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No Other Gods by John Koetsier
John Koetsier’s debut novel, No Other Gods opens in a futuristic Valhalla, where a collection of supersoldiers fight and feast an endless cycle. Or it seems endless, since none of them really remember any other life than waking up in … Continue reading
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Tagged Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, John Koetsier, No Other Gods, travel
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A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway is described as the adventures of Evelina Cooper, the mystery-solving niece of Sherlock Holmes. I was interested in a society lady detective and foggy Victorian London is a great setting for a mystery … Continue reading
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Tagged A Study In Silks, Books, Chapel Hill, Emma Jane Holloway, pride and prejudice, reading
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Royal Mistress
New book review of Anne Easter Smith’s Royal Mistress, in which I display more of my vast knowledge of the British monarchy, and prove that 90% of it’s from historical novels. (The remaining 10% is from researching interesting parts of historical novels, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Easter Smith, Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, historical fiction, reading, Royal Mistress, yahoo!
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The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley – IndieReader
A fairly common tech blogger topic is asking rhetorically if a specific mid-size city with more than three start-ups could be the next Silicon Valley. Using The Rainforest’s guide to the factors that create start-up innovation can help answer … Continue reading
One Big Beautiful Thing
I was pleasantly surprised to discover my games journo friend Marie Flanigan, from Games Industry News, has released a novel! One Big Beautiful Thing tells the story of Kate Abernathy, an artist who returns home from New York City after … Continue reading
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Tagged Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, games, Games Industry News, Marie Flanigan, One Big Beautiful Thing
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Amy Shearn’s ‘The Mermaid of Brooklyn’
The advert on this book — “sometimes all you need in life is a fabulous pair of shoes” — signaled sassy airport chick lit to me, and so I put off reading the book until I was in the right kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Tagged Amy Shearn, Book review, Books, Brooklyn, Chapel Hill, chicklit, Harry Potter, North Carolina, The Mermaid of Brooklyn
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Skinny Bitch In Love
Skinny Bitch in Love is out today, and I wrote about this frothy chick lit crossed with a vegan cookbook over on Yahoo.
Posted in Books, New York City
Tagged Book review, Books, Netgalley, New York City, Skinny Bitch, Skinny Bitch In Love
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Club Monstrosity: Classic Monsters In Manhattan
When I got a pitch about Jesse Petersen’s new novel Club Monstrosity, I was fascinated because it had so many similarities with my fiance’s book, Screamland. When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Chapel Hill, New York City
Tagged Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, Club Monstrosity, Jesse Petersen, New York City
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Anne Michaud’s ‘Girls and Monsters’
I recently reviewed Anne Michaud’s ‘Girls and Monsters’ over on Yahoo: The strength of Anne Michaud’s Girls & Monsters comes from blending dark and disturbing monsters with relatable, honest teenage moments. The first story of Girls & Monsters involves a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Michaud, Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, dickwolves, North Carolina
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The Lost Husband
The Lost Husband by Katherine Center. Originally written for Yahoo. In The Lost Husband, Katherine Pannill Center somehow combines a list of fairly generic chick lit tropes into an original and compulsively readable story. Sure, the protagonist, Libby, is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Book review, Books, Katherine Center, New York City, Starbucks, The Lost Husband
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