I zoomed through this novel. It's a fast paced, interesting, highly readable. The concept is this: John Smith can read minds. As you might suspect, the CIA and military think this is a highly useful trick, so they make him an operative. As you might also suspect, being able to…
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Danielle on The Gentleman by Forrest Leo
What’s an excellent but underappreciated (1) poet to do when he runs out of funds? Marry for money, of course! And what should the same poet do when he discovers that he doesn’t love his new wife... and that she has destroyed his ability to write? Sell her…
Dan on Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle
Peter Beagle has long held a special place in my heart as the creator of The Last Unicorn. I mean a very special place. For years I had a stuffed unicorn that was the unicorn from The Last Unicorn for me. I've maintained my love for The Last Unicorn such…
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Danielle on Five Books You Can Read on a Rainy Fall Day
Rainy days -- especially rainy days in the fall -- seem to demand a warm beverage, a cozy blanket, and a good book. But not just ANY book. Just like there are books that are better read at the beach, there are books that are particularly suited for rainy fall…
Dan on Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Trigger warning: cutting. Picture if you will: I'm reading along, enjoying myself immensely when I have a realization. An upsetting realization. This book was not written for me. I'm a good thirty years older than the target age demographic and probably the wrong gender to boot. A sense of being…
Danielle on The Newsflesh Series and Rise (the Complete Newsflesh Collection) by Mira Grant
Part One: The Impending Zombie Apocalypse Imagine, if you will, three people sitting at a crowded bar. There are various sports on the wall-mounted television screens, but the three we are focused on are not watching them. Instead, they are having a heated conversation. "So, if the zombies attacked…
Danielle on Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Dan brought this book home (Dan is always bringing books home, which is one of the many reasons that he is awesome) and I read it. Then I read it again. And then again. #bookstagram #afterwords A photo posted by @yellie75 on Sep 11, 2016 at 12:14pm PDT At…
Dan on The Passage, The Twelve, and The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
I feel incredibly uncomfortable doing anything but rave about popular books. It always leaves me feeling like I've missed something that others have so obviously loved. Either that or it makes me feel like a total curmudgeon who hates popular things strictly because they are popular. So here's the confused…