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Book Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Updated November 21, 2021 I’ve been looking for a book to get lost in. The kind of book that sweeps you up, brings you on an adventure and leaves you satisfied, yet sad that it’s over. I’ve tried a bunch and they haven’t been bad, some have even been very good, but there has been…

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‘Salem’s Lot

Between Peter and I, there seems to be a cross-Atlantic trend towards reviews in the middle. Which doesn’t mean that we don’t finish the books, just that… Well, I’m not sure what it means. On my part, certainly a lack of patience appears to be the case. And a compulsive need to talk about a…

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a reader's rant about Angels & Demoins and other Dan Brown books

Angels & Demons: A Reader’s Rant

Updated March 15, 2021 Normally, the rule here on The Seated View is that I don’t diss authors. It’s a professional courtesy writer-to-writer, keeping critique constructive while refraining from pointing and laughing. Today, I… well, I won’t go as far as breaking my promise to be civil, but I am going to be opinionated. Luckily,…

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Lene’s Bookshelf: A Review of Leeway Cottage

Updated September 19, 2024 I just finished reading Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon. I heard about it some place I can’t remember and given the theme of Denmark during World War II, I naturally had to read it. Unfortunately, the English audiobbok version is only available in abridged format, so my take on it will…

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