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The Witch Within by Iva Kenaz My rating: 4 of 5 stars For some reason, this was on the bottom of my currently reading shelf, and I didn’t realize I had read it before. I don’t remember the story, so I’ll finish and add a re-review here. Okay. I finished this last night and found the same feeling about the book. I’m glad I read it again. Stockholm Syndrome. Just looked it up and didn’t want to…

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler My rating: 4 of 5 stars What an adventure! This book takes the apocalyptic point of view from the beginning to the end. Our main character is the daughter of a preacher. She is black, but her skin color is not the point. She is a teenager in a protected community that suddenly isn’t. As a teen, she sees things her way, not like her parents or anyone else.…

Revenge of the Mad Scientist by Lara Nance My rating: 3 of 5 stars I found this at the bottom of my ‘currently reading’ list (there were 85 books!), so I finally downloaded it to my Fire. Done. Here is the Blurb from GoodReads: When Lady Arabella Trunkett’s father, the High Lord Minister of Urbannia is kidnapped, all clues point to the mysterious country of Gandiss and the world is thrown into…

How Could It Be? by Xiomara Rodriguez My rating: 4 of 5 stars “A senior FBI agent being shot in the precinct’s parking lot is only the first shock in Lieutenant Jane Sparks’s day. The second is Senior Agent Fran Morris is a mirror image of Sparks, an identical twin. After an awkward and confrontational meeting at the hospital while Agent Morris is in recovery, they decide to put their brilliant…

A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis My rating: 3 of 5 stars I needed a light read. This did the trick. Though it had scary topics, it was all tongue-in-cheek fun. Coleen Marlo, the narrator, was fun to listen to, although her males sounded hoarse and hard to distinguish from each other. This is a story for you if you like witchy stories with humor. It is a fast read; I think I read it in one night.…

Review: Relatively Normal Secrets by C.W. Allen

Relatively Normal Secrets by C.W. Allen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Want a little reprieve from the heavier material you’ve been reading lately? This is the book. It is so much fun and a quick read. After all, it is a chapter book for middle grades. But I don’t quite know how to intrigue you without giving spoilers. Here is the blurb, even it has spoilers I wouldn’t have included. “Tuesday and Zed…

Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling My rating: 3 of 5 stars I bought and read the hardback over ten years ago. Somehow my collection went away. Did I sell it before moving? I can’t remember. But I remember enjoying the story and the movies. But one thing I hated about the whole enterprise was how male-heavy it was. With it written by a woman, you would think that she could have…