Tag: book reviews
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March 12, 2008 09:35 PM EDT --
Well I finally read the latest from Stephen King, the master of horror. Actually I would say Mr. King is the Master at taking something pretty plain and making it downright horrifying. In "Duma Key" . . . more
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April 24, 2008 02:20 PM EDT --
At the age of twenty Elizabeth "Betts" McGee fled from Charleston, South Carolina because of personal tragedies. She ran to New York City to get away from her family who had rejected her and . . . more
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August 14, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
When I first heard of Rhetta Akamatsu’s new book T'aint Nobody’s Business If I Do: Women Blues Singers Old and New I was intrigued. The book chronicles the lives and struggles of the great female . . . more
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June 29, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Okay first of all, the rules are not new because the book was published in 2005. This makes some of the issues dated but for the most part many of Bill Maher's "polite musings" are right . . . more
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July 17, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
I don't know what it is about nonlinear storytelling, but I seem to have a weak spot for it. Give me a good book or movie that is nonlinear and well you've got me hooked. Non-linear, . . . more
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June 08, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
Nicole Blake just wants to live her life in solitude. Her faithful dog and her in a cottage in France seem like the perfect way to do it, but soon her past is coming back to her and in full force. . . . more
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June 26, 2007 08:26 PM EDT --
It's kinda funny that even the throwaways by Stephen King are good reading, and that's exactly what this story is, a throwaway. Before I explain that, let me explain more about Mr. King's . . . more
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August 11, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
First of all...WOW!!! This book is definitely something that grabs hold of you and doesn't let go...even at the end you want more. "Survivor" is written by Chuck Palahniuk, the same author . . . more
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August 25, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Tokyopop has started another Manga series that creates some fun and mystery. Blank is actually a "Manga - Like" book, I say this because Pop Mhan is an American citizen that immigrated . . . more
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August 25, 2007 12:09 AM EDT --
Despite my doubts back in April when I asked if cyberpunk is still relevant, I was curious to see where James R. Strickland’s Looking Glass would leave me. . . . more
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February 26, 2008 10:00 PM EST --
All married couples recite the words "til death do us part." (Okay except for those few that have "alternative" weddings) Those five words are pretty much taken for granted, . . . more
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April 04, 2008 10:02 PM EDT --
If you haven't yet read any of the books in the "Series of Unfortunate Events" you really should. In fact you should before you pick up this book and try to make sense of it. (If any sense . . . more
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July 21, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
Anytime a politician writes a book and they haven't run for president yet, you know they will be. Well that's just what happened with Senator Barack Obama. This book was published in . . . more
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August 18, 2008 10:25 PM EDT --
Being a Stephen King fan, I'm always jumping to be among the first to read his latest works, and in some cases like this to listen. "The Gingerbread Girl" is a short story by Stephen . . . more
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January 11, 2008 09:11 PM EST --
This is the 3rd and final book in the series written by Elie Wiesel. The first book being the Nobel Prize winning, "Night," which was the author's account of the holocaust. The second was . . . more
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August 19, 2007 09:38 PM EDT --
It’s a not well kept secret that a lot of reviewers enjoy reviewing the books they loathe – not even so much out of a sense of vengeance for the hours they wasted reading them, but simply . . . more
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July 28, 2008 11:26 PM EDT --
Every so often you have to treat yourself to a David Sedaris book. If you haven't read David Sedaris, let me introduce him to you. First of all he's extremely funny, his wit is a bit . . . more
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August 07, 2007 04:49 PM EDT --
"The Measure of A Man" by Sidney Poitier
Okay first off the man in the movies always seemed so refined and classy, well he is that good of an actor. After a lifetime of having to deal . . . more
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April 01, 2008 10:45 PM EDT --
If you are into action thrillers where the good guys and bad guys have a fuzzy line dividing them, then Kyle Mills has written a book just for you. Throw in some political drama, topical plots and . . . more
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April 17, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
When Frank Herbert wrote "Dune" in 1965, it was something different. Although Dune was accepted and read by the same circles who read Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, "Dune" . . . more
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