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Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.

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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Chandler Baker
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Ralph Ellison
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100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
Gary Raisor, Richard Chizmar, Al Sarrantonio, Avram Davidson
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John P. Kotter
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Charles M. Schulz
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Carolyn Keene
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Russell H. Tandy, Mildred Benson, Carolyn Keene

Mine ★★★★☆

7:16 am 2 October 2015
Mine - Robert R. McCammon

My brain needed a good scrub in a long hot shower after spending time inside the main character’s mind. She is one freaky psychopath. Lots of strong, kick-ass female characters. The plot tore along and I could not put this down once it gained enough momentum.

 

There was only one real flaw with this story, but it nagged at me throughout. I get that you don’t f*** with mothers and this was one determined lady, but my suspension of disbelief was pretty challenged by

the antics of a woman who had just given birth, literally a couple of days before, complete with epidural and episiotomy. I could believe that she’d power through whatever discomfort, pain, etc., that she’d have to, under the circumstances. But the actual challenges a woman would face in those circumstances aren’t referred to, even obliquely. More is made of her dog-bite injuries.

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Nevertheless, I highly recommend.

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