Month: September 2014
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Disneyworld…the ultimate Americana experience
We now have a third child (a temporary one, before you all get too excited about the news). Yinan is an exchange student from Beijing going to our kids’ school, and she is staying with us for the school year. She is a lovely person, and my only concern about her is how she could…
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Book review: Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read the Stephanie Plum novels for hilarious dialogue, funny and idiosyncratic characters and a completely unrealistic but entertaining plot. And that’s what you get with this addition to the series. If the book seems a bit formulaic, well, yes, it is, but that’s…
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Book review: Alpha by Greg Rucka
Alpha by Greg Rucka My rating: 4 of 5 stars My current favorite thriller genre authors are Greg Rucka, Brad Thor, and Lee Child (Tom Clancy’s earlier works are also favorites). Having just finished “Alpha,” the start of Greg Rucka’s new series, I have decided that he is my favorite of the three. His Queen…