Sunday, December 16, 2012

Children's Fantasy: "Lily the Silent" by Tod Davies

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Holy social commentary, Batman! Literature has a long history of being used to teach morals and social values, ancient Greek plays and Ae...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Steampunk Fiction: "The Dark Unwinding" by Sharon Cameron

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Love clockwork and steam punk stories of Victorian England? This, dear reader, is a book for you. Sharon Cameron's first novel is a g...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Historical Fiction: "The Imposter Bride" by Nancy Richler

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What happened after the "after"? It's a question I think we've all probably asked ourselves after reading some book tha...
Monday, November 19, 2012

YA Fiction: "Personal Effects" by E. M. Kokie

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It's not easy, being a teenage guy. E. M. Kokie reminds us of this in her debut novel, "Personal Effects," which centers on...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Historical Fiction: "The Art Forger" by B. A. Shapiro

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Continuing the recent trend in art-themed novels is B. A. Shapiro's "The Art Forger," published by Algonquin Books. Shapiro...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Historical Fiction: "The Painted Girls" by Cathy Marie Buchanan

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Historical fiction, in my experience, falls along a sliding scale of exactly how much of its content is fact, and how much has been create...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Memoir/Environmental: "Into Great Silence" by Eva Saulitis

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It is not often that a book published as a memoir focuses so little on the life of the author. Instead, "Into Great Silence" bri...