The Ebb Tide by Lewis

Oh, to see the ocean, Sallie thought. And to spend the summer as a nanny. She shook her head in amazement. This seemed too good to be true, but she really must talk it over with Dat and Mamm, especially since she'd be go...
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Review

Unlike the Marvel movies that take place on Earth and in spite of what may be expected based on the otherworldly colors and characters in Guardians 2, this movie is the first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to almost ex...
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Ghost in the Shell (2017) Review

As a fan of anime that goes back decades to when I was a child and Macross was on Saturday morning cartoons as Robotech and moving with anime through the decades to so many other great series and films, I was very much l...
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) Review

A tale as old as 30 years is retold with almost exactly the same story, visuals and songs. It’s so close to the source material that one is left wondering why we needed a remake of the beloved animated feature. Belle (Em...
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The Newcomer by Woods Fisher

In 1737, Anna Konig and her fellow church members stagger off a small wooden ship after 10 weeks at sea, eager to start a new life in the vibrant but raw Pennsylvania frontier. On the docks of Port Philadelphia waits bis...
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Slender Reeds by Gregory

This is a story of the Hebrew people living, in slavery under the rule of Pharaoh Ramas, struggling to hold on to God's promises and a mother's hope to save her infant son from sure death by the hand of an Egyptian soldi...
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FIGHT! #2 (Nobrow Serial Box) by Teagle

Diablo isn't a bad guy. Never mind his name, his look, his character that he wrestles with. He just wants to be a good guy for once. FIGHT! #2 Nobrow Serial Box by Jack Teagle Nobrow Press September 2012 This story is v...
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Happiness 1 by Oshimi

Makoto Ozaki made the choice to live. Now he has to live with it. Happiness Part 1 of 3 by Shuzo Oshimi Kodansha Comics September 2016 A vampire is loose. Makoto Ozaki is a young high school student who goes out one nigh...
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La La Land Review

A love story. But not the one you think it is. [SPOILERS ABOUND] The first scene of the film sets the stage for a fun reintroduction to Hollywood musicals with a single shot dance number on a gridlocked freeway, but the ...
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Department Zero by Crilley

Multiple dimensions, the end of reality and all worlds, plus Cthulhu. Department Zero By Paul Crilley Pyr January 2017 Harry Priest is a crime scene cleaner. It was as close as he could get to being in law enforcement. H...
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The Journey of Captain Scaredy Cat by Andrés & Wimmer

There are three areas that a children's book must excel at, and where this one fails: language, story and artwork. So if the story doesn't matter, the artwork isn't important and you don't mind pausing the story to expla...
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17x23 Showcase #1

An anthology by five artists who have ten pages to tell any story they want to. Unfortunately, most don't actually tell a story as much as color in pages. 17x23 Showcase #1 by Isaac Lenkiewicz, Kyle Platts, Henry McCausl...
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