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Death of a Gossip

The First In a Famous Cozy Mystery Series Author: M.C. Beaton A covey of strangers, they have all gathered for a week’s retreat at the Lochdubh School of Casting to learn a little fly fishing. There is the old general, always glad to tell about his feats of military prowess; the rude, rich, American couple; a secretary desperate for romance; a young boy beleaguered by his cloying aunt and absentee mother; a rich playboy; a gorgeous, icy blond with a fortune; and finally, Lady Jane, everyone’s personal nemesis. As the week goes on, Lady Jane finds and reveals each guests’ dark [...]

2022-05-26T08:16:48-07:00May 22nd, 2022|Tags: |

Dragons of Spring Dawning

The End of an Era Authors: Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman The companions have faced death and now they face betrayal and the dark power of Takhisis’ amassing armies. In Dragons of Spring Dawning the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy reaches its powerful conclusion. We have been following it from our beleaguered heroes’ strange meeting in the Inn of the Last Home all the way through their perilous quest and into the first loss. Now, they are inching closer to the heart of Takhisis’ evil empire and to answers they may not be able to stand. Armed now with a dragonlance and good [...]

2022-05-26T08:32:02-07:00May 17th, 2022|Tags: |

House of Leaves

An Endless House, a Childhood Secret Author: Mark Z. Danielelewski I remember prowling through Barnes and Noble as a teen and invariably running across House of Leaves, picking it up, and flipping through to see the bizarre format: words stair stepping down pages, inverted, magnified, split. This layout, among other things, gained House of Leaves its notoriety. At the bookstore I’d always read the back cover, flirt with the idea of buying the book and seeing what all the fuss was about, but I’d always end up putting it right back on the shelf and walking away. I was discouraged by [...]

2022-07-26T09:02:16-07:00May 13th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |
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