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About Lipton

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I'm a middle-aged white lady with a useless law degree and a job in government. I love reading more than pretty much anything else and if I can read while also helping to f@ck cancer then you'd better believe that I'm in like Flynn.

Lipton's Reviews:

Reflections in a Carnival Mirror

July 13, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

“This combination of raw suffering in the workers’ tenements and indifference in the mansions of the ruling elite created a fertile breeding ground for a class of social radical who came to see the dynamite stick and the pistol as the only way to break the cycle of servitude.” – Scott Miller

Filed Under: History Tagged With: 19th Century history, 20th Century history, American History, history, political history, presidential history, scott miller, the president and the assassin, U.S. history

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:20 · Genres: History · Tags: 19th Century history, 20th Century history, American History, history, political history, presidential history, scott miller, the president and the assassin, U.S. history ·
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Down the Yellow-Brick Road

July 7, 2017 by Lipton 5 Comments

“Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stores fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.” – L. Frank Baum

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Children's Books, L. Frank Baum, marvelous land of oz, ozma of oz, wizard of oz, wonderful wizard of oz

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Children's Books, L. Frank Baum, marvelous land of oz, ozma of oz, wizard of oz, wonderful wizard of oz ·
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Who Guards the Guardians (they do, of course)

July 6, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

“We didn’t know that when they first arrived. Manty thought their occupation would not last, or would be token. Most believed they had come because of the temples. We thought, they have come to crush belief, because belief leads to hope, and hope can topple monsters. They will stay long enough to crush hope, but they do not understand that hope can be a very small thing. It doesn’t need much to survive. An occasional breath of air. A flicker of warmth. Hope can live […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: baze malbus, chirrut imwe, Greg Rucka, guardians of the whills, rogue one: a star wars story, star wars, star wars canon, star wars: guardians of the whills

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:16 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: baze malbus, chirrut imwe, Greg Rucka, guardians of the whills, rogue one: a star wars story, star wars, star wars canon, star wars: guardians of the whills ·
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I won’t die. Of that I am all but certain.

June 30, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

Without war there are no heroes./What harm would that be?/Oh, Lavinia, what a woman’s question that is.

Filed Under: Fantasy, History Tagged With: classics, classics revisted, lavinia, ursula k le guin, Ursula Le Guin

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, History · Tags: classics, classics revisted, lavinia, ursula k le guin, Ursula Le Guin ·
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Introducing Joker(TM) Hot Topic

June 30, 2017 by Lipton 1 Comment

“Something, something Joker doesn’t have a face, something something Batman is so Edgy and Dark, something, something it’ll be AWESOME!” –Creative notes scrawled on a crumpled napkin by a DC exec during a coked-out party.

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Batman, batman: death of the family, DC, DC Comics, greg capullo, jonathan glapion, new 52, scott snyder

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Batman, batman: death of the family, DC, DC Comics, greg capullo, jonathan glapion, new 52, scott snyder ·
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Who Are You Willing to Sacrifice

April 24, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

Sometimes all that matters is making a choice and standing your ground. Sometimes all that matters is opening your eyes and being brave enough to accept that reality is different from what you’d been taught to believe.

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: claudia gray, defy the stars, young adult science fiction

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: claudia gray, defy the stars, young adult science fiction ·
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