Tag: book review
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Book Review: The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart
There are times when we are blessed to meet greatness.What had happened was … (yes, there’s a story here. Hang with me and then I’ll get into the book review)… I was honored to serve as part of the book review team for Urban Fantasy Magazine for a while and during that period had an opportunity…
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Tides of Winter: Book Three (The Felix Chronicles)
I told you to stay tuned, didn’t I?RT Lowe has done it again with Tides of Winter, the third installment in the Felix Chronicles story that I don’t want to end.Have you ever read one of those stories that the characters and locations are just there, beyond the edges of the book? As the series has…
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Book Release, or Mind Offering a Review?
So unless you live under a larger rock than I do or are simply not connected to me in any way on Facebook, you may be unaware that I have a new book!Yes!I’ve been keeping this one under wraps because I was quite excited. Okay, nerd moment alert:As you will note by the information on…
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Book Review: ‘Sack Nasty: Prison Poetry’ – Ra Avis
It is highly recommended that you click the image above to visit Ra Avis’s Amazon page. Now, if you’d really like to do something, visit her blog. No, wait! Do that after reading this, of course, to pick up a very specific smidge of context.But before I say that, a dash more context to set up the…
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Book Review: ‘The Exiles and Other Stories’ – Horacio Quiroga
I suppose I could have taken a photo of the cover of my book. However, I was being thrifty and purchased a used copy from Amazon Smile that had been rescued from the main stacks at the Tacoma Public Library.I love library books. But I digress.If you don’t know Mr. Quiroga’s work, don’t fret —…
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Book Review: Street Kingdom – Five Years Inside the Franklin Avenue Posse
Yep, I admit it: I am late to the game. However, better late than never, right?Street Kingdom was Douglas Century‘s debut novel. From 1999.What had happened was, I found a hardback copy of this book during #OperationFindTheGarage and after reading the liner notes, scurried into the house with it clutched to my breast like a long-lost…
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Book Review: The Felix Chronicles – Five Days in January (Book Two)
Stay tuned for the next installment …Oh. Right. I’m supposed to tell you about this installment. I needed to get the plug for the next book out of my system. Yes — I got to the last page and was ready to send along an email to the author, asking for the next one. Go ahead, call…
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A Good (and inexpensive!) Read!
What timing … after the post from the other day about what’s on your reading list, the Cave Mistress has an offer you shouldn’t refuse: a good book that’s on sale! This is a limited thing, so don’t dawdle.Last year, I reviewed Freshmen, the first book in The Felix Chronicles. If you visit that link, you’ll…
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Book Review: Erratic Sun
One of the best things you can do in life is buy a book. The next best thing you can do is read the book you bought. The next next best thing you can do is review that book. The first list item is economic in nature. Buying books allows retailers to keep their doors…
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Book Review: Blood is Thicker, Part 1
Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided for an honest review. It’s been a while since I’ve pointed my dear readers to a book review; I typically post them on sites other than my blog (such as Goodreads or Amazon). However, there are times when I want to say more about a book and…
A New Bloom 