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Review: “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” by David Sedaris.
“It wasn’t the best story in the world, but, as the mouse had told him on more than one occasion, it wasn’t the worst, either.” “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest/Wicked Bestiary” by David Sedaris. I...
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Review: “Unseen Academicals” by Terry Pratchett.
“A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet.” “Unseen Academicals” by Terry Pratchett Anyone reading the blog could probably gather that I’m a...
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Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
“‘After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.’” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J. K. Rowling It’s always great to revisit the classics, and I don’t think...
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Review: Paladin of Souls.
“Not one, she realized with a chill, was staring at her as though she had gone mad. They were all staring at her as though she was going to tell them what to do next.” “Paladin of Souls” by Lois...
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Review: Kickboxing Geishas.
“I believe the costuming of today’s Japanese young women reveals, in a powerful way, how for many young Japanese females, Japan is a hard place to become a grown-up woman.” “Kickboxing Geishas: How...
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Review: A Novena for Murder.
” ‘Eileen,’ Mary Helen said bluntly, ‘every murderer is someone somebody knows.’” “A Novena for Murder: A Sister Mary Helen Mystery” by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie” In my train station here in the...
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Review: Renaissance in Japan.
“…it is, indeed, the art of ellipsis, or of suggestion,–the incredible technique of impressing the inexpressible by non-expression of an impression.” “Renaissance in Japan: A Cultural Survey of the...
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“What else was there in any life–human or artifact, mortal or immortal–besides a useful existence?” “Magic: The Gathering – Bloodlines – Artifacts Cycle Book VI” by Loren L. Coleman With the completion...
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Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
“And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky It has been a very, very long time (too long?) since a book has...
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Review: Dead Until Dark.
“Poor lumpy Maudette, with her bitten thighs, was more interesting in death than she’d ever been in life.” “Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Mysteries Book One” by Charlaine Harris...
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Review: Frankenstein.
“…for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise [sic] the mind as a steady purpose–a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley Considering how much of an...
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Review: Carrie.
” ‘No. It’s not very important. High school isn’t a very important place.’ “ “Carrie” by Stephen King. Continuing my trend of finally getting around to reading some of those iconic books that should be...
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Review: Cat’s Cradle.
” ‘…When a man becomes a writer, he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed.’” “Cat’s Cradle” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. As a fan of the few Kurt Vonnegut,...
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Review: The Thran.
“She had felt somehow that she, by mere exertion of will, could keep him alive, could bring him healing. It seemed impossible for him to die while she lived.” “Magic: The Gathering: The Thran” by J....
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Review: Greece in the Bronze Age.
“…it would be exactly like the Mycenaeans to draw it instead of domesticating it.” “Greece in the Bronze Age” by Emily Vermeule Anyone who knows me knows that I’m an absolute nut for books, especially...
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Review: Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates.
“Who, within his inner conscience, does not feel the same ferine, savage man struggling against the stern, adamantine bonds of morality and decorum?” “Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates” compiled by Merle...
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Review: Plagues and Peoples.
“From their inception, therefore, both faiths had to deal with sudden death by disease as one of the conspicuous facts of human life. Consequently, it is not altogether surprising that both religions...
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Review: The Myths of Magic.
“There is no greater slavery than love, and Yawgmoth believed her his slave. She knew not love, though, but love’s twin–hate.” “Magic: the Gathering: The Myths of Magic Anthology” edited by Jess Lebow...
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Review: House of Leaves.
“No one ever really gets used to nightmares.” “House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves is one of those books that has showed up on countless recommended reading lists in my life that,...
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Review: The Curse of Chalion.
“It wasn’t a case of storming heaven. It was a case of letting heaven storm you.” “The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold Reading through The Curse of Chalion, a tale about a soldier who finds a...
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