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ANYTHING GOES – Ethan Mordden
I’m pretty much a sucker for any book about musical theatre. Who doesn’t love, singing, dancing, colorful costumes and lights, fantastic sets, and a rousing good story? Of course, musical theatre hasn’t always been just that, and author Ethan Mordden explores the history of this American institution in this book, Anything Goes. I definitely learned… Continue reading
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DREAM BIG – Kat Kronenberg
There are a couple of different ways I look at and rate children’s picture books. Is it pretty to look at? Is the story simple and yet captivating for the child? Is there an important message for the child? What is the re-readability (will children want to have it read over and over and perhaps… Continue reading
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ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR – graphic novel
With a comic like The Rocketeer it is important to not take the work too seriously. Given that, this book works nicely but could still be much stronger. It is the 1930’s, America (Hollywood, of course) and Cliff Secord is a man looking to be a hero and dons a helmet and jet-pack to take… Continue reading
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TIME SIEGE – Wesley Chu
I was so excited to see this book now available, after I devoured and really adored the first book in this series, Time Salvager (see review here). James Griffin-Mars is a former chronman – a time traveler who works for a governmental agency going back through time to salvage resources moments before they would be destroyed… Continue reading
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MACHINATIONS – Hayley Stone
Ingredients for teenage girl YA: Teen girl protagonist – check. A true love – check. A death of someone close to teen girl protagonist – check. No one understands teen girl protagonist, creating lots of angst – check. Girl must fight hard for acceptance and no one can possibly understand girl – check. It’s all… Continue reading
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ALL IS FAIR – Emma Newman
An unfortunate pattern for me has been the requesting of books that are in the middle or at the end of a series. I’ve gotten much better about looking at these things before putting in a request, but I have a backlog of granted request books from a time when I wasn’t so careful. This… Continue reading
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THIS DAMNED BAND – graphic novel
This graphic novel took me on a roller coaster ride of liking it, not liking it, liking it again, then not liking it again. The book takes on the quirks of rock music and publicity in the pop culture market during rock’s hey-day – 1972. In what might be a cross between The Beatles, The… Continue reading
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TREECAT WARS – David Weber and Jane Lindskold
It is a little strange that while I consider myself a ‘cat person’ (I’ve always had at least one, if not two cats living with me as long as I can remember) and I really like YA books, I have never been drawn to books which prominently feature feline characters. I was drawn to this book… Continue reading
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HIDDEN UNIVERSE TRAVEL GUIDES: THE COMPLETE MARVEL COSMOS – Marc Sumerak
I absolutely adored the Star Trek edition of the Hidden Universe Travel Guide (see review here), and being a long-time fan of Marvel comics (and renewed fan thanks to the movies) I was really looking forward to this next edition in the series. But what felt like a real travel guide in our make-believe world… Continue reading
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HARDCASE – Luke Short
WESTERN WEEK I’ve read a few westerns over the years (likely more than most but less than a true western aficionado) but I believe that this is the first book I’ve read by Luke Short – a name in the western genre that I recognize from my days as a bookseller. This story gets underway… Continue reading
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GUN FEUD – A. A. Glynn
WESTERN WEEK While I enjoy reading westerns I can’t say that I have read a wide range of authors in the genre. A. A. Glynn is a new name to me and so it was fun to go into this book not knowing what sort of story and characters Glynn would bring. Gun Feud is a… Continue reading
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CHRISTMAS IN THE LONE STAR STATE – Jason Manning
WESTERN WEEK I’ve been on a bit of a western fiction kick lately (note that this is “western review week”). As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, it’s often difficult to find new western fiction, so it was especially pleasing to come across, and be granted ARC access to Christmas in the Lone Star State by… Continue reading
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