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Blog Entries by Jackie K. Cooper from 10/2009

Chelsea Cain Creates a Killer Woman

| Posted 10.19.2009
Read More: Fan Obsession, Female Serial Killer, Cult Followings, Horror Novels, Portland, Gretchen Lowell, Archie Sheridan, Mystery Novels, Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart, Cain Trilogy, Heartsick, Sweetheart, News

Chelsea Cain is a writer who knows no fear. She manages to break all the rules of mystery writing by being as gruesome and gory as possible.

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Wild Things Is Where the Entertainment Isn't

| Posted 10.19.2009
Read More: Single Mother, Wild Things, Children's Book, Fantasy, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Movie Review, Where the Wild Things Are, Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Dave Eggers, Catherine O'hara, Chris Cooper, News

Where the Wild Things Are sounds like a fun film for the kids and an emotional one for adults, but it isn't. The film is much too scary for younger children and much too boring for older ones.

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No Evidence of Kellerman's Talent In His Latest Novel

| Posted 10.28.2009
Read More: Eco-Terrorists, Murder Mystery, Jonathan Kellerman, Alex Delaware, Jonathan-Kellerman Review, Book Review, Mystery Novel, Kellerman Review, News

In Evidence, the step by step solving of the murders is so procedural it borders on boring. Where is the inventiveness that was there at the start of this series?

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