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“Plucker” – Not Your Average Toy Story
Most children believe that when they sleep or when they leave their bedroom, their toys come to life. In Plucker by (and illustrated) Brom, this belief is true but not in a “Toy Story” sense. This work can be neither described as a novel or graphic novel; it is more like an adult picture book. […]
Imperfect Bliss – Jane Austen for the Modern Woman
If I was ever sure of one thing, it was that I would never read chick lit. Now I am not sure of anything after reading “Imperfect Bliss” by Susan Fales-Hill. After hearing that it was a modern re-telling of “Pride and Prejudice,” I couldn’t help but be curious. I have loved Jane Austen since high school […]
Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
To soothe an anxious mind is like trying to stop a tsunami…with an umbrella. Being one of the millions who suffer from anxiety, I have tried everything to “fix” myself. I have panic attacks about having panic attacks. I am in a constant state of “fight or flight” wherever I go and, at some points […]
Steamy Steampunk Romance
If you are in need of a steamy romance, steamy as in steampunk, “Wicked as They Come” by Delilah S. Dawson is the romance book for you. Dawson creates another world, a world that people can pass into in their sleep. Ever wonder where coma patients go? They go to Sang – a world that […]
Laurell K. Hamilton: When the Sex Becomes Too Much
I have a love/hate relationship with the Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton. I love the idea: A woman named Anita Blake is known as the Executioner. She is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when the vampires are known by the world and laws are made for them. And laws protect […]
Book Review: Unholy Night
Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer,” is coming back in a biblical sense with his new book “Unholy Night.” Grahame-Smith brings a new hilarious twist to the Three Wise Men, three iconic men we know practically nothing about. At first I was hesitant, I’m not really […]
Book Review: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Kingston retells her life with Chinese Folktales. Kingston recalls growing up in California with her Chinese immigrant parents. Kingston seamlessly weaves together her memories of childhood with the folk tales of five women. Her book reads like short stories, snippets of her life paired […]
