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Books Covid-19

Be Careful What You Read

September 11, 2020 by Karen Goltz

It seems obvious. What you read affects you. You know this if you’ve ever been immersed in a good book and forgot to get supper started. Maybe you’ve found yourself mimicking some of the personality…

Books Conventions Fiction

ReCONvene 2020, Thoughts and Reflections

August 26, 2020 by Karen Goltz

A few weeks ago I attended ReCONvene 2020. It was a one day virtual science fiction / fantasy (SF/F) convention, and my attendance showed just how much things have changed for me in the last…

Book Reviews Books

Book Review – Her Perfect Life

August 11, 2020 by Karen Goltz

Her Perfect Life by Rebecca Taylor is a compelling story of grief, relationships, and identity. Eileen Greyden is an overwhelmed wife, mother of three, and struggling photographer. Her sister is the ridiculously famous author Clare…

American Culture Books Fiction

Would You Recognize the Apocalypse?

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 by Karen Goltz

Dystopian novels and movies have been popular for years. We read or watch with morbid fascination how people survive after the worst has happened. Sometimes that ‘worst’ is a single well-defined event: a climate catastrophe,…

Books Fiction

The Value of Fiction

June 8, 2020June 21, 2020 by Karen Goltz

I recently saw this post on Twitter: The fact that it was an English teacher who said this is especially troubling, but I’m not surprised by the sentiment itself. A lot of people don’t see…

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