This book has been written with a great deal of work and creativity, but with mixed results. It is a complex meld of several themes, settings and political systems. Basically, the tale involves a girl stranded on an unforgiving world who discovers a new data recording system, perhaps installed in the very rock of the…
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“Captain Arnold Other Tales of the Abnormal” by Arthur M. Doweyko
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This compilation of short stories is best described by comparison. It has the same style and intent as the old “Outer Limits” TV show. Always questioning our everyday reality. Always wondering, “What if…?” The stories run the gamut of Sci-Fi: a few UFOs, a touch of time travel, a shot of dystopian life of various…
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“Get That Job!” by Christine Reidhead
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This is one of those self-help books that everyone should check out, no matter how prepared you are for whatever it is you are trying to do. Even if you have a pretty good idea how to go about it, there is always some detail you might miss, some new twist you’re not aware of,…
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“Master of Malice” Box Set by Cas Peace
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The final trilogy in the sweeping “Artesans” Epic Fantasy Well, we can’t say we didn’t see it coming. Those of us who have been following this series have noted the occasional dip into the more horrific side of human nature. At the end of the last trilogy we could see a new villain, Baron Reen,…
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“Tainted Lionheart” By Christine Weimer
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This is a book of poetry that chronicles a woman working through the aftermath of a failed relationship. The chapter divisions follow her stages of grief, from pain to recovery.The strength of this volume is its evocative imagery and metaphor, the essence of poetry. Also the frequent flashes of insight that show a deep understanding…
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“Were We Awake: Stories” by L.M. Brown
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This is a book about the beautiful, ineffable loneliness of the human inability to share emotions. These people are not the ‘larger than life’ who expose their hearts on a big screen. These are the little souls who live their isolation in every empty minute of their lives. Their failures are the lack of contact.…
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“Hamartia” by Raquel Rich
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This book has a nice basic premise; in a future world of reincarnation, it seems that the universe has run out of souls. People — many people — are dying because their souls expire. Grace is offered the chance to save her dying son by travelling back in time and stealing him a soul. The…
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“The Last Cleric” by Layton Green
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I finished my review of the second novel in this series with “There has to be a Book Three.” This is it, and I’m a touch disappointed. This book has all the trappings of a “potboiler,” a book in the middle of a series where the author is running on automatic, including all the things…
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“We Call it Monster” by Lachlan Walter
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“Monster” is not really a novel and not really a book of short stories, but something in between. It is a set of events that take place as the world (specifically Australia) gradually slips into chaos due to the attack of monstrous creatures from inside the planet, which destroy human society and fight each other…
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“Lance: A Spirit Unbroken” A memoir by Walter Stoffel
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Okay, this is a book about a dog. You know that at the end the dog’s going to die. Such is the nature of dog books. However, the difference in this case is that for most of the book you’re not sure you’re going to be that unhappy. I mean, this is one of those…