Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review: There Goes The Galaxy by Jenn Thorson

I believe I was a freshman in college when I first read the late Douglas Adams’ wildly popular comic space opera The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.    I remembered being more than just a little bit blown away by the … Continue reading

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Book Review: Well With My Soul by Gregory G. Allen

I first received Gregory G. Allen’s novel Well With My Soul as part of a blog book tour and was supposed to have reviewed this title back in November I believe.    I definitely can’t say I regret my decision to … Continue reading

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Do You REALLY Need a Guidebook To Play Farmville?

OR  Book Review:  Farmville For Dummies by Angela Morales and Kyle Orland I have previously written of my distaste for books that call their readers “dummies”  or “complete idiots”  right there in the title.  Though in the past I have … Continue reading

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Book Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Shhh.   I’ll tell you a secret.   I had actually read a book about surviving foreclosure that I had planned to review today.    Being able to add to my existing section of books related to home ownership appealed … Continue reading

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Book Review: Paintings From The Cave by Gary Paulsen

I’ve been reading YA lately and was absolutely thrilled with this book I picked up at the library.  Paintings From The Cave is a collection of three novellas by Gary Paulsen.   Each story revolves around a different  ”child who … Continue reading

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Book Review: Hiss Of Death by Rita Mae Brown

I fear that I really have given up on Rita Mae Brown ever writing any more of her wonderful non-genre novels.   But I will say that Brown’s latest Mrs. Murphy mystery continues the story of Mary Minor “Harry” Harristeen, … Continue reading

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Book Review: Iglu by Jacob Sackin

Most serious observers agree that we have already begun to see the effects of climate change and global warming.   Author Jacob Sackin projects a hundred or more years in the future and envisions a world in which much of … Continue reading

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30 Day Book Challenge: Day 2– Least Favorite Book

As difficult as choosing my all time favorite book for yesterday’s post was,   I found choosing my least favorite book an even greater challenge.   It’s not that I never dislike any books, of course.   Long time readers … Continue reading

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Book Review: Innocents and Demons by Holly Jahangiri

In my experience,  writing things short can be a real challenge.   It is,  frankly,  a lot more difficult to sum something up in 500 succinct words rather than ramble on for 5000 words.   For me, at least,  this … Continue reading

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Book Review: Life of Shouty: Good Habits

In illustrated children’s books,  appearances count.  For the youngest readers and pre-readers much information is conveyed by the illustrations in story books.   And it seems to me that a paunchy, middle aged man with a pointy pin head is … Continue reading

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