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Book Review: Ever After (Hollows #11)
Ever After by Kim HarrisonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsVerdict: SuperAwesomeRecommended for: Hollows, Paranormal, Sooki Stackhouse fansI’m in heaven. I must be… because A) The first ARC I ever got my hands...
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54 Year-old Man Dies from Over-Active Imagination, News at Ten…
I will hold my hand up and say that the one thing that has never changed about me is my highly over-active imagination. I was born with it, and despite my most valiant attempts to get it to “grow up”...
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All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming in 2013
This year's science fiction books are going to rock. John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War universe, there's a brand new Neil Gaiman novel, and Stephen King's long-awaited sequel to The...
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Awakenings: Say it for America
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word:freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) Marilyn Armstrong's insight:Poetry, quotation ......
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10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End
Welcome to the deep of winter, the time when the nights are longest and you basically never want to get out of your warm bed. This is the perfect time to get sucked into a long, complicated...
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Beware Exasperated Kidneys: Can You Spell-Check Disaster?
Some years back, there was an incident in the Boston Police Department‘s boot camp. In an attempt to be as tough as any Marine Corps drill instructor, the BPD instructor in charge of recruits forced a...
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A Half Hour Radio Show
This site hosts the original broadcasts of the cult radio comedy show “A Half Hour Radio Show,” syndicated around the US in the early 1990’s.Marilyn Armstrong's insight:When I was in college, I worked...
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'Les Misérables' brings the spectacle home on DVD and Blu-Ray
Even when it moves to the small screen, it rarely lessens the impact of the cinematic spectacle that has moved audiences to applause and cheers across the globe. “Les Misérables” was the crowd pleasing...
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The 20 Best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Last Decade
We are in the midst of a glorious Golden Age of paranormal fantasy—the last ten years, specifically, in genre fiction have been nothing short of landscape-changing. The days of rigidly defined...
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The Decline and Fall of the English Language
Are we seeing the decline and fall of the English language? Has poor education and texting the cause of its demise or a symptom? What has happened to the English language? Although there have been...
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The Slow Death of the American Author
LAST month, the Supreme Court decided to allow the importation and resale of foreign editions of American works, which are often cheaper than domestic editions. Until now, courts have forbidden such...
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Annette Funicello Gone Aged 70: Now it's Time to Say Goodbye
When I was five years old, we lived in Sacramento California and I used to watch the reruns of the original Mickey Mouse club. In black and white. One of my favourite “Mouseketeers” was Annette...
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Riding With the Dalton Gang -- Desperadoes: A Novel, by Ron Hansen
This is not a new book. It is being released for the first time as an Ebook (Kindle) on May 28, 2013. Desperadoes has been available in soft or hardcover (currently, only soft) since 1997.I love...
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No niche for iPad: A cautionary tale on 'needing a purpose' | ZDNet
After almost two weeks with the latest iPad, I walked back to the Apple Store in Grand Central, New York and handed it back to the blue-blazoned staff hipster who greeted me at the top of the stairs....
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7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)
When I was a kid, I acted in a few movies.It was generally a good experience, but every day I'm glad I wasn't Olsen twins famous. Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane, and at any...
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Jean Stapleton and Edith Bunker are Gone Aged 90
Jean Stapleton, who played the scatty, but clever, Edith Bunker to the bigoted Archie Bunker in the 1970′s sitcom All in the Family has died according to her son John Putch who said that she died on...
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DOMA
More than a few of my friends may be clutching their hearts and falling over, actually. I did not mean to lead you down the road to heart attack. An issue that does not impact your life one bit...
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News of NSA surveillance sparks increased sales of spying literature - CTV News
CTV News News of NSA surveillance sparks increased sales of spying literature CTV News NEW YORK -- The country's book-buyers are reading up on being watched.Marilyn Armstrong's insight:Silver...
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'Space Odyssey' author inspires imagination research center - Fox News
'Space Odyssey' author inspires imagination research center Fox News The creative mind behind the communications satellite and "2001: A Space Odyssey" — Arthur C. Clarke — has now inspired an academic...
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The Ongoing Story: Twitter and Writing
Does a piece of writing that is never seen by anyone other than its author even exist? Does a thought need to be shared to exist? And is tweeting the same as publishing?Marilyn Armstrong's...
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Aaron Sorkin Reveals Depth of 'Newsroom' Angst, Season 2 Reboot, A-List...
Admired and attacked in Season 1, the HBO drama reboots with A-list advisers as its creator opens up about his process (up to 6 showers in one day), how he broke his nose and dealing with...
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The Non-Complexities of Pretty Racist Chef Paula Deen
I must say. I love Paula Deen’s defense. It has the benefit of being both ridiculous and perhaps something her critics could actually agree about. According to the Wall Street Journal, “A...
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Paradiso or Inferno? Writers on writing
I’ve just started writing a new play after a fallow year spent licking my wounds when a promising commission failed to materialise into a theatrical production. I know, I’m too thin skinned; finding...
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Camera Industry: the trend towards "good enough" is effecting enthusiasts too
A lot has been written about how smartphone cameras have decimated the point and shoot market. It’s actually worse than that. Most regular people, non-enthusiasts, don’t really want to use DSLRs —...
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Awakenings: The Lost Spirits
Today is a quiet day...a co-o-o-old day so definitely a day to stay inside simply enjoying the warmth of hearth and home. Just finished reading The 12-ft Teepee by+Marilyn Armstrong (featured below)...
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James Lee Burke Talks About His Fiction, History, and the American Dream
Abandoning the badasses in his usual Louisiana haunts, the Edgar-winning author crafts his first historical novel about oil, movies, and the American Dream.Marilyn Armstrong's insight:I haven't read...
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‘Wayfaring Stranger,’ by James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke’s sprawling novel connects an encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to the Battle of the Bulge and the oil boom. Here in the Lone Star State, we have a subgenre of the Great American Novel...
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Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan Is a Superhero - GeekMom
I came to one conclusions after reading the 13 books of The Hollows series: It's one of the best superhero sagas ever written. I’ve just finished a two-month binge reading session of Kim Harrison‘s...
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Dodge City, Tombstone, the OK Corral and 'Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life'
Historian Andrew Isenberg's absorbing, meticulous account of Wyatt Earp's life is a must-read for anyone who loves American history and tales of the Old West.Marilyn Armstrong's insight:Excellent...
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Water, Water Anywhere
Marilyn Armstrong's insight:Ever since living in Israel and working at the Environmental Health Laboratory of the University of Jeruslalem, I've been very aware of water. How limited fresh water...
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