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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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About Vylotte

CBR 6

I read, therefore I am.

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Lazy Gardening Throughout Time

Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy & the Indolent by Ruth Stout

July 31, 2014 by Vylotte Leave a Comment

First published in 1961 when the author was in her late 70s, this book expounds on her philosophy that by constant heavy mulching, gardening can be mastered without weeds, without tilling, without “work.” Anyone who has ever walked in a forest or wooded area can tell that nature’s system of dropping organic material and letting it lie creates the most healthy and vibrant soils. Yet this idea of natural mulching and letting stuff rot where it falls was all but foreign in the 50s, when […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Garden, Gardening, Mulching, Stout Method

Vylotte's CBR6 Review No:26 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Garden, Gardening, Mulching, Stout Method ·
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Alexandro Jodorowsky’s Screaming Planet

Screaming Planet by Alexandro Jodorwsky

July 31, 2014 by Vylotte Leave a Comment

Alexandro Jodorowsky is a genius, I have no doubt. He’s also absolutely bat sh*t insane. Which leads to some truly intense writing, and even more so vision.   Screaming Planet is a set of stories (but for one) created for Metal Hurlant, a French anthology series along the lines of Heavy Metal. The screaming planet of the title is an asteroid from a long ruined planet that streaks through the universe, passing its sorrow to those sentient creatures it feels a kinship with.   As […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Graphic Novel

Vylotte's CBR6 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Graphic Novel ·
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California, by Edan Lepucki

California by Edan Lepucki

July 27, 2014 by Vylotte Leave a Comment

  Set in the middle of this century, “California” spins a tale of an earth in flux. Droughts, super storms and climate shift have caused financial and environmental catastrophes that leave the 1% in “safe” enclaves while the rest scramble to eek out a life wherever they can, preferably out of the cities, preferably with like-minded souls that can provide a group illusion of safety and power.   Cal and Frida are a young couple who flee dry Los Angeles to build an existence in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, Post Apocalyptic

Vylotte's CBR6 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, Post Apocalyptic ·
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Written in Red, by Anne Bishop

Written in Red by Anne Bishop

April 29, 2014 by Vylotte 2 Comments

Humans and Others have long held an uneasy truce. Most of the wild places are Other controlled, but humans have persevered and cities have grown. As part of the truce, and to stay close to the human innovations they have come to appreciate, the Others are given a “courtyard” in most cities, where they live by their laws and unwanted trespassers are usually listed as “special meat” the next morning at the butcher shop.  On a stormy winter night, Meg arrives freezing and scared, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Anne Bishop, Urban Fantasy, Written in Red

Vylotte's CBR6 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Anne Bishop, Urban Fantasy, Written in Red ·
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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

March 31, 2014 by Vylotte Leave a Comment

Did you ever wonder what happened to the little boy in The Shining, after he escaped the Overlook Hotel? This book, the sequel, tells the story of Danny Torrence (now Dan), and how you can never escape the ghosts of your past, you can only face them head on. Stephen King has been hit or miss for a long while now, he’s produced some novels that feel forced (Cell) and some that are truly awful (I’m looking at you, Dreamcatcher). But this is one of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: horror

Vylotte's CBR6 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: horror ·
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On Such a Full Sea

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee

March 31, 2014 by Vylotte Leave a Comment

In the distant future, the world is split into three segments: the elite cities where the rich live in luxury, the labor colonies that provide the food, and the outside where life is a constant struggle. The story follows Fan, who was raised in B-Mor, which mainly supplies fish and vegetables to the cities. When her boyfriend goes missing, she walks away, unknowingly sparking the minds of those she leaves behind. The author did a fantastic job of spinning what feels like a fairy tale, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian

Vylotte's CBR6 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Dystopian ·
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