Yvette Keller

Author: Yvette

  • Angel’s Devil (Jake Brand, PI #1)

    Angel’s Devil (Jake Brand, PI #1)

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    I listened to the audiobook on a long drive. I’m not usually a fan of crime thrillers, but this had enough of a mix between Jake, the main character’s, inner world and the outer world to hold my interest. I suspect I would not have finished this book if I’d been reading. It has a…

  • A Very Good Place To Start

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    The workshop I spent the most time in at the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference (SBWC) was called Story Structure for all Genres. Playwright and author, Dale Griffiths Stamos, provides brief lecture and then conducts interview-style one-on-ones with each author, discussing their overall work. I’m still very new to writing so it takes only the simplest…

  • The Time Traveling Fashionista Series

    The Time Traveling Fashionista Series

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    Full disclosure: this series was recommended to me by my 11yr old niece. I’m reading it specifically to discuss with her, and I am not a regular YA reader or audience. That said, this series of three (so far) books are quick, fun, reads that are fresh in their optimism. The series is entertaining without…

  • ‘Voice’ in Writing

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    I’m finally in bed after Day 1 of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Alarm in four hours. You may not get much from me for the next five days. The guest speaker, Rufi Thorpe, was phenomenal. This paraphrase doesn’t do justice to her beautiful, heartfelt presentation about finding your material and voice, but it is…

  • The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl

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    This is a beautifully written novel, my criteria being that never once was I ejected from the prose by what felt like an out of place word. I enjoyed the portrayal of deeply interesting characters with unique life experiences, and took it at its word that it was not trying to portray a real historical…

  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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    This is a book with 319 pages, of which, when combined, perhaps 3-5 pages of the contents are very clever and amusing. Do not neglect the Reader’s Discussion Guide, which is perhaps the part of the book containing the utmost hilarity. The rest of the book is the borrowed genius of Jane Austen, but because…

  • Gay Cowboys

    Gay Cowboys

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    I saw Brokeback Mountain last night (yes, yes, – the last person on the planet to see it), and as the hours pass, it becomes increasingly obvious why the film was up for best picture. Initial reactions keep washing over me…and I assume they will for days…because what is portrayed in the film is done…

  • Tap World

    Tap World

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    Just saw the movie Tap World – a mind-blowing documentary about the modern culture of Tap Dancing. Super fun, but man it was a hard movie to sit still for…:-)

  • Origins

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    Enjoyed Far From the Madding Crowd at The Riviera Theater for cheap movie night. Thanks, Dad, for loving movies and getting the weekly burger-and-a-movie-night started. You would have slept through most of this film, I think, but I enjoyed the scenery and costumes.  

  • Age of Adaline

    Age of Adaline

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    Age of Adaline was not a good film. A pretty film, with a pretty star, and some nice performances, but the Twilight Zone narration was heavy handed as it desperately attempted to make sense. No regrets – that’s what cheap movie night is for…but not recommended.