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I recognize that I am a sucker for any book either about the Beatles or about someone's connection or relationship to (or love of) the Beatles. This doesn't always serve me well. Beatles and Beacons is a coming of age story for Becca Beacon - a British girl going into her teens just as the Liverpudlian Fab Four are beginning to make waves at home and will soon be off to take the United States by storm. While she listens to their music constantly and hangs their photos on her bedroom wall, Becca is convinced that she's different from all the other girls. Becca's parents don't understand the attraction and encourage Becca to 'let go' of her interest in the mop-headed, noise-making boys. But of course she won't.  She'll even skip school in order to try to meet the young musicians. As she gets older, her interests broaden (though she's still firmly a Beatles fan) and now she plays music herself, forming her own group - The Beacons. Though she'll

After enjoying the previous Crime Novels collection ( Crime Novels: Five Classic Thrillers 1961-1964 ) I was reading to dig in to four more crime classics. Three of these books I've already reviewed here on my blog and on Goodreads, though I'm including those reviews here. The fourth book, The Tremor of Forgery , I'm reviewing here first. Once again, I enjoyed this collection overall. I wasn't familiar with Margaret Millar, but The Fiend definitely thrills. Ed McBain is a name I'm quite familiar with (I've spent many years working in bookstores) but I've never read anything by him.  The Doll is a great introduction and does make me want to read more in the series. Run Man Run didn't sit well with me, but it wasn't the writing - Chester Himes does a great job - but the subject always puts me on edge.  And Patricia Highsmith is a name I've seen on the shelves but also hadn't ever read prior to this. The Tremor of Forgery is both subtle and

This is one of the oldest books in my ARC queue ... clearly no longer a 'new' book, and likely out of print since the publisher closed down a number of years back.  Still, I committed to reading and reviewing it, even if I am a decade (or more) behind! This book is the second in a trilogy (typical of my luck to pick up in the middle of a series) and jumps right into action, presumably from where the first book left off. Micah and Drystan are on the run from a circus that they both once worked for. Drystan takes them to a run-down old theatre to meet with Jasper Maske, once a renowned magician, who agrees to provide refuge for them. Maske promises to also teach them magic so that they have another skill they can use as they continue on their own. Micah discovers he has a special talent, having visions and seeing glimpses of the future, which will be important as their new mentor, Jasper Maske, is about to face an old foe. Despite my feeling just a little bit lost because this pi