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with Drake The Duck Muse
Multi-Genre Author ~ Editor ~ Book Designer ~ Writing Coach
The Blog Thingy
Where Emotion and Information are Dispensed Inconsistently... Sometimes
You'll find some interesting stuff here...
a few Op Eds, some Writing Craft Information, Book Reviews, and More. Poke around the categories and see what ruffles your feathers... in a good way!
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Click The Cover To Order! I got completely caught up in this story. It was engaging on so many levels, I devoured it slowly, as you...
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Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey
One of the things I love best is to have a friend recommend a book to read. Going in, you have an understanding that this is going to be...
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Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin (and others)
Click The Cover To Order! This was an interesting collection of short stories written by a host of superb authors, about women, dangerous...
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Only You by Benjamin Daniels
Click The Cover To Order! This was a most curious book. I've never read anything quite like it before. The narrator is the book itself,...
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The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia
Click The Cover To Order! This is by far one of the goofiest books I've ever read! I listened to the audiobook, and it had me laughing...
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They Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Click The Cover To Order! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a tremendous fan of series fiction. It’s often frustrating to me when I read...
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Inspection by Josh Malerman
Click The Cover To Order! Like thousands of other readers on the planet, I was enticed to read “Inspection” after having read “Bird...
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Origin by J.A. Konrath
Click The Cover To Order! I found this a very entertaining read... an alternate origin story set in present time with present-day...
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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
At just 103 pages, this isn't an awful novella. If you're interested in the vampire vein of storytelling (see what I did there), you'll...
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
This story was pretty much all-consuming for me from the time I started with page one, until the last word. Wow! From the synopsis, I...
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Hell House by Richard Matheson
Click The Cover To Order! A story of a haunted house, told with a twist... okay, several twists. This is not just a story about ghosts...
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The Bookshop From Hell by David Haynes
If you've read any of my other book reviews, you'll know that I'm a reader who gravitates toward books about books, libraries, bookshops,...
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The Troubling Adventures of Jesse and Owen by Ted Lemon
Click The Cover To Order! I met Ted at a recent book festival and he asked me to read his book. "It's a mid-grade," he said, "about two...
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An Uncertain Accomplice by Donald Levin
Click The Cover To Order! Yet another wonderful installment of the Martin Preuss mystery series. This may be the shortest of the books,...
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One Man's Opus by Boyd Craven
Click The Cover To Order! I'm so pleased that Beth Dumity, proprietor of R&B Used Books in Grand Blanc, Michigan, introduced me to...
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