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Oct.27.2012
October 27
SLIPSTREAM
I look in the rearview mirror; I see the headliner and a river of road flowing out behind me. Dual viewing is the kind gift of hindsight. I can see my internal workings and the past laid bare. The beauty and sadness can...
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Oct.06.2012
MWSA Review
Peter Romero--a Marine veteran, former military policeman, and disgraced tribal policeman for the Cochiti pueblo--is an unlikely and reluctant hero in this murder mystery set in the world of the Arizona desert. When Romero's cousin is murdered, no one seems interested in pursuing...
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Sep.26.2012
When in The Copper Beeches Dr. Watson asks Sherlock Holmes "Who would associate crime with these dear old homesteads?" referring to peaceful rural England, Holmes replies, "They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest...
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Sep.23.2012
By James Patterson and Marshall Karp
http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Me-If-You-Can/dp/0316097543/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322026642&sr=1-1
Plot
Matthew Bannon, an art student with a secret (don’t worry, you find out later) takes a bag full of diamonds from a Russian dealer who was...
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Sep.14.2012
Lauren Baratz-Logsted is one of my editors whom I have the pleasure of knowing and working with. We met in the Red Room a few years ago. I contacted her to help me with my manuscript, Imprinted Wisdom. And I have to tell you what a feat she performed! Not only did she manage to...
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Sep.05.2012
It is always a joy to see these chappies apologize and mewl after they have been caught. They are sooooo sorry (damned right they are - now) and cite a "lack of judgement". And if that don't cut the mustard, they find God. Now, I don't know why a successful author (and a money-maker at that) would...
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Sep.02.2012
This is not really a favourable review of the movie (which I have not seen). However, one of the main criticisms sounds related to Kafka's own desires and directions. He stipulated that, on the cover of the book, The Metamorphosis, the insect which Gregor Samsa has become not be depicted.kafka...
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Aug.27.2012
So far I'm happy with reviews of my book so the following thoughts aren't coming from immediate personal disappointment. But in the past (and surely in the future) I'll find a blogger of fiction or a review on any number of sites that says:
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Aug.11.2012
Like many others, I have been enamored with viewing the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. For the past couple weeks our television has been almost exclusively tuned to NBC, rather than to PBS. During one segment, one of the announcers made mention of the fact that there were so many more...
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Aug.05.2012
It is always shocking to be reminded that the majority of those sent to war are boys. The Absolutist, by John Boyne, brings this home with a poignant telling of the cruelties that soldiers wreak upon each other; not just against their enemies but also within their own ranks.
Tristan returns...
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