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A Fine Addition to Carr's Virgin River Series

Katie Malone has packed up her Vermont house and is headed West to Virgin River and her brother Conner. Now, with two hungry five-year-olds and a...
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A beguiling heroine, a sexy hero. Who can resist?

I confess, I’ve read all the Lynna Banning books from her first release in 1996. I love well-crafted stories with believable characters. I...
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A novel approach to crafting a story

Nancy Sondel’s bio reads like a manual for multidisciplinary. She’s taught Spanish, music, and writing, is an avid hiker and movie...
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A Review of American Dervish

The following guest review of the novel American Dervish, was written by Frank Rubenfeld Ph.D., who is an Adjunct Faculty at the California...
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Glasslands: A Review, Better Late Than Never Style

  • HALO
  • January 23, 2012
A long overdue review of a fine book available in San Francisco booksellers three long months ago, today we will have a belated look into...
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Retro Review: The Cole Protocol

  • HALO
  • December 14, 2011
The Cole Protocol, by Tobias Buckell, was something a bit different from the previous novels, in that it did not cover any of the games, or revisit...
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Are you ready for NaNoWriMo?

It’s that time of the year again—the leaves change color, the air gains a chilly crispness, and pumpkin cravings reach a whole other...
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A Song of Ice and Fire, a reader's review

With the closure of the highly successful Harry Potter series, many stranded (and much older) fans of Hogwarts are in the market for a new...
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Cinematic new novel depicts Charlie Chaplin and silent film era

By Thomas GladyszThere is a lot to like about Glen David Gold’s new novel, Sunnyside (Knopf). In it, the bestselling author of Carter Beat...
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Laura Albert and JT LeRoy: Mask as Muse

  • JT Leroy
  • June 19, 2011
When I came across the Greek maxim “Know thyself” in my college freshman humanities class, I thought it was the key to life. Then a...
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