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Reviews, comments, and the occasional blog postings about books and reading.

SF/FANTASY

  • THE STUFF OF DREAMS

    THE STUFF OF DREAMS

    There was a time in my life when I read every Star Trek novel that came out. That time has long passed. I think I stopped when I couldn’t keep up, and when Star Trek: The Next Generation started putting out a couple of novels a month, I stopped buying the books altogether. What I like about… Continue reading

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  • THE NIGHT CIRCUS

    THE NIGHT CIRCUS

    Mood. That’s what this book does well — it creates a mood that is enticing, exciting, and entrancing. As readers, we want to keep reading, not so much to find out what the characters are doing, but because we are ‘rêveurs,’ circus groupies who enjoy spending our nights exploring the tents. For this, novice novelist… Continue reading

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  • KATYA’S WORLD

    KATYA’S WORLD

    Writing a review of this book is more challenging than most reviews I’ve written. Basically, I liked the book, but I really wanted it to be much better than it was. Let’s start with the title: Katya’s World. this book isn’t so much about Katya’s world as it is about Katya herself. And then again…it is… Continue reading

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  • ODDEST OF ALL

    ODDEST OF ALL

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…Bruce Coville is one of the finest writers writing sci-fi, fantasy, YA, mystery, horror, humor today! If you think you know Coville’s work based on some of his humorous kids’ books (“My Teacher Was an Alien” and the like), then you don’t really know Coville. This collection,… Continue reading

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