This relentlessly creative and fast-moving novel opens like a late-night rock-and-roll question: “If you could time-travel to any concert in history, which one would you go to?” In Every Anxious Wave, washed-up indie rocker Karl Bender discovers that his closet is the portal to a time-travel wormhole; with a simple laptop program he and […]
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Hello dear readers! I’m excited to be today’s spot on the Poet Anderson…Of Nightmares blog tour. This book is a collaboration between musician Tom DeLonge and bestselling author Suzanne Young. It’s part of a multimedia project of DeLonge that includes an album, short film and comic. The first book of a planned trilogy is about two […]
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I am very late to The Martian party, but I finally listened to this Audie-winning audiobook. This is a thrilling read made even better by the stellar audiobook narration and I’m glad I read it before seeing the movie. At Comic-Con this summer I saw author Andy Weir on a “Book to Screen” panel and […]
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From where I sit, the only flaw with Ernest Cline’s engaging second novel Armada is that it has really big shoes to fill. Cline’s sprawling, ingenious, and hilarious 2011 debut Ready Player One earned praise, awards, and an upcoming film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg. Is Armada as rich, giddy, and clever as Ready Player […]
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I’m very pleased to welcome Andrew to the blog today with a special guest book review. You may know him from his Movie Date posts, but he wanted to share his thoughts on a book that’s getting a lot of buzz: National Book Award finalist Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Make sure to leave him some reading […]
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Relationships are hard, especially when one of you is a time traveler! In Loop, Bree is a shifter from the 23rd century who falls for a 21st century boy. When their time frames get tangled they work together to solve a mystery and try to fix the past. This book was a blast! Time travel […]
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