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Book Reviews Books Middle Grade

The Oddmire Book One by William Ritter (Book Review)

July 16, 2019 Deanna Lynn 0

Magic is fading from the Wild Wood. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind—a newborn changeling. But when the night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. After laying the changeling in a human infant’s crib, the goblin Kull is briefly distracted. By the time he turns back, the changeling has already perfectly mimicked the human child. Too perfectly: Kull cannot tell them apart, so he leaves both babies behind.

Book Reviews Books Historical Fiction

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

December 25, 2017 Deanna Lynn 0

In this enthralling historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. Get THE ALICE NETWORK in e-book for $2.99 today!

Book Reviews Books General Fiction

Pupcakes by Annie England Noblin (Review + Excerpt)

October 12, 2017 Deanna Lynn 0

All she wants is a settled-down life.

What she gets is a dog—and a whole new normal . . .

There he stood in the doorway: overweight, depressed and nearly homeless—a pug named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy was Brydie Benson’s latest problem, arriving on top of her messy divorce and sudden move. Brydie needed a place to start over, so this rent-free home seemed a great idea. She just never counted on Teddy, or his owner, the Germantown Retirement Village’s toughest customer, Pauline Neumann. PUPCAKES is out

Adult Book Reviews Books Women's Fiction

The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis (Book Review)

June 24, 2019 Deanna Lynn 0

When Brooke’s older sister, Mindy, shows up at her door with her three kids in tow, she barely recognizes her sibling who looks like she’s on the verge of a total breakdown. While adventurous, wanderlust Brooke was always the problem child, eager to slip free of Wildstone and its small-town constraints, Mindy was the golden child, who never had a hair out of place or a GPA below 4.0. The Mindy that arrives at Brooke’s apartment however, is a far cry from the ever-perfect doctor’s wife…

Books General Fiction Reviews SciFi & Fantasy

Carnivalesque by Neil Jordan (Book Review)

June 6, 2017 Deanna Lynn 0

Master storyteller Neil Jordan creates his most commercial novel in years in this crackling, cinematic fantasy–which is also a parable of adolescence, how children become changelings, and how they find their own way.

Movie Reviews Movies

The Meg (Movie Review)

August 12, 2018 Deanna Lynn 0

In The Meg, Jason Statham plays Jonas Taylor, a deep-sea rescue diver tasked with rescuing a crew trapped at the bottom of the ocean, who is being attacked and stalked by a giant creature no one believed was real.