From the Stacks: Crystal Singer

With August soon approaching, it seemed appropriate to highlight one of the amazing authors scheduled to make an appearance at the much anticipated Dragon*Con.  For those of us East Coasters (or folks who don’t mind traveling), that would be from August 31 to September 2 in Atlanta, GA.  What better way to spend Labor Day [...]

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From the Stacks: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I’m usually not much of a mystery reader, but I’ll occasionally make an exception.  For the longest time, I didn’t read mysteries because none of them could match up (in my mind) to Sir Arther Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries.  A little unfair, I later realized, to compare with a series that basically created the [...]

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From the Stacks: The Lunatic Cafe

Yeah, I know. I probably should have started with the first book of the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton, but this one is my favorite of the series.  Now, a little background may be needed for those not familiar with Hamilton or Anita Blake.  This series of books takes place in a kind [...]

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From the Stacks: Fray

[Pink Raygun Review]
In honor of the new FOX series, Drive, which premiered this month and features Nathan Fillion (Captain sexy-droolworthy-fangirl-eyecandy—I mean Captain Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly) and Tim Minear (Firefly/Angel writer extraordinaire), and also in honor of the new Buffy Season 8 comic book that has recently been published, I decided it was only right [...]

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From the Stacks: A Study in Emerald

This story is what happened when Neil Gaiman asked himself "What would happen if I mashed together the world of Holmes and Cthulhu?  Hmmm…"  Besides that, I can’t talk too much about this story without giving too much away.  Sometimes the fun in reading a treat like this is going in blind.  I will say [...]

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From the Stacks: The Longest Night (X-Factor)

I hate you, Peter David!
I swore off Marvel.  I was completely done with the House that Stan Lee Built.  I had packed up my old Uncannys, put away the Excaliburs of my youth, and told myself that I was going to turn away from Marvel for good.  (Except for Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-men, because hey, [...]

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From the Stacks: Jennifer Government

I am a librarian.  I like being a librarian.  It goes beyond my natural tendency to hide from the light and bury myself in a stack of dust covers and dog-eared pages for a few hours.  Being a librarian gives me a chance to talk about books with other people.  Sadly, since I am a [...]

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