A Reader's Respite: good bye

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Big News!

For those of you who haven't heard the news, A Reader's Respite is retiring. Sort of. Actually, we've been absorbed (for lack of a better word) into the new online literary magazine, The Lit Asylum!

The Lit Asylum is a monthly, online magazine that explores all things books. Please come visit, say hello, and enjoy some of the great articles we have for you in September!

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Books I've Reviewed

Traditionally, I am not a fan of any books that try to replicate a classic author's work. I've tried them and they have all failed for me (most recently was the disaster of The Monogram Murders where a modern author tried to write Agatha...

Snow, Glass, Apples

by Neil Gaiman

Oh goodness. Okay, I should admit that I'm not a huge, huge, love-everything-he's-ever-written Gaiman fan. I've *liked* a lot of his work (Ocean at the End of the Lane, Coraline, etc) but have yet to really fall head over heels for him. ...

The Headmaster's Wife

by Thomas Christopher Greene

Hmph. Started off like gangbusters; well, sort of. I have a thing for boarding school/prep school books (no idea why, but there's no denying it), so I fell comfortably into the story. While I found the Lolita trope slightly eyeroll induc...

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