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INDIE REVIEW: THE REAPER'S DAUGHTER

THE REAPER'S DAUGHTER (THE REAPER'S DAUGHTER SERIES, BOOK 1), BY KM RANDALL
Published by Booktrope, 251 pp.
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SYNOPSIS
I've always felt like an average girl ... except for my strange relationship with death. You could say I like to court it. Whether I'm soaring through the air as a flyer for Specter University's cheer squad, or spee...

PAPERBACK RELEASE: SO MUCH A PART OF YOU

SO MUCH A PART OF YOU, BY POLLY DUGAN
Published by Little, Brown
256 pp. $14.99

Disclaimer: I originally wrote this review last June, when the book was first published, for the Spencer Daily Reporter.


I'll be honest, I was not expecting a collection of short stories with this book. Sometimes it's hard to go into a book without a set of preconceived notions; sometimes it's more fun to know what you're getting yourself into, but sometimes it's unavoidable. But I also like the feeling of discovery...

IN ANY ROULETTE, YOU'LL EVENTUALLY FIND THE BULLET (OR, READING WAR & PEACE)

I sent out the title as a tweet last night when I looked at my book shelf and realized that my book roulette (which I should have a post about soon) landed on Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace.

In my personal book roulette, this is the proverbial bullet.

War & Peace is 1,424 pages long. Even at the high-arching dream of reading 100 pages a day (always a goal, not always a reality) this book would still take me two weeks to read. But here's why I'll read it:

1. It's number came up. As I mentioned earlie...

INDIE REVIEW: COMRADES WE

COMRADES WE (COMRADES TRILOGY, #1), BY ANNA OLSON
Self-published
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SYNOPSIS
Comrades We is the story of the adventures of six friends as they grow up together, learn magic, encounter bad stuff, and try to fight their way out of trouble.
This is a fantasy novel. There is magic. There are swords. There are mysterious and cryptic gods. There are some really bad guys and there are go...

INDIE REVIEW: THE ARGENT STAR

I thought I'd try something new when it comes to reviewing books (actually, retry something I've done on a different blog). I don't really have a concrete format for reviewing, because I don't use "thumbs" or stars or any other form of reading. It's a method I call "the Good, the Bad and the Ugly" because it sounds snappy and it works how I need it to. I don't want to ever get into a system where I act like, or assume the position of, the be-all-end-all when it comes to reading. I offer my o...

INDIE REVIEW: THE MINE

THE MINE, BY JOHN HELDT (NORTHWEST PASSAGE, #1)
Self-published, Amazon Kindle

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SYNOPSIS
In May 2000, Joel Smith is a cocky, adventurous young man who sees the world as his playground. But when the college senior, days away from graduation enters an abandoned Montana mine, he discovers the price of reckless curiosity. He emerges in May 1941 with a cell phone he can't use, mone...

INDIE REVIEW: THREE SEASONS

I thought I'd try something new when it comes to reviewing books (actually, retry something I've done on a different blog). I don't really have a concrete format for reviewing, because I don't use "thumbs" or stars or any other form of reading. It's a method I call "the Good, the Bad and the Ugly" because it sounds snappy and it works how I need it to. I don't want to ever get into a system where I act like, or assume the position of, the be-all-end-all when it comes to reading. I offer my o...

PAPERBACK: NOW I SEE YOU

Guys, I loved this book. I reviewed it for the Daily Reporter last year, and I even made it part of my Top 5 Books of 2014. Nicole Kear took what could have been a very somber story -- a memoir of her experience with a degenerative eye condition -- and turned it on its end in the best possible way.

Kear was diagnosed with the condition as a young girl, and spent the next several years refusing to let it affect the way she lived. She would not tell anyone about it, all the while her vision was...

ALTERNATE VOICES: KELLY SHOUP

This week's Alternate Voices is from Kelly Shoup, who contributed the the anthologyRescued: The Stories of 12 Cats, Through Their Eyes.As you can read below, thisis more than just a story -- it's a tool to raise awareness about abused (and subsequently rescued) cats. I'll have the review of the whole book on Wednesday, but in the meantime I encourage you to hear from Kelly directly.

BUY RESCUED: THE STORIES OF 12 CATS, THROUGH THEIR EYESON AMAZON
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THE TIME I ENTER...

REVIEW: LOVE MAY FAIL

My relationship with Matthew Quick has been reluctant. I didn't really like Silver Lining's Playbook, probably because I saw the movie first and then read the book. But I knew he was highly celebrated, so I gave The Good Luck of Right Nowa shot. Better. Definitely better -- a little on the quirky side, but unique and readable.

After all that, why not try Love May Fail? Honestly, there is no excuse not to read this book. I loved it, absolutely my favorite by far.

Quick pays tribute to those tea...