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REVIEW:  Also Known As by Robin Benway

REVIEW: Also Known As by Robin Benway

Dear Ms. Benway, I’m very fond of novels about teenage spies and grifters. But while I get a steady grifter fix from series like Holly Black’s Curseworker trilogy or Ally Carter’s Heist Society series, there’s a definite lack of YA spies. So when your novel appeared on my radar, I snapped it up. Maggie Silver(…)

REVIEW:  Dark Dealings by Kim Knox

REVIEW: Dark Dealings by Kim Knox

Dear Kim Knox: Lately I’ve been in the mood for something different. It’s that reader restlessness that strikes me from time to time and makes me desperately want something new. It’s been that kind of year in terms of books. Because of this, I went into Dark Dealings with no expectations. It’s been a while(…)

Thursday News: Marriage equality in Washington; fan fiction in manufacturing; and women as spies

Marriage equality is up for a vote in Washington this year. Two Seattle artists created this video in support legalizing same sex marriage. Don’t forget to vote this year. It’s as important as it ever was. The long tail of Lego | The Great Debate – I haven’t read Makers and I’m not sure that(…)

REVIEW:  The Dark Palazzo by Virgina Coffman

REVIEW: The Dark Palazzo by Virgina Coffman

Dear Ms. Coffman, During my junior year of high school, I happened to take AP European History. I recall many things from that course, but what I chiefly remember is the section on the French Revolution. Perhaps it was my general interest in all things French during that phase of my adolescence, but I seem(…)