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Author Archives: jfkaufmann
The Enchanting World of Comic Books
When I was a teenager and later as a young woman, I loved reading comic books. There was a special time and place for it–summer holidays in my home city, where my “other family” lived: my father and stepmother, my … Continue reading
The Dubious Art of Book Reviewing
I don’t write reviews often; it takes time and effort to come up with a meaningful retrospection. When I do write them, I have different rules for different types of books, and this customized approach is most apparent within two … Continue reading
Christmas Review No. 4: Ghost Mark by JP McLean
I’ll conclude this miniseries of minireviews with one of my favourite authors of urban fantasy/supernatural fiction, JP McLean. I’ve been following her for years. I reviewed all of her books and it’s never been a difficult task: you only need … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas Reviews, Ghost Mark by JP McLean, JP Mclean, supernatural, The Dark Dreams series, thrillers, urban fantasy
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Review No. 3: Dog Meat by Priscilla Bettis
Priscilla Bettis’s novella is a fascinating journey into the blackness of totalitarian regime—a literary sublimation and a paradigm that we have seen before, from Romania between 1945 and 1989 and Stalin’s gulags to the crazy, murderous dictatorship of Pol Pot … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, dystopian fiction, Priscilla Bettis, Reviews
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Christmas Review No. 2: She Who Returns by Audrey Driscoll
The next in my series of Christmas reviews is the closing book of Audrey Driscoll’s Herbert West series, She Who Returns. I’ve read and reviewed the previous installment, She Who Comes Forth and I want to touch on this one, … Continue reading
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Tagged Audrey Driscoll's Herbert West series, book reviews, Christmas Reviews, Reviews, She Who Returns
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Christmas Review No. 1: Christmas in Silver Creek by Katie O’Connor
I’ll start off my mini-series of Christmas reviews with Katie O’Connor’s Christmas novel. The fact that Katie and I are friends has nothing with the fact that I like her books. I know the real reason for that: the feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas in Silver Creek, Christmas Reviews, Christmas romance, Katie O'Connor, Reviews
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Yesss!
The novella update: Despite recovering from oral surgery, I was able to format and upload I Will be Waiting for You at the End of the Story on three platforms: Smashwords, Amazon Kindle and Draft2Digital. Or maybe it was because … Continue reading
Dream a Little Dream
What is your dream? This question was originally posted on Writers Support Writers — a blog that I visit every now and then — and reposted on another blog that I follow. Everyone was invited to share their dreams. I … Continue reading
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Tagged book illustrations, book illustrators, fairy-tales, writer's dreams, writing insecurities
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