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August 2016
Elves Need Love too.
SantaLand Diaries by David SedarisMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoy David Sedaris’s humor. This story has a very original perspective on the holiday season. The protagonist is a Macy’s elf, Crumpet/Blisters, and – through him – we get a behind-the-scenes look at the business of manufactured levity. There is a bitter tone to
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Grave Peril – Harry Dresden #3 – by Jim Butcher. A great ride!
Grave Peril by Jim ButcherMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Such an enjoyable story, but to be honest, I found Harry to be pretty annoying until the last third of the book. His arrogance and chivalry bordered on absurd. He needed to be pressed up against the edge to find his solution this time though,
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Map of the Surface Winds of the World.
A map of the world’s wind, temperature, waves… A useful tool for worldbuilding.
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Legion II (Skin Deep)
Skin Deep by Brandon SandersonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Brandon Sanderson’s imagination. Mistborn and the world of The Rithmatist are two of my favorite places to dream about being. My expectations for Legion were, therefore, unrealistic, but that’s the danger when your audience becomes acquainted with dining gourmet. A lesser meal just
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Revisiting An Old But Still Relevant Gem
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Another book where I make a new discovery each time I read it. As a youth, I adopted some of the character’s contempt for fitting in, and then in the 90s, when I went on a literary beatnik immersion, I understood the
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A good collection of short stories – check it out!
The Heaven of Animals: Stories by David James PoissantMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Very enjoyable. In these pages you will meet many troubled people, each struggling with the enormity of life’s challenges. They will make you laugh, cry, but most of all, they will open themselves to let you use their lenses, so that
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