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(Article first published as Book Review: Gillespie and I by Jane Harris on Blogcritics.) Set in Victorian Scotland, 35-year-old spinster Harriet Baxter is an independent Englishwoman who traveled from foggy London to the bright lights of Glasgow, in order to enjoy her newly earned independence from nursing her ailing aunt. An avid fan of art ( Read more... )

(First published as Book Review: No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty on Blogcritics.) It’s the brand-new year, two months since the end of the novel-crunching event of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and for all the NaNoWriMo writers participated, it is time to [...]
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(first published as Book Review: South of Superior by Ellen Airgood on Blogcritics.) Although I have lived in the U.S. for 23 years now, I’ve never had the chance or the money to explore the rest of the country and its various lands and wonders that make this country so great. I do watch a [...]
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(first published as Book Review: Don’t Take a Bath on a Friday by Neni Santa Romana-Cruz on Blogcritics.) Superstitions. They’re everywhere. We learn them from our parents and our elders. We learn them from our neighbors and fellow city folk, town folk, village folk, any local we may come across as you get older. As [...]
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(first published as Book Review: No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog by Margaret Mason on Blogcritics.) As writers of all different styles and genres, it’s quite difficult to come up with an idea for a plot or a topic to dig further and explore through words without seeing [...]
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[starreview tpl=16] Avatar Genre: Sci-fi Drama Release Date: 12/18/2009 (U.S.) Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez (and more…) More Info: Wikipedia Plot: In the year 2154, a private corporation mines for a valuable mineral in a lush, Earthlike-moon known as Pandora with the assistance of ( Read more... )

[starreview tpl=16] The Quiz Show II Genre: Psychological Mystery/Suspense Air Dates: Every Saturdays @ 9:00 p.m., 04.18.2009 - 06.20.2009 Network: NTV Starring: Sho Sakurai, Yu Yokoyama, Aya Matsuura, Elena Misuzawa More Info: D-Addicts Wiki Plot: A popular (and controversial) TV quiz show is aired throughout the country in which contestants are ( Read more... )

恋空 Koizora (Sky of Love) Genre: school, drama, romance Air Dates: Every Saturdays @ 8:00 pm, 08.02.2008 - 09.13.2008 Network: TBS Starring: Elena Misuzawa, Koji Seto More Info: D-Addicts Wiki Plot/Summary: Based on a popular cellphone novel (which was also claimed to be a non-fictionalized autobiography) by an anonymous writer who only goes by “ ( Read more... )