Book Reviews
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Book Review – Ready Player One
It’s been close to a year or so, that I first heard about Ready Player One. Ladies of Nerditude (shameless plug for these girls – Episode #25: Book Review #2) reviewed it on…
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“Reading A Memory” Book Review – A Wrinkle In Time
Most people know of A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. I’ve always listed it as one of my influences, a creative muse from my past that helped fill the reserve. I remember…
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Book Review – Off To Be The Wizard
When I was researching wizards for a presentation, this book popped up and I got the giggles just reading the description. It looked clever, and I like clever. Anything that I wished I’d…
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Book Review – A Piece of Sky
A Piece of Sky by Ann Hunter This delightful, scrumptious re-imagining of Chicken Little is one of the best pieces of magical fiction I’ve ever read. I don’t say that lightly. I met…
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Book Review – Storm Front (Harry Dresden #1)
Last year at Salt Lake Comic Con 2015, I had the privilege of attending a panel with some talented authors like Terry Brooks, Jim Butcher, R.A. Salvatore and James Owens. And I was…
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Book Review – Kingdom City: Resurrection
Kingdom City: Resurrection by Ben Ireland Back in February, I had the privilege of eating waffles and frites with Ben Ireland at the LTUE Writers Symposium. As a friend, I wanted to know more…
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Book Review – Salt and Storm By Kendall Kulper
So, I’m kinda heartsick right now. I feel alive with magic, yet pained by it, just as the author says. Salt and Storm is elegantly written, with woven imagery in every memory and…
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Reviewers – An Author’s BFF
Whenever you meet authors at conferences or conventions, what is one thing we always say, besides the heart-felt THANK YOU? I think it goes something like this: “I hope you love it. And…
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Book Review – Fangirl
FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell hit dangerously close to my fanatica. I understood Cath’s character TOO well, as many fangirls would. This was a lot of fun to read, an escape from my normal…
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Book Review – Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I gave this five stars for a few reasons… First, this book tricked me. If an author can trick me, where…
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Book Review – On the Isle of Sound and Wonder
On the Isle of Sound and Wonder Alyson Grauer I will admit Steampunk intimidates me. I’m afraid of gadgetry and mechanization that is, basically, over my head. My imagination is so fanciful I need…
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Book Review – The Night Circus
Night Circus Erin Morgenstern It was, in no other expression, delicious! As an author I admire the craft and wordplay used throughout, swelled with its own music and harmonies, and so visual and…
