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California Demon / Frisco Pigeon Mambo

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two new book reviews this week.. already working on my third… perhaps i should be investing some of this reading time into scanning business reply cards…. nah…. maybe later…. California Demon – Julie Kenner California Demon is the second book in the Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series. it picked up about 4 months after the last book and dragged me into the depths of “Momhood” all over again. i wont go into much detail as the read is well worth the hours you would put into it. after surviving the last book, Kate is caught up in another treacherous demon scheme where she has to save humanity from high level demons. this time she has extra worries though.. Chapter one begins the problems with her deceased husband. secret notes from him, bank accounts.. and HIS SOUL POSSIBLY INHABITING THE BODY OF HER DAUGHTERS SCIENCE TEACHER! man… its like a soap opera for me,, i cant get enough.. in order to savor the series a little more, i am taking a break to read a couple other books before hitting the ...

Crosses - A cut up book about a cut up girl

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In a bookstore with Jenn, we had about an hour to kill waiting to see a movie together. What to do, what to do. Well, let's go over to the mall bookstore and browse the shelves. We are both avid readers so it is always nice to talk books with her. I described a book to her (I was at a loss for the name of the book or the author at the time, even though it was one that was in my collection). She stated that she had never read it the cover creeped her out as a kid. The next day she came forward with a full cover image of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, and I was surprised we were able to communicate images into books. Cover art is important people!  So we are in the bookstore, wandering about both together and on separate missions. It gets into my head that I have not read the books Go Ask Alice / Jay’s Journal since I was in jr high school. I mosey over to the computer to look up which section they would be located in. I find them under “Anonymous” in the young adult ...