Book Review
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Long ago, a bright eyed grad student thought she could juggle both assigned readings and books for fun. She was wrong. Over a year later, I checked out the book My Place at the Tablefrom the library and read it in one night. It was absolutely amazing. My Place at the Table recounts the tales of Alec…
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This ARC was provided to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Growing up with vampires and ghouls, I was excited to dive into a novel that puts a spin to the tale of the werewolf. Kane, a wolf transformed into a human, is on a desperate hunt for the man who turned…
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After completing grad school, I looked forward to diving into a book that was not listed on a syllabus. Lucky for me, I received a review copy of Dead of Winter to wash away the business jargon I have been reading for the last 18 months. In this thriller, Christa and her boyfriend are on a winter…
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When stumbling upon this book, I found the premise intriguing: a historical account of food and the impact on nations, people and ecology which connects the past to our present. Instead, a standard college student fare of the “history of the world” is given, sprinkled in with interesting bits of food. After presenting this history…
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“So after much practicing, we no longer think about the necessary movements.” The Archer One of many lines from Paulo Coelho’s book The Archer which any high school literature student would be able to point to as symbolism for life. The Archer starts off strong. A stranger visits a town in search of a master…
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Many books tell the tales of children who have stumbled into magical worlds, whether it be through mirrors, wardrobes, tornadoes or other magical doorways. The reader is brought along on the journey and follow the child(ren) as they move through the stages of fear, confusion and fun. These stories usually end either one of two…
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This was book 9 out of 100 for my 2017 Goodreads challenge. A reader/writer has so many favorite authors that creating lists could last forever. There are some authors one loves because of their ability to deliciously scare you. Other writers have the ability to send you to a world where you can just get…
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I could write pages on my love/hate relationship with Star Wars. For the sake of this post, I will just say that I am extremely well versed in all things Star Wars (it was forced upon me for different reasons) but I was brought up as a “Trekkie” (my father recorded almost every episode of…
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Stan shut off the car and pulled up his collar. It was pouring outside and he planned to only have rush into the grocery stole and run right back out. There was a roast in the oil den and hen did not want to risk, overlooking it. Everything for the night was perfect: the roast,…
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There is something about short stories that is simply wonderful. As much as I love diving between the pages of an amazing novel, slipping into a short story collection can be so relaxing. It’s like breaking into a Kit Kat bar: you get four pieces of chocolate in one package. Short story collections allows the reader to…
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