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Book Review: Storm
Do not be the slowest zebra. I was looking through my friend's comic collection, and she showed me Storm by Eric Jerome Dickey. Eric Jerome Dickey! I used to love his books. (Did...
Book Review: Icon: A Hero’s Welcome
When you can fly, there's no burden you can't bear. When you can fly, gravity can't touch you. When you can fly...you can do anything. I love the cartoon Static Shock, and so I...
Book Review: Nappy
The librarian suggested Nappy by Charisse Carney-Nunes after hearing a conversation I was having with another woman in line about finding a natural hairstylist. Carney-Nunes...
Book Review: Witch Week
The note said: SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH. The librarian recommended the audiobook version of Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones (narrated by Gerard Doyle) to my daughter...
Book Review: Calamity Jack
I think of myself as a criminal mastermind...with an unfortunate amount of bad luck. Calamity Jack, the sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge [my review is here], by Shannon & Dean...
Book Review: Temping Fate
Myths help keep the forces of the cosmos in balance; we let you see them in perspective. We are stories and stories have endings. When you mortals face small tastes of...
Book Review: Derby Girl
Dear Potentially Cool Parental Folk, If you suddenly realize you’re missing one charmingly sarcastic sixteen-year-old daughter, send a plane ticket. I’m ready to come home. You...
Book Review: The Surrogates
Surrogates are a vain attempt to improve upon God's already perfect will. They represent the worst efforts of men to supercede God and become gods themselves. I picked up The...
Book Review: Rapunzel’s Revenge
I guess I might've spent my whole life in that villa never learning the truth if not for that darn wall. Deep in my gut, I believed if I could just look over it, just see what...