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  • Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Green trips on the curb, falls flat into the street, and sees the city bus speeding toward him. And then . . . blink. He’s back on the curb, miraculously still alive. A five-foot-tall crow watches him from atop a nearby sign, somehow unseen by the rushing crowd of…

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  • lavender bones

    lavender bones

    There are bruises that are more than skin deepThey stain these bones purple, blue, and pinkI wonder how deep my pain can goIs my soul…

  • The Dark We Know by Wen-Yi Lee – Book Review

    The Dark We Know by Wen-Yi Lee – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Art student Isadora Chang swore never to return to Slater. Isa took off before the town could swallow her. When she returns…

  • The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean – Book Review

    The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Aila’s childhood dream of conserving critically endangered phoenixes seems closer than ever. There’s just one glaring caveat: her zoo’s breeding program hasn’t…

  • Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer – Book Review

    Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA 1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to find that no one…

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I’m Kim, the writer behind the curtain so to speak. I read and review books, write poetry, and sometimes write blogs about my life.