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Carol Haldane

Carol Haldane

Amazon.com Author

has 18 followers and is following 144 people

I am an author and parent of an autistic daughter. I love reading and of course writing. I am a bit of a loner and love to just hide away and disappear into books.
  • folkestone, ke, UK
  • member since March 27, 2012
  1. kate k

    kate k reviewed a book.

    Best Murder of the Year

    Campy and funny hollywood murder mystery


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    Sleep, Pale Sister

    • Rated 3 stars

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    kate k reviewed a book.

    Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger

    Interesting art. Would have given it more stars but a lot of the art is from her books already published and hardly any journals----and she curates journals and book art exhibitions-that's her area of expertise.


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    The Death Series, Books 1-3

    Pretty good read.

    741 Pages


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    Tenth of December

    • Rated 4 stars

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    • beelzefuzz
      beelzefuzz: So you liked it more than I did. If you check out his earlier stuff, I would be interested to know how you think it compares.
      yesterday | 2 replies | reply
      • something witty
        something witty:

        Yes, I really liked it! It was an interesting mix of social commentary, light science fiction and realistic stories. These were some really powerful stories; especially if I gave them time between readings. I was thinking about your earlier comment about his work, it made me even more...

        Yes, I really liked it! It was an interesting mix of social commentary, light science fiction and realistic stories. These were some really powerful stories; especially if I gave them time between readings. I was thinking about your earlier comment about his work, it made me even more excited to read the rest. Can you remind me what your favorite collection is?

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        yesterday
      • beelzefuzz
        beelzefuzz:

        Of his short fiction, I have only read Civilwarland in Bad Decline all the way through, and I loved it. I would avoid his novella The Brief But Terrifying Reign of Phil, but his collection of essays The Braindead Megaphone was quite good in places.

        15 hours ago
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    kate k reviewed a book.

    Bristol House

    historical fiction-interesting mystery


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  17. Kylie ~ Kythaela (Artemis, the goddess)
    Chris Cole

    Chris Cole was born in Los Angeles before the internet and now lives in Northern California. He is a board member of Quiet Lightning, one of the hottest literary tickets in San Francisco and has been published in several anthologies, magazines, journals, websites and bathroom walls. He runs the...

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    Wings of Fire

    It only took me, what, six months to read this giant thing? I feel pretty stupid taking this long to realize the agenda of a book of short stories: leave all of the good ones for the end -_-

    I trudged through the first half of this book because the stories were pitiful. Boring,...

    It only took me, what, six months to read this giant thing? I feel pretty stupid taking this long to realize the agenda of a book of short stories: leave all of the good ones for the end -_-

    I trudged through the first half of this book because the stories were pitiful. Boring, unimaginative, tedious. But when I got to the second half, great stories shone through, enough to bring my originally given two star rating to a four star.

    Overall, it was worth the read. And I might pursue some other books by these authors. But I wouldn't own it or read it again.

    Favourites:
    "The Ice Dragon" by George R.R. Martin
    "The Miracle Aquilina" by Margo Lanagan
    "Dragon's Gate" by Pat Murphy
    "The Dragons of Summer Gulch" by Robert Reed (LOVE)

    I also loved Card's writing and the world Charles de Lint created.The weirdness of "Dragon's Fin Soup" is indescribable - it's too bad it didn't stick with the awesome mythology it started with...and generally, the last half of the stories were all very well written, even though I didn't much care for their entirety.

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    Pop Peterson reviewed a book.

    It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be (Paperback) By (author) Paul Arden

    Beautiful and inspirational, a brief read that gives good lessons on how to achieve, namely, keep failing until you find success


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    Sins of the Heart

    • Rated 5 stars

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    V.V. Aku

    V.V. Aku has always believed in beautiful stories. She found the man of her dreams and her way in complex China, and wrote a fairytale of her own: The Fire of Dawn-a scintillating tale about strength, self-discovery, and a girl who dared to follow her heart. Born and raised in The Netherlands,...

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  33. kate k

    kate k reviewed a book.

    NOS4A2

    Very creepy story----a lot like Stephen King (written by his son), but it did leave a few unanswered questions.

    Very creepy story----a lot like Stephen King (written by his son), but it did leave a few unanswered questions.

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  39. Austria♥ Totally not obsessed with David Tennant... Oh no...
    Mr. or Ms.JUST Right: Because Mr. or Ms. RIGHT does not exist!

    ABOUT THE AUTHORB. Grace is happily married with a wonderful son. She graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA, and now resides in North Carolina with her family. As an artist, she makes sure the brush strokes on the canvas of her life are filled with beauty.Her many...

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