M.A. Kropp: Writer, Blogger, GeekGirl. My Life. My Words. My Way.
This week, I decided to try something new- an audio recording! I don't claim to be the best voice actor, nor is the recording perfect (it's the fourth or fifth try!), but hey, it's something a little different. Before we get to that, here's the blurb for "Snake's Alive: The Yo-Yo Files #2": Things have … Continue reading Thursday Teaser: Snake’s Alive Audio Preview
Blood Hound by James Osiris Baldwin My rating: 3 of 5 stars I usually start a review with a short, spoiler free synopsis of the book's plot, but as much as I tried, I couldn't put one together for this book. Not that there wasn't one, but it seemed to take a back seat to … Continue reading Friday Review: Blood Hound (Hound of Eden #1) by James Osiris Baldwin
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book was quite the sensation when it first came out, and has gotten many very positive reviews. I just can't understand why. I found it boring and tedious, with a one-dimensional plot that just restated itself over and over. The premise … Continue reading Friday Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Dream Stalker by Amy Hopkins My rating: 3 of 5 stars Emma is a half-blood, the daughter of a Talented and a mortal. She is caught between both worlds, as are most half-bloods in this alternate London. Half-bloods are rejected by the full Talented as not equal to them, and the full mortals don't really … Continue reading Friday Review: Dream Stalker (Talented Book 1) by Amy Hopkins
Paradisi Escape: Paradisi Chronicles by Cheri Lasota My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Earth is dying. Decades of war and abuse have left the planet almost uninhabitable, and the Founders have hired Solomon Reach and his company to build the ships that will take a select group of humans to a new world, leaving … Continue reading Friday Review: Paradisi Escape (Paradisi Chronicles) by Cherie LaSota
Codex by Lev Grossman My rating: 3 of 5 stars At 25, Edward Wozny has it all, or so it seems. A hotshot investment banker about to move overseas to take a prestigious promotion at his firm's London office, Edward has a couple weeks off- his first vacation in years. His best friend, a computer … Continue reading Friday Review: Codex by Lev Grossman
I have heard a lot of people remarking on the lack of snow so far this winter. Glad that we have really not had a lot, and that it has been a fairly easy winter so far. I blame you. Every single one of you. Because Old Man Winter? He heard you, loud and clear. … Continue reading Monday Musings: Winter is Back. Oh, Boy, Is It Ever! and Writing Updates
The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Is there a distinction between comic books and graphic novels? Some say yes, some say no. Some say that graphic novels are more complete, that the stories are finished in one or two issues, where comic books can stretch … Continue reading Friday Review: The Sandman Volume 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
American Fairy Tales: From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories by Neil Philip My rating: 4 of 5 stars Twelve stories penned by American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Washington Irving, Carl Sandburg, and others. The stories are all uniquely American in some way, and many depart from the familiar European … Continue reading Friday Review: American Fairy Tales: From Rip Van Winkle to The Rootabaga Stories (Compiled) by Neil Philip
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Grace is having problems in school. Chance, a classmate has been mean to her and she is starting to believe the things he says. When her grandma hears Grace calling herself stupid, she decides it is time for Grace to learn a lesson about being kind to others. She … Continue reading Friday Review: The Kindness Can by Tracy Watland
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