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Horns by Joe Hill Horns is a devilishly funny read that’ll make you question the very nature of good and evil. Horns is even perhaps the best Horror novel I’ve ever read, which I finished in three sittings and nearly didn’t go to a friend’s party just to get further. Yeah, it’s that good. Now,
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The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman The Left Hand of God is one of a few books gaining quite a bit of buzz or hype as the next best Epic Fantasy. Some believe when a book is “hyped” it had better be one of best books written that year if not in a
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Literature has taken various shapes during the last few years and has morphed brilliantly. Although excellent pieces of literary art can be traced through the ages, over the last years thought-provoking and reflective works have emerged and captured the attention of readers around the globe, changing the way people think. 2009 was another year full
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It’s no secret that professional writing is a difficult field to break into. The latest estimates state that of all the professional writers in America, only about 30 percent actually make their living solely from writing. That means 70 percent of writers must rely on extra income from a spouse or another job. Writers will
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Of all of the gifts humanity has, one of the most important and special has to be literacy. The ability to read and share ideas and information with one another through written language is really amazing when it’s broken down into its purest form. Many of us take that gift for granted. While it is
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Finch by Jeff VanderMeer As typical of VanderMeer’s writing, deep thematic elements abound. The commentary seems to be aimed at society, government, and the consequences of one’s actions, but it’s so well integrated into the story and Ambergris itself, it doesn’t stand out and is open to layers of interpretation. Finch answers many of the
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
1. Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 17) by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley) (F-H) 2. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 3. Medusa by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos (Putnam) 4. Shanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa See (Random House) 5. Matters of the Heart by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press) 6. Gone
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Stalking the Dragon: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick The freshness and imagination on display in 1987’s Stalking the Unicorn and 2008’s Stalking the Vampire are renewed for this noirish mystery that mixes offbeat humor and the supernatural. Hard-boiled PI John Justin Mallory, stuck in a parallel Manhattan occupied by demons and wizards, takes
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Rain Gods: A Novel by James Lee Burke MWA Grandmaster Burke spins a tale replete with colorful prose and epic confrontations in his second novel to feature smalltown Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland (after Lay Down My Sword and Shield). An anonymous phone call leads Holland, a Korean vet who survived a POW camp, to the
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Undone (Grant County) by Karin Slaughter Bestseller Slaughter brings together characters from her two series for the first time with electrifying results. Dr. Sara Linton, who lost her husband in 2007’s Beyond Reach, has left rural Grant County for a new life in an underfunded Atlanta hospital. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and
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