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Book Review: A Dirty Job

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore   A Dirty Job is quirky, weird, dark, and creative, if a little clumsily plotted. For some people, it might also be hilarious, though it didn’t hit my humor wavelength quite right. I needed a book for a car trip, and this was on sale at Audible, so I …

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Book Review: Everlost

Everlost by Neal Shusterman This book reminds me of why I like to read middle grade and YA novels–they are less likely to suck. This novel has adventure, danger, mystery, creepy settings, good characters–basically everything you might hope for from a book written for adults, except for the kissing (only one kiss, and it’s chaste.) …

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Book Review: Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell There’s a certain type of people who believe that a New York address and having done something attention-grabbing and arduous is the only necessary prerequisite for writing a memoir. However, other memoirs have taught me these traits do not automatically instill the necessary writing …

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Book Review: It’s What He Would’ve Wanted

It’s What He Would’ve Wanted: A Novel by Sean Hughes If jokes about suicide make you chuckle, then you might enjoy IT’S WHAT HE WOULD’VE WANTED by Sean Hughes. It’s very dark, set in London, and not for the squeamish or demure. Sean Hughes is billed on the back flap as a famous humorous writer. …

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Postcard: Oak Leaf

This was a good excuse to use some of that cool artsy crap that I tend to hoard in preparation for a project which never occurs. There are some things which I purchase simply because they are too cool to not own, and then they are too cool to actually use for anything. I’m trying …

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