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Author: Clare

Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel

On February 13 By Clare In Comics

Friday the 13th is the perfect day for Bookspotcentral Valentine to some wonderful women authors of paranormal fiction. Whether the label du jour is urban fantasy, dark fantasy, or some flavor of paranormal, with or …

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NAOMI NOVIK and CHARLES ARDAI at THE EXPLORERS CLUB

On July 14 By Clare In Book Reviews

Recently, I received a splashy invitation to the kind of event that a genre-bender like me can’t refuse.  The location of the festivities was the Explorers Club on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  I couldn’t wait …

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The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford Review

On August 11 By Clare In Book Reviews

For 2005, THE GIRL IN THE GLASS won the Edgar award for Best Paperback Original from the Mystery Writers of America. You might think a crime-writing award a strange one for Jeffrey Ford to receive …

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The Book of Ballads by Charles Vess Review

On June 10 By Clare In Book Reviews

With textual help from some well-known names, but primarily from the inspiration of classic Anglo-Saxon storysongs, Charles Vess has created a unique form of graphic novel. Recently reprinted in softcover, THE BOOK OF BALLADS is …

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Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston – Review

On May 14 By Clare In Book Reviews

I always think a good hard-boiled crime novel ought to read like I’m sliding into a warm bath with slit wrists, so smooth I’m grinning through the bleed-out. Charlie Huston’s CAUGHT STEALING reads like that. …

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Witness To Myself by Seymour Shubin Review

On May 4 By Clare In Book Reviews

Seymour Shubin’s WITNESS TO MYSELF is not the typical fare usually found beneath the lurid cover of a Hard Case Crime paperback. For one thing, the protagonist is a decent fellow, unlike the usual noir …

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The Wizard Lord by Lawrence Watt-Evans Review

On April 23 By Clare In Book Reviews

Lawrence Watt-Evans begins his latest sword and sorcery series with THE WIZARD LORD, Volume One of The Annals of the Chosen. In the land of Barokan, magic is everpresent. The ler are the spirits within …

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Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake Review

On January 1 By Clare In Book Reviews

If you haven’t yet read Titus Groan, then for all your life, the infant heir to castle Gormenghast has waited for you. Certainly for most of your life anyway, since Book One in Mervyn Peake’s …

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