Splendors and Glooms, by Laura Amy Schlitz

book cover for Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

Laura Amy Schlitz’s new book Splendors and Glooms is eerily -and appropriately – titled. While I found it wonderful and mesmerizing, I also found it a little disturbing, and even stopped reading for a while to let my nerves settle and to decide if I would ultimately finish the book (I did – and I’m so glad!).

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Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

I’ve seen nothing but gushing reviews for Ernest Cline’s geeked-out, 80’s nostalgia-heavy debut novel Ready Player One, a book set in 2044 and featuring a team of teenagers trying to beat a mega-corporation to winning the grand prize in a virtual reality”egg hunt.” Warner Bros bought the movie rights before the book even hit the shelves. As an 80’s child myself, and a casual fan of science fiction, I was eager to follow the buzz and give Ready Player One a shot.

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