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The Dreaming is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Queenie Chan, published by Tokyopop. It is a self-contained story and completed in 3 volumes.
As other readers have noted, this manga is not typical. First of all it is set in Australia and secondly, it is written by a Chinese-Australian author. The Dreaming can be best described […]
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Continue ReadingDead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris, published in 2001, is the first book in the Southern Vampire mystery series. Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid from Bön Temps, Louisiana, narrates the story.
Sookie has a gift: she can read minds. She considers her telepathy a disability because many of the townspeople consider her […]
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Continue ReadingOdd Thomas by Dean Koontz (2003) is the first book in the Odd Series. Koontz is a writer whose work is often hard to classify sometimes. Some of the work he writes are straight up horror stories and some are not.
Odd Thomas is a story in between where you have a blend of paranormal aspects mixed with suspense. The story is narrated by the lead character […]
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Continue ReadingPreludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman. Where does one even begin? I was curious about Mr. Gaiman’s Sandman series as I’m told repeatedly, that’s it’s popular. I had bought Endless Nights not realizing that it was not the first volume in the series. I rushed back to the store and got a copy of Preludes and Nocturnes. Here is […]
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Continue ReadingIt’s been years, YEARS since I read a Dean Koontz novel. I haven’t read any of his current books in quite sometime. Maybe someone can give me a rec or two of his work? Of all the three books I’ve read by him back to back to back, I remember Lightning quite fondly. Do you like time travel? Adventure? Action?
The book is shelved in horror […]
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