Author Archives: Jennifer

Ashes

I am so over zombie books. At least I thought I was until I picked up Ilsa J. Bick’s Ashes. At the beginning of this young adult novel we meet Alex who has a brain tumor and has been given 6 months … Continue reading

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Laughing Through Hell

The funniest people are usually the darkest you’ll ever bump into. Well okay, there are those Goth kids who have their faces painted stark white and lips painted black. They sit in dark rooms listening to Morrissey and reading Poe … Continue reading

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11/22/63

I think Stephen King’s latest novel, 11/22/63, is 600 pages too long. Oh my God.  Do you think he heard me say that? Is he on his way right now, hurtling along fog choked freeways on a motorcycle made from human … Continue reading

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The Suicide Collectors 

I love a good plague. From the black death to the influenza of 1918 that basically stopped the world in its tracks, plagues and contagion fascinate me. The thing I find absolutely amazing is that history really does repeat itself. … Continue reading

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In Search of the Rose Notes

When I was nine years old there were a series of commercials for Time-Life books—these were the days before the 3 a.m. infomercials advertising things you absolutely could not live without—about the paranormal. The commercial’s a little hazy in my … Continue reading

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Turn of Mind

I have a compulsion.  No, I don’t shoplift decorative spoons or collect Beanie Babies. I have a compulsion to write things down.  I’ve had people tell me they think it’s great that I chronicle the (often boring) events in my life. When … Continue reading

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The Prince of Mist

Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste I’ve been around for a long, long year Stole many a man’s soul and faith —The Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil” Many of us make deals … Continue reading

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A Display Fit for a Queen

Diana. She’s the first person who comes to mind when I think of the royal family. I have to admit that on the day she died, I was getting ready to start my job here at the Everett Public Library … Continue reading

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Dead End Gene Pool

Wendy Burden, author of Dead End Gene Pool, and I were separated at birth. Okay, she’s probably a good 20 years older than me but I feel like I’m her mini-me. It seems you can’t go into a bookstore or a … Continue reading

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House of Leaves

This book is not for you. So says the dedication page of Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves.  For a brief moment the phrase is threatening: Don’t you dare go any further; put this away because it is not for your … Continue reading

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