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The Flute Player
Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite fantasy authors, so I was immediately intrigued by the quotation from Gaiman at the beginning of The Flute Player by Shawn Mihalik. Placing a quotation from Gaiman...
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Pride and Prejudice
I confess now that I did not enjoy Pride and Prejudice. The problem with loving a film is that the novel rarely will be loved as much, for usually the imagination is not able to create when the mind...
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The Storm Protocol
Are you tired of authors treating you like an infant reading a board book? Have you ever rolled your eyes at the pages of a novel because the author has assumed you can’t make a single connection on...
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By now surely you must have heard from the blogosphere that Google Reader is dying on July 1. Why? I have no idea. Google Reader is an amazing product, but I guess Google is not making enough money...
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Love and Friendship
When appreciating the talents of an adored writer such as Jane Austen, the thirst for knowledge on the background of the author grows until the reader must stop mid-way through a novel to search on...
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The Beasts of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan is tiring. I tire of Tarzan’s magical ability to make apes evolve into human, complete with language, at the mere exposure to his presence. I tire of the horrendous African...
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is the most melancholic novel I have ever read from the genre of historic romance novels. Indeed, there is hardly anything romantic about the novel, although it is focused on a...
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The Fallen Snow
Have you ever read a novel and thought to yourself, “Oh, God, why didn’t I read this in high school?” The Fallen Snow by John J Kelley is one of those books that you know would have impacted you with...
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Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Knowing the history behind Splinter of the Mind’s Eye makes the novel more enriching. Alan Dean Foster ghostwrote the novelization of A New Hope with George Lucas and was contracted to write a sequel...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Am I the only person in the world who hates Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Growing up, I had friends who loved Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and immensely enjoyed the novel. While I did not love the...
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Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
After reading Splinter of the Mind’s Eye by Alan Dean Foster, the first Star Wars Extended Universe novel, and hating it for being awful but making me love it because everything Star Wars is glorious,...
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925 Ideas
The full title of this book is 925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire a Millionaire So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World. Sound lengthy? Uh, yeah. But the length of this...
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The Book of Maybe
I have sat at my computer for a few days now, trying to think of a more tactful way of presenting my thoughts about The Book of Maybe, but I cannot fluff up my opinions: This is a self-help book for...
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American Legends: The Life of Dr. Suess
As a mother of a toddler, I read at least three Dr. Suess books a week. I don’t particularly care for the nonsense of Dr. Suess as an adult, but Owen and I both enjoy the dialogue of The Lorax. Even...
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The Battle of Britain: A Very Brief History
I love studying history. Since I was an elementary school student that read all of the autobiographies in my school library to my history education major in college, the study of history has been a...
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Hitler's Blitzkrieg: A Very Brief History
Despite my illustrious two years as the wife of a submariner, I am not an expert in military history. I always wanted to take one of the naval history class with the ROTC program at UNC, but did not...
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams introduces Darth Vader’s secret Sith apprentice, who has been raised since before his memory by Darth Vader with no other name besides the Apprentice....
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The ABCs of Money
The ABCs of Money by Natalie Pace begins by asserting that “protecting your future required a new game plan.” On the heels of her two successful books, You vs Wall Street and Put Your Money Where Your...
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The Fire
When John Heldt, author of my favorite time travel novels, e-mailed me about reviewing his fourth installation in the Northwest Passage series, I thought to myself, “C’mon now, Heldt. Enough is...
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All for Anna (Letting Go)
All for Anna (Letting Go) by Nicole Deese details the aftermath of a horrific car accident that left a young girl killed and a young nurse traumatized. Weeks before her college graduation, Tori Sales...
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