Monthly Archives: December 2017

Strange Weather Book Review
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Strange Weather by Joe Hill Book Review

Strange Weather by Joe Hill contains four short stories reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, uncomfortable yet oddly compelling. They’re like the freak shows in a shady traveling circus – you try to avert your eyes when faced with the grotesque, but you can’t stop staring. In this case, you can’t stop reading. William Morrow |…

Tiernan's Wake Book Review
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Tiernan’s Wake by Richard T. Rook Book Review

Tiernan’s Wake, by multi-award winning author Richard T. Rook, is scheduled to be published in early 2018. This light contemporary mystery follows two genealogists, one from Boston and the other from Ireland, who combine forces to unravel the past in order to solve the mystery of a missing painting. Did I mention pirates? Audio Arcadia…

Ella Minnow Pea Book Review
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Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Book Review

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters is a story told in epistolary format where a small island town off the coast of South Carolina is going through some unusual communication problems. In this light fantasy, a community’s love for words is at stake, all because of some faulty glue. Anchor | September, 2002 |…

Seven Ways to Trick a Troll Book Review
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Seven Ways to Trick a Troll by Lise Lunge-Larsen Book Review

Lise Lunge-Larsen is an award-winning author and certified troll expert with the occasional dragonslayer accolades. Naturally, many of her children’s books are centered around Norse mythology. In Seven Ways to Trick a Troll, the author pulls from authentic troll stories from mythology and folklore to compile seven short stories teaching children how to prevent themselves…

Boston Rock Opera
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Boston Rock Opera’s Holiday Event

Boston Rock Opera’s Happening Holiday Special Brings Musicians Together for Hurricane Maria Relief   One Night Only! Boston Rock Opera is bringing together more than thirty performers from the Boston music scene to celebrate the holidays with music and laughter, while raising money for Hurricane Maria relief. December 16th, 2017 at ONCE Ballroom, 156 Highland…

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