Thursday, November 29, 2012

In Russia, it's hard to tell whether the darkness comes from reality or the old tales

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It takes a certain mind to see the stories behind the items and people one passes every day. The seas of the moon. The pattern of the holes ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

A Merry Christmas Non-Fiction Shopping List

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The Non-Fiction Shopping List 2012 It's the beginning of the holiday shopping season, and it's time to start checking peoples...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

An Indian pickpocket finds more than she bargained for

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Esme and Jed are back, and just as hard-headed as ever in the second story of The Bustlepunk Chronicles, Courting Trouble  by Jenny Schwartz...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A horrific look into North Korea, through the eyes of a man who lived the worst of it.

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South Korea, like Japan, has had a renaissance in the last century or so. With a national attitude of always striving to achieve, the small ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

When two people steal the same name, conflicts generally occur

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A cat - who might be more than he appears - helps a young ballerina from France make it big in England in Mercedes Lackey's sixth Elemen...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

A fairy tale retelling that doesn't shy away from the darkness of the old stories

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Wicked stepmothers, loyal brothers and the spirits of the woods inhabit this fairy tale retelling in Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the ...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Manga Monday: Can first love be anything but bittersweet?

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Year 2 at Tokyo Space School begins, and Mr. Lion reflects on his first love, in Twin Spica Volume 5 . Note:   Twin Spica Volume 5  is,...