Tag: reading
member name: Erin S.
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December 14, 2009 08:03 PM EST --
Last week, I read Samhain's Embrace , a short novel by Jesse Fox. If you have any interest in Celtic mythology, you will find it a fascinating little volume. It's a contemporary story, set in modern . . .
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December 06, 2009 06:29 PM EST --
Aniseed and juniper: what do the plants have to do with each other? In ancient times, they were used as medicines for epilepsy. The noble Roman hero of Aniseed and Juniper by G.S. Wiley, Marcus, has . . .
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June 14, 2009 07:43 PM EDT --
I rarely give a novel five stars, but I was tremendously impressed with the quality of storytelling in Sappho Sings , a fictionalized biography of the ancient Greek poet by Peggy Ullman Bell. Whether . . .
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October 04, 2009 05:47 PM EDT --
He comes from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow...
Yes, Bjorn Eriksson is one tall, cool, blond drink of mead, straight from medieval Scandanavia. Imagine . . .
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June 24, 2009 10:54 PM EDT --
Stephanie Gibbs knows how to tell a spellbinding story. As her novel Christian's Calling (2009, PublishAmerica) opens, 38-year-old John Christian is stuck in a traffic jam, and reflecting on his . . .
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October 26, 2009 07:57 AM EDT --
I was a bit surprised one morning when the mail carrier knocked on my door and had me sign for a package from the Netherlands. Naturally, I was extremely curious as to what was in this little package, . . .
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May 10, 2009 07:21 PM EDT --
This Sunday, Rainbow Reviews published my review of Other Magical Creatures, new from Torquere Press by Mychael Black, Dianne Fox, et al. OMC is a collection of steamy long short stories/short novellas . . .
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December 28, 2008 04:11 PM EST --
10. Lover Enshrined by J. R. Ward. This latest novel in Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series, about a group of vampire-warriors and the loves of their lives, isn't quite as good as the third . . .
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April 22, 2008 03:17 PM EDT --
The following is the full text of an opinion letter I wrote to my local newspaper. It is a response to "More felons being allowed to enlist," an Associated Press . . .
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October 25, 2008 07:45 AM EDT --
I am too racy for my local newspaper! Ann Leonard, a freelance writer in my area, started to interview me for her "What We're Reading" column in the Tribune . . . but she didn't like my answers! . . .
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May 31, 2009 08:08 PM EDT --
Ethan's Choice by Mason and Hill is a fascinating blend of ghost story, mystery, and romance. Its setting, an inn beside the Pacific coast of Canada, is beautifully described. It is also my latest . . .
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April 03, 2008 11:27 AM EDT --
Ah, St. Mary's College. The name conjures up myriad images of my school days, spent in academic splendor amongst the tree-lined avenue, the goose-lined lake, and (in winter months, or late at night) . . .
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September 20, 2009 09:30 PM EDT --
My encounter with the legendary Don Juan occurred on June 15, 1995, on my post-high-school trip to Europe. My friends and I were in Cordoba, Spain, where I snapped this photo of the legendary, lady-loving . . .
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March 01, 2008 08:26 AM EST --
Poet's Day, as near as I can figure, is a made-up holiday that exists only in the pages of the Quality Paperback Book Club's annual calender/day planner. But so what? That shouldn't stop you . . .
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December 26, 2008 07:53 PM EST --
I suspect many people will identify with Clay Zerner, the protagonist of Joe Vojt's Threshold of Consciousness (Outskirts Press, 2008. Find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at http://outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?ISBN=9781432732172). . . .
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May 29, 2008 03:29 PM EDT --
In last month's book review, I brought you Drink to the Lasses by my Saint Mary's College classmate Mary Beth Ellis. This month, Notre Dame gets its turn in the literary spotlight. When Shadows . . .
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