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THE AMBER AMULET – Craig Silvey
This is an unusual children’s bedtime tale. Liam McKenzie is a twelve-year-old boy who patrols his neighborhood (at least his block) at night, wearing a mask and a cape and answers to the name of Masked Avenger. His faithful companion, Ritchie – a beagle – patrols at his side. On the block is a red-headed… Continue reading
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CROSSTALK – Connie Willis
In the near future couples hoping to prove their love for one another, and wanting to increase the emotional bond between each other, can have a simple medical procedure that increases the empathy between partners. Good-looking billionaire Trent Worth has insisted that he and the lovely Briddey Flannigan (hey work for a mobile phone manufacturer… Continue reading
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MUSIC TIME – Gwendolyn Hooks
This is a thirty-three page Easy Reader book intended for those youngsters who’ve just discovered the joy of reading, and hopefully getting them interested in music as well. In many ways it does just what it sets out to do. It is short. The stories (there are multiple chapters in this brief book) are simple… Continue reading
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TWILIGHT OF THE DRAGONS – Andy Remic
I just finished the first book in this series, The Dragon Engine, and I jumped right in to this next book because I was on such an octane high from the story. Author Andy Remic picks up right where the previous book left off and adds some complications (as if Beetrax, Lillith, Dake, and Talon needed… Continue reading
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FLOCK TOGETHER – B. J. Hollars
As the son and brother of avid bird watchers and a weekend watcher myself, this sounded like a really interesting book. A variation on the bird-watching theme … a search for … or a ‘love affair with’ extinct birds sounded like a really fascinating take on the bird-watching craze. The appeal is part bird-watching, of… Continue reading
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THE MOTION OF PUPPETS – Keith Donohue
I was venturing blind into new territory here. I was not familiar with author Keith Donohue and I was not sure what genre of story this was going to be, though I suspected (by the cover, mostly) it would be dark fantasy/horror. But it’s more than that, and not that at all. It’s a sad,… Continue reading
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VINEGAR GIRL – Anne Tyler
The Hogarth Shakespeare series is on an incredibly challenging task to get today’s writers retelling Shakespeare’s stories. In some cases, such as here with Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, we see how challenging this task is. I’ve been a fan of Tyler’s since Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant first came out in the 1980’s, and… Continue reading
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THE OPERATOR – Kim Harrison
This is the second book in a new series by popular author, Kim Harrison. Though I haven’t reviewed it here, I did do a speed read of the first book, The Drafter, so that I hopefully wouldn’t get caught off-guard in this second book. But I’m not sure it mattered too much. A ‘drafter’ is… Continue reading
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REIGN OF ASH – Gail Z. Martin
Gail Z. Martin continues her ‘Ascendant Kingdoms’ series with this second book: Reign of Ash. In my review of the fist book I wrote: “These aren’t intelligent savages hacking and slashing their way through the world, these are civilized men and women in a world of war, agriculture, and magic.” It was this aspect of this epic… Continue reading
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NOAH’S RAINY DAY – Sandra Brannan
I have a long back-log of ARC books that I’m trying to catch up on and as I write this, Noah’s Rainy Day by Sandra Brannan is the oldest book in my queue. One of the reasons I kept putting it off, I think, is because of the title, which sounds more like an Easy… Continue reading
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THE BLUE BATH – Mary Waters-Sayer
When Kat Lind was a young, American girl living in France, studying French literature, everything about the city was romantic and artistic. She met a struggling artist, Daniel Blake. Both young, with an artist’s eye, and seeing the same beauty in things, they connected on a number of levels and even lived together for a… Continue reading
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