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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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30 Day Book Challenge: Day 4– A Book That Makes You Cry

This post is part of Jake Kern’s 30 Day Book Challenge. Today’s challenge is “a book that makes you cry”.    While honestly,  it is not that uncommon for me to get emotionally wrapped up in a work of fiction,  and … 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 3–Book that makes you laugh out loud

ROFLMAOPIMPWTIME.  It’s the most expansive acronym in my tool box to indicate that one is Really laughing his ass off because something is Really funny. I have only actually used this acronym in one book review,  for  Lisa Patton’s Whistling … 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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