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reviewed Have No Shame. Monday
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Division is a street dividing the colored side of town from the white. And for all the years I’ve lived in the States, it never occurred to me that’s what the name might mean. Melissa Foster’s …
reviewed Bottom Line. Monday
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Part corporate drama, part action adventure and private eye investigation, Marc Davis’ Bottom Line is set in the economic downturn of the nineties as businesses collapse and those employed to protect …
reviewed Tower Bridge. Monday
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British rock, evocative dialog, great characters and locations, and a tale that spans a generation—add them together and the result is Tower Bridge by Hannelore Moore.      From …
reviewed Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite. Monday
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Jamie doesn’t fit in. He tries to be who his parents want him to be, but she sees a different path in her dreams, and either way, the Jamie who faces the world isn’t the one in the mirror’s …
reviewed Killed at the Whim of a Hat. Monday
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Marketing works! I saw this book on a shelf next to the latest Number One Ladies Detective Agency novel. The cover has the same style of border and a central image reminiscent of earlier books in the …
reviewed The Assignment. May 14
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The Assignment
Sophie’s journalism career’s going great. Her show, The Assignment, stands at number one. But being a bachelorette at forty is taking a toll on her and it’s time for change. Now Sophie’s …
reviewed Between Dark and Light. May 14
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Enter a world of dwarves, ogres and more, of dark powers and light hope, of tortured (sometimes literally) protagonists, politics, rebellion, friendship, loyalty and more—the world of the Brotherhood …
reviewed Beyond Tomorrow. May 14
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In a world of the past, reminiscent of Clan of the Cave Bear, a young man has wandered in search of a fabled tribe, where women hunt and men light fires and peoples work together. Meanwhile a woman called …
reviewed Challenging Zed. May 14
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Trace, Uriel, Victor, Xavier, Yves and Zed are brothers with a difference, but Zed’s the youngest and the only way he fits in at school is by playing the misfit. His brothers want him to play nice, …
reviewed The Bad Lady (Novel). May 14
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illy gets a ride with the ice-cream lady and tells her his mom really doesn’t care much where he is since he just broke her favorite lamp. He listens to neighbors talking about his mother in their …
reviewed Trilogies: 18 sets of short fiction. May 14
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The stories are short and fun, grouped into intriguing sets of three by location, time, topic and genre; all very organized, like licensing baby-strollers and charging them for parking (as in the story …
reviewed Sleeping Beauty: A Modern Fairy Tale. May 14
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Greed wears more than one disguise in John Phython’s intriguing short story, Sleeping Beauty—the greed of a father denying his daughter freedom to protect her honor, the greed of a mother …
reviewed Mask of the Macabre. May 06
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Historical London, where King Cholera kills while magicians entertain with imagined death, is the backdrop for these short stories. But there’s something stronger than imagination in the magic act …
reviewed Sword's Call (The King's Riders). May 06
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The sword’s magical, the wolf is delightful, and the woman bravely pursues her valiant quest. When she meets a quiet half-elf her generous nature compels her to offer him help, but perhaps he’ll …
reviewed Saint Sloan. May 06
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Sloan, now known as Saint Sloan to former friends and acquaintances, has found faith and turned her life around. Which is a bit of a problem at school where her less than perfect past is well-remembered …
reviewed Fields of Elysium. May 06
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Moving cross-country can feel a bit like moving between worlds, but the narrator of this novel finds herself accidentally transported through a haze of curious lights after the move, and she’s not …
reviewed Veggie's Bully (Chef ReCee Jay & Frie.... May 06
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Bright happily rhyming text and equally bright happy illustrations characterize this book. The writing’s all in capitals, very relaxed and easy-to-read, perfect for sharing with a child. Carb the …
reviewed What I've Learned... So Far Part III:.... May 03
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The author describes this third book in his What I’ve Learned So Far series as “a fairly random collection of a bunch of the interesting things that have come my way…” But it’s …
reviewed Hero's Welcome (A Fantasy & Futuristi.... May 03
An alien planet, unjust society, rebellion, war and its aftermath all come into quick sharp focus in Rebecca York’s short story Hero’s Welcome. The parallels with present day wars, or those …
reviewed Where You Once Belonged. May 03
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Kent Haruf tells the story of a man who can’t see beyond his own point of view, through the eyes of a friend who can’t help seeing too deeply into everyone else’s mind. And slowly the …
reviewed A Note of Scandal. May 03
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Combine Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels with Jane Austen, add a touch of Dickens and a modern sex scene, then you’ll have the flavor of Nicky Penttila’s Note of Scandal. The notes and …
reviewed Two From Galilee: The Story Of Mary A.... May 03
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Once upon a time in real history a real child was born who changed the world. Marjorie Holme’s Two From Galilee imagines the story of that child’s parents, Mary and Joseph, in their small …
reviewed Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective. May 01
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Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective
With a nicely modern—normal and paranormal—take on the noir detective genre, Christine Amsden sets her novel, Cassie Scott, ParaNormal Detective, among the magic-wielders of small-town America, …
reviewed PERCEPTION (Perception Series). May 01
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PERCEPTION (Perception Series)
Evoking a very convincing not-too-distant future, Lee Strauss’s novel Perception is set in a globally warmed, technologically advanced world where the genetically altered “haves” lord …
reviewed Uncontrollable (The Nature of Grace, .... May 01
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Filled with memorable phrases and great characters, including the enjoyable cast of Untraceable, Uncontrollable by S. R. Johannes sends the inestimable Grace back into the woods, scant weeks after her …
reviewed Unspeakable (Short Story to Untraceab.... May 01
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Unspeakable (Short Story to Untraceable) (The Nature of Grace Series)
Unspeakable is a short story accompanying the author’s Nature of Grace series. Told from the point of view of the mysterious Mo, English and Australian overtones combine in a fascinating voice. …
reviewed The Return of General Drake (Azra's P.... May 01
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The Return of General Drake (Azra's Pith)
Starting right where book one ended, with young Alexander missing in action, his talking frog friend distraught, and the world about to fall apart, Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows’ second Azra’s …
reviewed Alexander Drake's Extraordinary Pursu.... May 01
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Alexander Drake's Extraordinary Pursuit (Azra's Pith)
Memories of Gulliver’s Travels and Narnia bubble up as I enjoy this fast-action middle-grade novel of a lonely young man discovering his heritage. An absent mother and a father who seems almost …
reviewed Writers Workshop of Science Fiction &.... April 25
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Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Do you write science fiction? Do you want to write science fiction? Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy from Seventh Star Press is an excellent collection of articles, interviews and ideas, …
reviewed The Secret Branch. April 25
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The Secret Branch
“If you happened to look up happiness in the dictionary…” What a great start to a fascinating tale, as happy Staff Sergeant Harold Hobbs returns to finally meet his newborn child. But …
reviewed Song of Every Season. April 25
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Song of Every Season
Linda Swift’s smoothly written haiku are illustrated with gorgeous full-color photos and montages in her short book (47 pages) Song of Every Season. Pale winds blow through spring to the bean fields …
reviewed Puppy Poetry: The Exhausting, Funny a.... April 25
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Puppy Poetry: The Exhausting, Funny and Sweet Moments that Come With Being Owned By Puppies
Who adopted whom, the human or the pup, asks one delightful poem in this sweet collection. And right from the moment the puppy comes home, the chaos begins. Simple rhymes and short lines accompany sweet …
reviewed The Chosen. April 25
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The Chosen
Phantasma is in shock and grief after attacks by Prince Gastle. Queen Laurali of the Elves sends her valiant group, including the short, stout and beautiful Dwarf Halli. There’s a lot young Halli …
reviewed Father Christmas--Spam the Cat's Firs.... April 25
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Father Christmas--Spam the Cat's First Christmas (2nd edition) (Adventures of an Emancipated Cat)
Spam the cat is a wonderful protagonist. Part wild, part tame, he lives in a glorious cat-filled household together with friends/family called Board, Byte, Alt, Escape and more, but you might have to …
reviewed Holly and Ivy. April 25
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Holly and Ivy
Ivy’s not looking forward to Christmas, but her cat Fergus seems determined to tell her something. Of course, Fergus is really her dead mother’s cat, and a sprig of holly might mean more than …
reviewed The Sea Horse Trade: A Nikki Latrelle.... April 19
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The Sea Horse Trade: A Nikki Latrelle Racing Mystery
A racehorse who fits his demonic name, a dead body, buckets of horsefeed and buckets of blood, and I’m only 20 pages into Sasscer Hill's The Sea Horse Trade. The dead girl has a sea horse tattooed …
reviewed The Reluctant Marquess. April 19
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The Reluctant Marquess
Nicely researched and sweetly romantic, with plenty of period detail and pleasing characters, Maggi Andersen’s The Reluctant Marquess pits recently orphaned Charity against her godfather’s …
reviewed Ring Around The Rosy. April 19
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Ring Around The Rosy
   When a very nice old lady is suddenly murdered in Florida her neighbors are shocked. But the neighbors' future-daughter-in-law Anne Marshall finds herself as much intrigued as horrified, …
reviewed The Banana Police. April 19
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The Banana Police
In a world of perfectly delightful ecological balance, there’s a jungle where people and elephants and bananas co-exist. So postulates author Katy Koontz in her children’s picture book, The …
reviewed Darklings. April 19
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Darklings
3-Mice Productions have such a neat logo this Darklings just has to be a good book and it doesn’t disappoint. A tale of many mice, the odd rat, and some bats as well, C. D. Davis’ story is …
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