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Review: Zombies of the World: A Field Guide to the Undead by Ross Payton
Sometimes, you need a little junk food for your brain. This book was a lot of fun — if you’re a zombie junkie, you’re going to love it. Ross Payton is someone who has spent waaaaay too much time thinking about the undead among us. In Zombies of the World: A Field Guide to the Undead he has created a… Read more
Review: Forgetting English by Midge Raymond
Forgetting English is a slim volume of haunting short stories. These are stories of loss, of deep emotion, and of women trying to find their way forward. The language is lyrical — poetic in places — and the stories were lovely to read. Author Midge Raymond provides a very short but entertaining collection. “The lanterns bob gently as they drift… Read more
Review: The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime alternately entertained, educated and enraged me. I love that authors Jason Turbow and Michael Duca were not afraid to name names. They told some great stories about some of the great rivalries in baseball — not just between teams, but between players. They explain the… Read more
Review & Giveaway: Blood Trust by Eric van Lustbader
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Review: The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
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Review: Dominance by Will Lavender
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Review: Keeping the Feast by Paula Butturini
Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy by Paula Butturini is just the sort of book I love…and just the sort of book I normally avoid. I love books about travel and Italy is high on my list of places that I absolutely must go. There’s a lot of food in this book and… Read more
Review: A Lonely Death by Charles Todd
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Wondrous Words Wednesday
This Wednesday is devoted to my favorite new word: paraprosdokian. A friend posted this on a forum where we both hang out and it was so funny, I had to share it. A paraprosdokian is defined as a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.… Read more