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Where’s an Editor When You Need One?: Mini-Reviews

April 6, 2018

editor

  We’ve all read novels by authors who have a way with words, know how to shape a sentence, generate tension…all the good stuff, right? But what about when that good stuff keeps going and going ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, Blue Rider Press, childhood, contemporary life, fantasy, historical fiction, Italy, marriage, mini-reviews, political intrigue, St. Martin's Press

How to Survive a Summer

June 21, 2017

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  Will Dillard’s film studies dissertation is making his life miserable because he can’t seem to finish it. In fact, finishing anything after the summer he spent at Camp Levi when he was ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Blue Rider Press, coming-of-age, social issues, Southern life

Thrilled to Death: Siracusa and Dear Mr. M

September 21, 2016

thrilled

This is the type of post that should wait until Halloween, but honestly who wants to wait for reviews of the kind of reading that keeps you up all night? Here are two recent releases that fit the bill ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Blue Rider Press, Hogarth, Italy, marriage, mystery, thriller

The Empty Glass

January 22, 2014

empty glass

  Marilyn Monroe is one of the most iconic stars in American history. Numerous non-fiction books detail her life but it is the fiction that provides more fodder for the rumors about her death; namely ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Blue Rider Press, book clubs, Marilyn Monroe, mystery

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