Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran: Book Review

When Cleopatra and Marc Antony are defeated by Octavian, their children are taken to Rome, where Octavian can make sure they don’t become rallying points for those who might oppose his rule. Their daughter Selene is never happy in Rome and constantly looks for ways to win her family’s way back home. This book jumps […]

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The Dark Divine by Bree Despain: Book Review

Grace Divine, the local pastor’s daughter, walks into art class one day to find Daniel Kalbi checking out her latest project. Not too remarkable, right? Well, Daniel disappeared from her life several years earlier on a violent night that her family never talks about, and she’s had no idea what happened to him. He seems […]

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What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I missed posting last week, so I’m not sure where I left off. I think these are from the past week. Read: The Dark Divine by Bree Despain–Not my favorite. 3 Stars. Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran–Really good! 4 Stars The Vision […]

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The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell: Book Review

Damien Locke is the son of the Mistress of Mayhem, a mad scientist supervillain living in Golden City. On his sixteenth birthday, he has a huge party to celebrate his thumbprint becoming a “V,” meaning that he’s a born supervillain. Except that it doesn’t. It becomes a mythical “X,” which can only mean one thing: […]

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Prince Edward Island: Locus Focus

I love L. M. Montgomery’s books. I think I’ve read all of her fiction, and she was pretty prolific. She lived on Prince Edward Island, Canada and set almost all of her fiction there. Needless to say, I’m dying to do a pilgrimage! Of course, at this time, most of the islanders were farmers or fishermen. I grew up in a rural area […]

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Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint: Book Review

In the author’s note at the beginning of this volume of short stories, Charles de Lint says that he’s taking a break from Newford for a while but that he still has enough short stories lying around to publish one more collection. I read that and my heart stopped for a second. I love Newford […]

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Bite Me by Christopher Moore: Book Review

I don’t think I can even begin to explain the appeal of these books. A synopsis is going to make it sound ridiculous. A giant shaved vampire cat named Chet is stalking the San Francisco night? Puh-leeze. Except that leaves out Abby Normal, Emergency Backup Mistress of the Greater Bay Area Night. I. โ™ฅ This. […]

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