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ARENA – Holly Jennings
This was just a heck of a lot of fun. Take the sport of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighting and combine it with Virtual Realty gaming and a little bit of Tron, and you get Holly Jennings’ book Arena. It is the year 2054 and Virtual gladiator-style fighting is big business. Bigger than today’s Super… Continue reading
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THE BIRTHDAY BOYS – Beryl Bainbridge
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE This book is an unusual format for a work of fiction … and at the same time, it’s not quite fiction. The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge is a historical fiction account of the ill-fated Robert Falcon Scott-led trip to Antarctica. It’s a relatively quick and easy read, and even… Continue reading
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THE BEATLES – Hunter Davies
Over the last couple of years I’ve read a few Beatles-related books. Recently, while anticipating a couple of long drives, I borrowed an audio book from my local library – The Authorized Biography, The Beatles, by Hunter Davies. Davies was one of the few people allowed on the inside of The Beatles’ group, accompanying them… Continue reading
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THEATER OF FEAR AND HORROR – Mel Gordon
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I’ve heard of the Grand Guignol of Paris and that it was horror or even depraved theatre, but I didn’t really know too much about it. It’s not the sort of theatre taught in the local colleges. The sub-title, I think, really gets it right when calling it a “grisly… Continue reading
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STAN LEE: THE MAN BEHIND MARVEL – Bob Batchelor
Like many baby-boomers, I grew up reading comics and thinking of Stan Lee as that crazy but lovable uncle who knows how to talk to kids. Plus, he worked in comics – how cool is that?! While I was big into comics for much of the 1970’s I didn’t really stay with it, but I… Continue reading
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THE APOTHECARY’S CURSE – Barbara Barnett
There is a romantic quality to this fantasy that is subtle but ever-present and works well for this story. Oddly enough, I had just finished another mystery in which an immortal apothecary was seeking a book of ancient writing that provided the secret to immortality when I started this book. It wasn’t an intended synergy… Continue reading
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SPUTNIK’S CHILDREN – Terri Favro
WARNING — THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS This was … well … unusual. Debbie Reynolds Biondi is a comic book creator and writer who achieved fame for her superhero series “Sputnik Chick Girl with No Past.” It’s been 20+ years and much of Biondi’s life is now attending conventions, signing autographs, and listening to fan… Continue reading
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THE RADIUM GIRLS – Kate Moore
I don’t typically have a problem with my blood pressure, but reading this book got my blood boiling. This well-researched non-fiction book takes a look at the dark side of a once-glowing industry. During the first World War there was a demand for watches and clocks and other instruments with glowing dials. The Radium Dial… Continue reading
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BOOKHUNTER – graphic novel
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE From the whacked-out mind that brought us the Demon graphic novel series, comes a rip-roaring mystery-thriller graphic novel set in … a library? Yup, a library! It is 1973 and the Oakland Public Library has its own police force known as Bookhunters. They’e tough, seasoned, and a bit grizzled but… Continue reading
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