Author: Scott William Foley
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The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon – A Book Review
I’ve often said that Michael Chabon is one of America’s preeminent contemporary authors, so when I heard he had a children’s picture book available, I jumped at the chance to procure one on behalf of my three-year-old. Michael Chabon’s The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man is cute and innocent and consistent with what we know…
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The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian – A Book Review
The Night Strangers begins with a bang and draws the reader into a story that cannot be denied. Unfortunately, everything that works in the first half of the book is abandoned to an inferior sub plot and finally ends in one of the most dissatisfying conclusions that I’ve ever read. Chip Linton suffers extreme depression…
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Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham – A Book Review
Though Down the Mysterly River is written primarily for middle-graders, the fact that it is scribed by Bill Willingham proved irresistible. You may know Willingham as the creator and author of the Vertigo series entitled Fables. He won me over long ago, and I don’t mind admitting that I’ll give anything he writes a chance.…