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Review: A Simplified Map of the Real World by Stevan Allred

09.07.2013 by Edee Lemonier // Leave a Comment

Review: A Simplified Map of the Real World by Stevan Allred

If I were to write an Amazon review of A Simplified Map of the Real World by Stevan Allred, it would probably be the following: A Simplified Map of the Real World is a collection of 15 linked short stories that take place in Renata, Oregon and … [Read more...]

Categories // Reading, Reviews Tags // A Simplified Map of the Real World, Book Launch, Book Reviews, Fiction, Portland OR, Powell's Books, Short Stories, Stevan Allred

Review: “Kris Longknife” Series, by Mike Shepherd

08.12.2012 by Edee Lemonier // 3 Comments

Review: “Kris Longknife” Series, by Mike Shepherd

A few years ago one of my fourth-graders walked up to me during the last week of school and said, "Mrs. Lemonier, my grandpa's a writer." Aren't we all, I rudely thought. "What does he write?" "Science Fiction!" Hmmm... She introduced me to … [Read more...]

Categories // Reviews Tags // Book Reviews, Female Heroine, Female Lead Character, Fiction, Kris Longkife, Mike Shepherd, Science Fiction, Space Opera

Review: “Tornado Warning”

07.20.2012 by Edee Lemonier // 1 Comment

Review: “Tornado Warning”

Tornado Warning: a Memoir of Teen Dating Violence and Its Effect on a Woman's Life by Elin Stebbins Waldal is the beautifully told story of the author's survival of horrific domestic violence as a teenager. Ms. Waldal uses journal entries from those … [Read more...]

Categories // Reviews Tags // Book Reviews, Domestic violence, Elin Stebbins Waldal, Non-fiction, Tornado Warning

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