Tag: reviews
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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January 04, 2008 09:04 PM EST --
I read some really great nonfiction this year, but my top 8 list is, nonetheless, heavily weighted toward fantasy novels. (But they're particularly good ones!) Please feel free to . . .
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October 18, 2009 07:51 PM EDT --
This book's blurb claims it's all true, but I contend it's all--or mostly--fiction. It's about a guy's exploits answering very personal online ads. Crazy stuff happens in this book...read my Rainbow Review . . .
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November 24, 2007 08:48 AM EST --
Leesburg, Virginia: a small-town satellite of Washington, D. C. At first glance, the residents of Leesburg are typically hard-working, down-to-earth folks. Underneath the surface, however, Leesburg is . . .
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November 30, 2007 02:03 PM EST --
Review of Spice World (directed by Bob Spiers and written by Kim Fuller):
There are not many rock movies about female performers. Janis Joplin, Madonna, and Tina Turner . . .
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December 01, 2008 10:58 PM EST --
I have known at least one person with fibromyalgia, and I've seen the chaos it can wreak on the lives of the sufferer and those around him or her. Until I read Managing Fibromyalgia: Getting to Know . . .
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October 19, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Keith Miller's The Book of Flying , a fantasy novel for grown-ups, is a magical experience. To say that the language in which the story is told is "poetic" . . .
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December 11, 2007 08:57 PM EST --
If you love fantasy fiction, but lack the attention span to read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, then A. F. Stewart's Inside Realms is the perfect book for you. There are seven tales . . .
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November 08, 2009 08:17 PM EST --
I live down the street from a haunted house. In my hometown of Mishawaka, there is a brewery, long ago turned into a shopping center, but once owned by the Kamm family. The island behind the brewery's . . .
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May 15, 2009 05:08 PM EDT --
Guy Arneson is being perfectly honest when he titles his collection of poems A Life in Poetry (Xlibris, 2009). The speaker in these poems lays bare the life of a man who's fallen deeply in love, . . .
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July 20, 2009 07:33 AM EDT --
I love poetry, and I'm always on the lookout for new poets. Sherrie Theriault has a unique point of view: lesbian, Jewish, recovering alcoholic, and survivor of childhood abuse. She informs the reader . . .
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May 03, 2009 07:59 PM EDT --
My latest book review is Sister Warrior by Teel James Glenn. As you may recall, I write reviews for Rainbow Reviews; I believe I am up to five of them now. If you like swords-and-sorcery novels with . . .
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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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June 29, 2009 07:03 AM EDT --
Some paranormal romance novels have a light, fluffy tone. If you prefer something a little darker, consider Psychic Rebels by Cheryl Dragon. It doesn't have any dragons in it, but it does have a pair . . .
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August 09, 2009 08:17 PM EDT --
The Dandelion Clock by Jay Mandal is a sweet romance novel. Its main characters just happen to be two men, David and Rob, English guys in the 1980s. In this very realistic character study, 20-something . . .
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September 28, 2009 07:14 PM EDT --
If you have a taste for paranormal romances...
If you love vampires and werewolves...
If more-exotic shapeshifters fire your imagination...
Read Belling the Cat by Julia Talbot. Sexy, slinky Luc . . .
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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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July 26, 2009 09:45 PM EDT --
If your reading tastes are a bit quirky, if you're an open-minded reader, and if you enjoy the premise of "What if?"...then Up For Grabs , edited by Lauren P. Burka (Circlet Press) is just the book for . . .
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August 16, 2009 08:53 PM EDT --
Over the past few weeks, I've been reading a lot of poetry. I've shared my reviews of Was Love Lost by Sherrie Theriault and of Elbows on the Table, Palms Flat by "LeftWriteFemme" (who is also Sherrie . . .
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