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Review: American Gods

June 14, 2011 – 8:06 am

The Book: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
The Story: Life has not exactly treated Shadow well.  He has been in prison for a few years, just pining after his wife.  A couple of days before he gets out, she dies in this kind of freak accident.  Not knowing what else to do, Shadow heads home.  On [...]

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Review: Mister Monday

February 25, 2010 – 7:00 am

The Book: Mister Monday: The Keys to the Kingdom #1, by Garth Nix
The Story: The main character of this book, Arthur, suffers a should-be fatal asthma attack and is visited by some creepy dudes who babble off some crazy stuff and then give him a book and a “key” that looks like the minute hand [...]

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Review: Jurassic Park

February 24, 2010 – 8:57 am

The Book: Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
The Story: I probably don’t have to explain this one too much…
A crazy old guy decides to clone dinosaurs and put them on an island as an amusement park.  They are all girl-dinos and they are pretty sure that they have control over the whole situation.  A couple of [...]

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