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Review: The Highest Stakes of All by Sara Craven

by Keira 11.28.2011

Heroine: Joanna Veron is somewhere around 19. In her father’s world she plays at being a high maintenance vapid beauty, but inside she’s really just a sweetheart looking for a way out of her father’s lifestyle (without having to go to her perfectly nice uncle) ever since a particularly bad incident when they were living [...]

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Movie Review: My Life in Ruins starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, and Alexis Georgoulis

by Keira 08.19.2011

Wow, another movie that was totally trashed by reviewers is yet another one I really enjoyed watching. I think My Life in Ruins is a smash. It uses stereotypes to make everything appear awful at first and then slowly unravels the truth beneath the façade. You have obnoxious American tourists, an old lady that steals [...]

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Review: The Heart of War by Lisa Beth Darling

by Sharon S. 04.17.2011

by Sharon S., guest reviewer It doesn’t take long to realize Ares is an ass. He is definitely the spoiled, self-important brat that the gods of Olympus think he is. Lots of stories like to romanticize the Greek gods, but in reality they were a petty and mean bunch of beings. As a fan of [...]

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Marriage and Courtship in Ancient Greece

by Guest Blogger 12.13.2010

by Leslie Soule, guest blogger and author of Fallenwood So I got a wild itch the other day and it made me want to write a retelling of the Bellerophon myth – you know, the one where Prince Bellerophon slays a fierce monster called the chimera. The chimera is supposed to have the body of [...]

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Review: Petals Drifting by Anne Hampson

by Keira 11.11.2010

This category romance would make a great farcical romantic comedy movie. Just keep reading and you’ll know what I mean. The Bryants – Jane (heroine), Guy (brother) The Dysons – Stuart (fiancé), Pauline (future sister-in-law) Two pairs of brother and sister pretend to be married to each other in order to land a job on [...]

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Review: The Moon That Night by Helen Brenna

by Keira 11.10.2010

Q: When can a good guy commit a crime and still be a good guy? A: When his family is threatened. Which is just what happens to soldier James Riley while on a routine rotation out of Afghanistan. David March, a man who blames Riley for his brother’s death, kidnapped Riley’s sister-in-law and his young [...]

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Review: Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs

by Keira 03.29.2010

Oh. My. Gods. is a pretty decent young adult novel. As an older reader, I wish it provided me with more… more everything. I would recommend this book for young preteens up to age fourteen or fifteen. It’s clean, it’s cute, and it’s got fun paranormal elements. The majority of the work is set in [...]