April 2019
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CRACKED – Eliza Crewe
Meda is a typical teen … looking for where she belongs and fits in. But Meda is not typical … she eats souls. She tries to only eat the souls of the people who deserve it – or at least that’s what she tells herself – but the truth is, she enjoys it. Her mother Continue reading
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MURDER OVER MOCHAS – Caroline Fardig
I really like the Java Jive mystery series. Murder Over Mochas is the fifth book in the series, all by Caroline Fardig. The series features Juliet Langley, the manager of Java Jive coffee shop and amateur sleuth. She’s had her share of murderous misfortune (she tends to be in the wrong place at the wrong Continue reading
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THE NIGHT CLAVE – Monte Cook & Shanna Germain
Whereas I enjoyed Shanna Germain’s The Poison Eater … also a Numenera novel … The Night Clave, by Germain and Monte Cook just doesn’t engage at all. It reads like a story that’s from a different medium … oh, wait…that’s exactly what this is – this is an RPG and PC-game series. Normally I’d give Continue reading
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IMMORTAL ARCHITECTS – Paige Orwin
This follow-up to author Paige Orwin’s The Interminables, features the same tremendous characters with a wild, inventive plot and takes us on another tremendous journey. Edmund Templeton is a sorcerer. One of the best. He is also known as “The Time Thief” because of his magic ability to take time from one person and use Continue reading
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MY FOOTPRINTS – Bao Phi & Basia Tran
Thuy is a Vietnamese-American little girl who is bullied and teased at school – in part because of her appearance/heritage, and also because she has two mothers instead of a mother/father parent base. On her way home from a particularly bad day at school she notices her footprints in the snow and her childhood imagination Continue reading
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THE VIGILANTE POETS OF SELWYN ACADEMY – Kate Hattemer
Well I seem to be missing something here because I didn’t find much to enjoy with this book. On the one hand, this appears to be a book about ‘reality shows’ – an arts reality show is taking over Selwyn Academy with a show called For Art’s Sake. This how the book is billed. On Continue reading
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ANGELBOUND – Christina Bauer
I wish I could remember how or why I came across this book. I get books to read and review in a wide variety of ways. For whatever the reason, this one sounded quite interesting, and I was not disappointed. Myla Lewis is a young woman – still in school – who is also a Continue reading
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THE FLIMFLAM AFFAIR – Bill Pronzini
I’ve been reading Bill Pronzini books for about as long as I can remember. His may not be a well-known name, but I know when I pick up a Pronzini book that I will get strong characters and a solid story. It has been a year or more since I last read a Pronzini book, Continue reading
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quotes – April 2019
…when guys continually laugh at the same things, it means more than sharing the same sense of humor: it’s sharing the same world of referential knowledge, the same moral philosophy. Your laughter acknowledges similar wiring without revealing anything. Wayne Gladstone – Agents of the Internet Apocalypse They say knowing is half the battle, but Continue reading
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BODY & BLOOD – Amanda Havard
I really struggled with this book. Body & Blood is the third book in The Survivor’s series by Amanda Havard, and perhaps if I’d read the first book or two this would have been an easier read because I would have understood the characters a little better. On the other hand, if I had read Continue reading
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THE ADVENTURERS GUILD – Zack Loran Clark & Nick Eliopulos
People have asked me what is the hardest part about writing book reviews and it’s an easy answer … reviewing perfectly average books. Books that are outstanding and books that are terrible are easy to review because you can go in-depth on why you think they are outstanding or terrible. But there is almost nothing Continue reading
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THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA – J. Ryan Stradal
Beer? Minnesota? I’m in! J. Ryan Stradal’s The Lager Queen of Minnesota is a story of family and the pursuit of dreams. Edith Magnusson is famous for her pies since they were named third best pies in the state of Minnesota. Edith’s sister is Helen Blotz. Helen turned the family soda business into one of Continue reading
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