Warning: Political Opinions!

I don’t often share political opinions online. Everyone has their own opinions, which is totally fine, but not everyone is tolerant of other opinions, which is totally frustrating. And social …
HardcoverLife January 24, 2017
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The Eyre Affair

Today we rejoice with The Eyre Affair, a wonderful novel by Jasper Fforde, and the first of the Thursday Next series. I must admit: nobody told me about this book. Nobody. …
HardcoverLife December 22, 2016
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12 Days of Teacher Christmas

Today we’re going to talk about the miracles that walk among us: teachers. I know, I know. This is supposed to primarily be a little blog about books and what …
HardcoverLife December 9, 2016
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Thanksgiving & Christmas

Goodbye, Thanksgiving; Hello, Christmas

It’s December 1st, and we are well into the holiday season. Farewell to the month of turkeys and overeating and Black Friday shopping and football. Hello to the month of …
HardcoverLife December 1, 2016
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Kraken King

We’ve made it to book 4 in the Iron Seas series: The Kraken King! Woohoo! We have relished the first two, survived the third, and now can rejoice in the fourth. You …
HardcoverLife November 26, 2016
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Riveted

It’s week three of November, which means it’s time for book three of The Iron Seas series: Riveted! Okay. So, the first two book in Meljean Brook’s series, The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel, are …
HardcoverLife November 17, 2016
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Heart of Steel

Heart of Steel

It’s week #2, which can mean only one thing: time for Heart of Steel, book #2 of Meljean Brook’s Iron Seas series! For those who missed last week, I’m going to …
HardcoverLife November 10, 2016
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The Iron Duke

I hereby declare November to be “Steampunk Month”! This is a super unofficial declaration, prompted in part because I’ve gone back to read The Iron Seas series and partly because a …
HardcoverLife November 3, 2016
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Pseudo-Crafter

Okay. Time for a confession: I am a pseudo-crafter. Yeah, maybe that phrase does not exist (yet), but that’s what I’m calling it. I do not know always know what …
HardcoverLife October 1, 2016
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Sleeping Giants

I was really excited to read Sleeping Giants, a novel by Sylvain Neuvel. The book, out in April 2016, summary compares Sleeping Giants to the “tradition of Michael Crichton, World War …
HardcoverLife September 22, 2016
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