Group Read: Mistborn – The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The group read is part of the Once Upon Challenge hosted by Carl from Stainless Steel Droppings. This week’s reading covers the prologue through chapter six.  Next week we’ll cover chapters seven through fifteen. To join the group and read other discussions, please visit Stainless Steel Droppings.   “A thousand years of ash has fallen. A thousand [...]

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Reading Short Stories: The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells

The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells is another tale from the “Bedtime Stories” book that I’ve been reading for the Once Upon a Time challenge. The challenge is a great excuse for me to read more fantasy. I also began reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Once upon a time there was a valley [...]

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A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

Before I delve into the review proper, I have to tell you this. Don’t make a mistake I’d made when I picked up this book from a bookstore shelf, lured by a sticky note “staff’s pick.” Do your homework: Read the reviews. Or if you tend to read the reviews only after you’ve finished a [...]

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Reflections: If You Have to Cry Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone

I should have called my post “If you want to cry, read Kelly Cutrone.” The book is about a tough life of a publicist/warrioress in New York, thriving in the field of fashion public relations. While reading the book, I had to suppress the urge to erase it entirely from my Kobo. Not because it [...]

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