney, #JimmyStewart, #OzzyOsbourne, #CindyCrawford, #NicoleKidman, #DaisyEdgerJones, #EmmaStone, #PatBenetar, #EmmaWatson, #HarrisonFord, more, somehow all tie together?!?!?! #Music, #Movies, #SuperModels, more, too relate?!?!?
see: https://musicianstoday.com/soul-sucker-a-surprising-ozzy-osbourne-connection-sparks-a-new-conversation-about-music-and-ai/
Who else is concerned??
#READING is down!!
IMO, in part, cuz our #Education system has cut way back on REQUIRED #READINGS of Classic material as a #Educational value and like most things - getting accustomed to reading #books all through #life becomes a somewhat #learned (nature vs nurtured) behavior.
Now, why the concern??
https://www.google.com/search?q=studies+show+reading+is+down
Well, you might think the obvious answer as me as an #author want people to be #reading my (https://tinyurl.com/tinyurl.com/JLDonAMAZON) #books - and, of course, duh, that is part of it.
BUT MORE-SO, I am very concerned about the LACK of desire of folks to want to do own #Research and #learn (even in #fiction fare, there are things to be #learned; especially, or should I say, depending on the #author and if they want #REALITY and #FACTS in their fare or just pure fluff/frivolity (like I have both an https://tinyurl.com/ChristiTutionalistEduSeries non-fiction geared toward presentation of #facts and asking people to ...
