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Category: Review

  • Review: Minis

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    Today I am going to do a… Hmmm, not sure what to call this. A bunch of mini-reviews, I guess. I’m up to my elbows in writing Dragon Noir, 1200 words already this morning, when I looked at the clock and realized I’d better stop a moment and do the blog. I’d planned to review…

  • Review: Joy

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    So my review is a day early, but it gives me an opportunity to say I’m thankful for someone. *Redacted* years ago, I fell into good company. A small writing support group, they helped me regain confidence after an earlier bad writing group experience where in time I had learned to just shut up, or…

  • Review: Nothing in Common

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    I’ve been racking my brain for something these two books have in common, and can’t figure anything out. Only that both authors are veterans. Otherwise… polar opposites. Oh, and both fun to read for me. You all know already that I’ll read almost anything right? So a bildungsroman science fiction novel and a steamy romance…

  • Review: Fun-Size

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    You know, the little tiny versions of candy bars that you find at Halloween? Just enough for a taste, not enough to put you into a sugar coma? In theory, anyway, although if you buy a bag of the milky way caramel they will turn out to be not individually wrapped, and he’ll tell you…

  • Crispy Bits of Meat

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    Last week at some point, we stumbled on a Mexican restaurant that was actually good, and in the most unexpected place. We’d been shopping in Middletown, and I keep meaning to try the little place tucked in an odd corner of strip malls, almost out of sight. Veracruz Mexican Restaurant is unassuming, very nice on…

  • Not a Review

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    This isn’t a review, per se, because I haven’t been reading the ‘right’ books recently. Not the ones I would normally review for my readers. If you’re wondering what that means, it means I haven’t had the time to give full mental capacity to the books I need to review, and I was sick yesterday,…

  • Review: Unexpected Enlightenment

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    I’m reviewing two books today instead of one, because I started book two last night and it sucked me right in and I finished it! Good thing there isn’t a book three yet or I might not have slept at all. Yes, this is a recommendation, right off the bat. I’ve really enjoyed both books,…

  • Curmudgeon’s Corner: A Familiar Dragon

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    My First Reader and life-partner offered to do occasional posts for me, reviews, or general ramblings. I told him I’d create a Curmudgeon’s Corner for him, so he could feel free to be as pointed and trenchant with his comments and viewpoints as he is in real life. The man is a great evil muse,…

  • Geeking At School

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    I’m going to do something a little different today. Those of you who read my blog regularly are now saying (I can hear you in my head!) how is this different from every other day? Well, this is one of those days where I let my inner geek/nerd/techie out to play. Someone shared a link…

  • Review: Amy Lynn

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    I had not intended to review this book, nor even read it. I’d read a bit of the sample months ago, and put off by the beginning and the cover, hadn’t bought it. See, I do judge a book by the cover, because it’s a barometer of how much effort and knowledge went into the…

  • Review: The Grey Man and Future Tech

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    I just recently found two books by JL Curtis, both called The Grey Man, but one is Vignettes introducing the characters, and the other is a whole novel of adventures. I was trying to explain the style to my First Reader, and he pointed out that the author, being ex-military, strongly flavors the stories. There…

  • Ideas, Laughter, and Memes

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    I ramble on about getting ideas over at Mad Genius Club today. I’ve been reading the creator of XKCD’s book recently. What If? by Randall Monroe, who also writes the witty and funny webcomic.  It’s non-fiction (well, sort of), it’s in short segments with comics inserted frequently, which makes it easy to read when I…