Author Archives: Jennifer
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
Filed under Book Review, Young Adult
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
Filed under Crafts & How To, History, Nonfiction
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
Filed under Book Review, Memoir & Biography, Nonfiction
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
Filed under Book Review, Fiction, Horror
The Lampshade
I didn’t know if I should write about this book. I wasn’t even going to check it out. It sat at my elbow on my desk for half an hour before I decided that I needed to check it out and … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, History, Nonfiction
The Blasphemer
I could not even begin to tell you the plot of this novel. Three days after finishing it, I thought I would have time to process it, think it over and be able to explain the novel to another reader. … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Fiction, General Fiction
Girl in Translation
I don’t like happy endings. There. I said it. I’m one of those people who lives inside her head 24 hours of the day, my imagination never seeming to wind down. Most who know me would think I would seek … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Fiction
My Name Is Memory
“Do you come here often?” “You look so familiar! I must have known you in a past life.” “Heaven must be missing an angel.” These are a few of the pick up lines people use thinking they’re being smooth when, laughably, they … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Fiction, General Fiction
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
Pick it up. Put it down. Pick it up. Nah. Put it down. This was me when I first saw the cover of Brunonia Barry’s The Map of True Places. I thought, “This looks like a romance.” I must’ve picked … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Fiction, General Fiction, Mystery & Crime
Abraham Vampire
You’re joking, right? Abraham Lincoln, a vampire hunter? When I heard about this novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, I laughed because I thought it was a joke. The cover shows a very stately President … Continue reading
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