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TELL THE STORY TO ITS END by Simon P. Clark – Review

TELL THE STORY TO ITS END by Simon P. Clark – Review
Posted October 30, 2015 by Tammy in Reviews / 7 Comments

The nitty-gritty: An atmospheric middle grade story, perfect for the Halloween season, but whose deeper meaning somehow escaped this non-middle grade reader. When I saw the cover of this book as one of St. Martin’s Griffin’s offerings for review, I immediately requested a copy. I mean, just look at it! A creepy staircase with a […]

AFTER ALICE by Gregory Maguire – Review

AFTER ALICE by Gregory Maguire – Review
Posted October 20, 2015 by Tammy in 3 1/2 stars, Reviews / 15 Comments

The nitty-gritty: An Alice in Wonderland re-telling that didn’t quite hit the mark, but a wonderful look at the effect of Victorian society on a handful of memorable characters. So Mama waggled her fingers in the air, Go, go, and settled her crown of hair, the color of browning roses, upon the bolster of the […]

THIS MONSTROUS THING by Mackenzi Lee – Review

THIS MONSTROUS THING by Mackenzi Lee – Review
Posted October 19, 2015 by Tammy in 4 stars, Reviews / 17 Comments

The nitty-gritty: A clever story of alternate history that answers the question, “What led Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein?” Mary was kneeling on the other side of Oliver’s body, her face still spattered with cemetery dirt. We were a sight, the pair of us, Mary with her muddy dress and wild hair, me with the […]

BADGE, BOOK, AND CANDLE (BOOKBURNERS #1) by Max Gladstone – Review

BADGE, BOOK, AND CANDLE (BOOKBURNERS #1) by Max Gladstone – Review
Posted September 17, 2015 by Tammy in 3 1/2 stars, Reviews / 15 Comments

The nitty-gritty: A great start to an exciting new venture in storytelling, all wrapped up in a compact urban fantasy package. She’d met people on this very train who told her with overwhelming conviction that they were the product of genetic experimentation by the United States government using alien DNA, and they’d built a prototype […]