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BOY: TALES OF CHILDHOOD – Roald Dahl
It should not be surprising that the man who wrote such classic and wildly unusual books for children such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, The Twits, and The Magic Finger as well as some ripe tales for adults, such as My Uncle Oswald, Switch Bitch, Cruelty, and Lust: Tales of Craving and Desire, should write an… Continue reading
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THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO – Carlo Collodi
It should be no surprise that I, a book reviewer/blogger, grew up in a house with plenty of books. We had a special children’s bookshelf, built by my grandfather, and on it I remember four very specific books. These were all hardcovers and quite old. They were Anderson’s Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, The War to… Continue reading
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BIG GIRLS, VOL. 1 – graphic novel
Ember loves to read and write poetry in her spare time. But Ember doesn’t have a lot of spare time because she’s busy killing monsters most of the time. Ember is a Big Girl. No, seriously. Like 300 feet tall Big. Science has found a way to feed the world by producing tremendously large fruits… Continue reading
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SPELLMAKER – Charlie N. Holmberg
Somehow I missed the first book in this new duology by Charlie N. Holmberg, which is really too bad because this book shows much more promise as a series – in line with Homberg’s successful Paper Magician series. There are two kinds of wizards in the world – those who pay for the power to… Continue reading
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X-O MANOWAR BOOK 1 – graphic novel
Somehow I’ve never heard of this comic or superhero and yet I see that there are graphic novels going back ten years or so. What this means for me is that I don’t have any background on the characters, but I found that it didn’t really matter, because this graphic novel held my attention all… Continue reading
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THE PHLEBOTOMIST – Chris Panatier
Willa Wallace is a government employee. She is a phlebotomist working as a reaper. In the near future, after a very devastating war, all citizens are required to have mandatory blood draws and reapers are those who perform the draws, known as Harvest. The company that is contracted to do the draws is Patriot, who… Continue reading
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REV – Madeline Ashby
Huh. So … ReV. I found this to be a really interesting sci-fi look at artificial intelligence, taken to the next level – you know, sentient robots and all that scifi jazz. Really cool. But I sure as heck felt like I was missing something. Oh wait! I am missing something. As in, the first two books in… Continue reading
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DARK SKY – C.J. Box
Joe Pickett is a game warden in Wyoming and when the governor of the state asks him specifically to act as a hunting guide for a VIP, Joe agrees. That VIP is Steve “Steve-2” (because Steve Jobs is Steve-1) Price, a CEO of a Silicon Valley social media creation, ConFab, that is a cross between… Continue reading
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BYSTANDER 27 – Rik Hoskin
The earth is protected by superheroes – who are really nothing more than vigilantes with some sort of unusual power. But this book isn’t the story of one of those superheroes … not really. This is the story of one of the many, an innocent bystander who happened to be in the area where a… Continue reading
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SIN EATER – Megan Campisi
Atonement for one’s sins comes not by way of a priest’s blessings or forgiveness, but by the eating of specific foods. A Sin Eater leads an unusual life – when one is on his or her deathbed, the Sin Eater is summoned so that the dying might confess their sins and the Sin Eater puts… Continue reading
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APPLES OF NORTH AMERICA – Tom Burford
What I know (or knew) about apples: There a many different kinds. Some I like and some I do not. In this book, author Tom Burford has opened my eyes somewhat to a veritable cornucopia of apple varieties. So many, in fact, that this was almost overwhelming. Almost. Burford gives a great deal of information… Continue reading
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SUBURBAN DICKS – Fabian Nicieza
Andrea Stern was once a respected FBI profiler, but she gave it up to be a stay-at-home mom to her four children (with a fifth very much on the way). She now lives in the suburbs (West Windsor, New Jersey) with her children and husband (a convicted white-collar criminal). When one of Andrea’s very young… Continue reading
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