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Book Review - The Zombie Combat Manual

Book Review - The Zombie Combat Manual

During a zombie outbreak, 98% of individuals will have to destroy their undead opponent without the aid of a firearm. Will you be ready? The Zombie Combat Manual is a comprehensive guide that demonstrates how anyone, from seasoned fighte [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Queen Victoria  Demon Hunter

Book Review - Queen Victoria Demon Hunter

Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies helped pave the way for this amusing alternate history of Queen Victoria’s reign. The Queen, Prince Albert and Prime Minister Lord Melbourne along with Protektor Maggie Bro [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - See How Much I Love You

Book Review - See How Much I Love You

Teenage lovers Montse and Santiago come from totally different backgrounds. Raised in a middle class family, Montse is educated with a bright future ahead of her. Dirt poor, uneducated with few prospects open to him, Santiago joins the m [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Turned

Book Review - Turned

Third in the Blood Lily Chronicles finds Lily Carlyle in a quandary after she was duped into becoming an assassin fighting for the forces of darkness. With the assistance of Deacon, a redemption seeking demon, her sister Rose and a trust [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Through Sea and Stone

Book Review - Through Sea and Stone

The new national bestselling Noble Dead story arc is "another must read series" (Book Spot Central). Wynn journeys to the mountain stronghold of the dwarves in search of the "Stonewalkers," an unknown sect supposedly [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Book reviews - The course of true love never did run smoothly

Book reviews - The course of true love never did run smoothl...

You don’t need to read the prequels to this installment of Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation series of espionage-laden historical romances for the story to make sense. Newcomers and loyal fans alike will love brash, flirtati [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review - A remedial draught - by Afrah Jamal

Book review - A remedial draught - by Afrah Jamal

Many would call it a wasteland where governments and old problems get recycled, institutions never get a chance to evolve and good intentions remain unrealised. Against such a backdrop, some people have an unerring sense of direction, wh [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review- Michael Dirda reviews Robert Jackson Bennett's 'Mr. Shivers'

Book review- Michael Dirda reviews Robert Jackson Bennett's ...

You'll recognize this novel in the store by its striking dust jacket: A man in a long topcoat, with a dark fedora pulled down across his brow, lies between the rails of a train track. He appears to be taking his ease, with his he [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEW - Dark tale from Lovely Bones author

BOOK REVIEW - Dark tale from Lovely Bones author

When a novel begins, "When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily," the reader does not expect a fun, light read. In "The Almost Moon," however, author Alice Sebold brings grim to a whole new level. She t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review–Candide

I am very much behind in my book reviews. So far behind, in fact, that I have to review two books that I read last year. This is the first of those reviews. Candide is a funny and sharp book, with excellent observations about the folly o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Travel book reviews - Paris and her Remarkable Women; and Bradt's Nova Scotia

Travel book reviews - Paris and her Remarkable Women; and Br...

Review: Nova Scotia is often lumped together in guidebooks with its neighbours, Canada's other Maritime provinces: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. Orkin makes a compelling case for Canada's second [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Review - The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

I'm not sure that Joshua Ferris's new novel The Unnamed, good though it is – at times, very good – is the novel someone should pick up during these days of sub-zero temperatures and cloudy misery. That goes doubly so [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

1492 - the Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernández-Armesto : review

1492 - the Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernández-Armesto ...

There has been a vogue in the past few years for writing books about years. Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s is the latest contribution to the genre. He somewhat defeats the object at the very start by pointing out, quite corr [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters

Book Review - The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters

Modern day horror stories seem required to contain a healthy dose of gore and detached limbs, so it’s a pleasure to encounter a tale that depends solely on the tension of a setting to provide the chills. British author Sarah Waters [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

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