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September 4, 2010 by
Jennifer
The pitch for Of Bees and Mist: A Novel called it an “enchanting new work spans the genres of fantasy, romance, sci-fi and mystery. Author Erick Setiawan seamlessly blends mystical elements with raw human emotion to trace the progression of love, loss, and triumph across generations.” In reading the description of this book, I felt…
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Once again Niffenegger has done what she did so well in The Time Traveler’s Wife. She’s created a completely realistic story using supernatural elements that are unexpected and somehow completely believable (from the standpoint of enjoying a novel at least). The story in Her Fearful Symmetry is completely different, but the theme of eternal and…
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You may be one of the throng who are waiting for 8/24/10 when Mockingjay is released and concludes The Hunger Games trilogy (linked to Dawn’s review if you aren’t sure what all the hubbub is about). But The Hunger Games isn’t the only dystopian YA lit out there. While you are waiting for your copy…
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June 26, 2010 by
Lisa
I was invited by Amy of My Friend Amy to participate in a Faith-n-Fiction Roundtable discussing Travis Thrasher’s novel Broken. Our discussion occured via email and the following is a portion of our conversation. Be sure to check the other participating blogs to read the rest of what we had to say about this supernatural…
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I’ve just spent an enjoyable few days with Julie Kagawa’s The Iron King. Her inventive fey (faery) world pulled me right in. It’s one of those imagined worlds that has you amazed at the detail and the thought that went in behind it. This book seems to be marketed to girls (from the cover and…
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February 6, 2010 by
Lisa
When I mentioned on my personal blog that I was reading Ted Dekker and Erin Healy’s novel Burn, I received a surprised email from a friend and fellow blogger. Seems my friend knows something of Dekker’s novels which are by any accounts unusual to say the least, and she was curious about my like or…
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December 6, 2009 by
Lisa
Y’all know of my deep and abiding love for all things Austen so when granted opportunity to read and review Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, well, I was both eager and a little unsure. I mean, sea monsters? Really? Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters follows up on the (strange? unexpected?) popularity of Pride…
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