Book Review: Buffalo West Wing

Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy This is a solidly crafted cozy mystery with a unique niche–the amateur sleuth is the chief White House chef. I hadn’t heard of this before, but I found a couple of copies and I like a cozy mystery as much as the next person so I picked it up …

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Book Review: A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness The novella deals with grief and loss and how it feels to be powerless when your world is changing for the worse. Conner is dealing with his mother’s increasing illness and the ancillary changes brought about when everyone at school finds out his mother has cancer. Conner doesn’t know …

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Book Review: Sorrow’s Apprentice

Sorrow’s Apprentice by Kater Cheek My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sorrow’s Apprentice: A wild west heist novel set in modern times with vampires. This is my first book in the Kit Melbourne series in several years, and the strongest one yet. Clever readers who aren’t familiar with the series should have enough to follow …

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Book Review: Will Save the Galaxy for Food

Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw Like many, I know the name Yahtzee Croshaw from the “Zero Punctuation” game review videos he did for The Escapist. These were hilarious, manic, irreverent flash animations that appealed even to those of us who don’t much care for video games. Fortunately, this audio book was …

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Book Review: Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska by John Green John Green is supposed to be THE guy for heart-rending teen romances, or so I’ve heard. This falls into that category. The Alaska of the title is not the state but a beautiful and troubled young woman, sort of a manic pixie fairy girl off her meds. Our protagonist …

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