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Boom Baumgartner

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Influenced from a young age by greats like David Bowie, Boom likes to add a little bit of glam to everything she does, from playing the ukulele to writing novels. When she’s not turning out stories about witchcraft and werewolves, she is a staff writer for ScienceFiction.com. You can find her other musings at LovingTheAlien.net

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Boom Baumgartner’s books

Average rating: 4.31 · 32 ratings · 10 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Dora's Jinx 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Israel Leventhal 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Hunting Critters (Ghost Hunting Dog #3) by J.A. Campbell (Goodreads Author), Carol Hightshoe (Goodreads Author), Jamie Ferguson (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pay-Per-View Ragnarök: and Other Modern Myths it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog and Octopus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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"They will say show–don't tell. But that assumes most people can see." El Akkad's prose is an unblinking description of the pain and suffering felt around the world, particularly in Palestine, while the West largely remains silent. After all, "there w ...more
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I'm glad there are attempts to bring Okinawan culture to the English language, but I think that this book could have used more context beyond just the introduction and the somewhat sparse footnotes. In at least half the stories, I was confused about ...more
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