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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:

Well, THAT was Totally Unexpected

April 17, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

“To call the scene a disaster does it a terrific disservice. The final death toll was never fully calculated, for heaven only knew how many bodies might lie wedged in the rubble. And alas, there was no time for excavation.” – Hale Quarter

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: alternate history, boneshaker, cherie priest, steampunk, Young Adult, zombies

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: alternate history, boneshaker, cherie priest, steampunk, Young Adult, zombies ·
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The Kind of Stuff They Don’t Teach You About At Church

April 12, 2017 by Lipton 4 Comments

“A Mormon has a right to believe what he will. His thoughts may be as free as the unconfined air, and his conscience should by no means be restrained by legal enactments. But his acts are quite a different thing.” -Raleigh News and Observer, July 20, 1881

Filed Under: History, Religion Tagged With: 19th Century history, American History, history, mormon history, Mormonism, patrick q. mason, religious history, the mormon menace, U.S. history

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: History, Religion · Tags: 19th Century history, American History, history, mormon history, Mormonism, patrick q. mason, religious history, the mormon menace, U.S. history ·
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Some days I don’t know if I am wrong or right

March 29, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

“My theory of combat is simple: keep it as far away from myself as I can. I am a soft, squishy creature, with lots of moving pieces, and I want to keep all those moving pieces safely contained inside my skin.” -Antimony Price

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: incryptid series, magic for nothing, Seanan McGuire, Urban Fantasy, urban fantasy series

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: incryptid series, magic for nothing, Seanan McGuire, Urban Fantasy, urban fantasy series ·
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What Makes a Hero a Hero

March 27, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

Wonder woman was not simply a story of One Exceptional Woman who is as good as men…. No, Wonder Woman was about more: the value of women and female relationships, unimpeded by male authority. … This was a radical idea at the time, and was certainly not reflected in any other mainstream comic book. … And the idea is still important and meaningful today. Some people may insist that we actually do live in a post-feminist world, where men and women are judged on the […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: comic book, DC Comics, drew johnson, Graphic Novel, Greg Rucka, j.g. jones, Wonder Woman

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:9 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: comic book, DC Comics, drew johnson, Graphic Novel, Greg Rucka, j.g. jones, Wonder Woman ·
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It’s a Hard Knock Life

March 20, 2017 by Lipton 2 Comments

In the criminal justice system, magical crimes are considered especially bizarre. In London, the detectives who investigate these crimes are increasingly beset by dangers both mundane and otherworldly. These are their stories. Dun DUN.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, fantasy, magic crime fiction, rivers of london series, the hanging tree, Urban Fantasy, urban fantasy series

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, fantasy, magic crime fiction, rivers of london series, the hanging tree, Urban Fantasy, urban fantasy series ·
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They Didn’t Want to Leave, They Definitely Couldn’t Stay

February 28, 2017 by Lipton 4 Comments

“I was leaving the South/To fling myself into the unknown…./I was taking a part of the South/To transplant in alien soil,/To see if it could grow differently,/If it could drink of new and cool rains,/Bend in strange winds,/Respond to the warmth of other suns/And, perhaps, to bloom.”  – Richard Wright

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, 20th Century history, african american history, American History, history, isabel wilkerson, oral history, the warmth of other suns, U.S. history

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:7 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, 20th Century history, african american history, American History, history, isabel wilkerson, oral history, the warmth of other suns, U.S. history ·
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