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Frederic Martin
Oct 171 min read
A New Genre...
Bildungsroman. Hah! A term/genre new to me, anyway. Recently a reviewer called the Vox Oculis series "a true bildungsroman." I am not...
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Frederic Martin
Oct 33 min read
Review: The Jackal's Mistress
The Jackal’s Mistress is an American Civil War novel inspired by a true event wherein a woman in the Confederate state of Virginia hid a...
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Frederic Martin
Jun 292 min read
Review: Street of Storytellers
I find that coming-of-age fiction set in a historical context can be a powerful and compelling combination. Books like Anthony Doerr’s...
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Frederic Martin
Feb 292 min read
Review: Rocky Mountain High
Right off the bat I'll tell you that, at 200 pages, I found this to be a quick and highly engaging read. There is no fluff or padding in...
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Frederic Martin
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Review: Challenger Deep
Note: This is a review I posted in Goodreads a few years ago. It is worth repeating here because I think this is one of Neal Shusterman's...
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Frederic Martin
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Flash Fiction: "Pass"
A big thank you to the staff of San Antonio Review for publishing my flash-fiction short story, "Pass." It is a quick (and free) read on...
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Frederic Martin
Sep 17, 20233 min read
Review: The Egypt Game
Okay. You may be asking yourself, “Why is this guy reviewing a 1967 children’s book?” I’ll tell you why. It’s because I think everyone...
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Frederic Martin
Jun 17, 20233 min read
Review: The Midnight Library
All of us have “If I had only …” moments. All of us occasionally fantasize about what life might have been like if we had taken a...
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Frederic Martin
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Ravens, ravens, ravens...
If you haven't already gone down this rabbit hole, prepare to spend a worthwhile fifteen minutes or more (a lot more) watching the...
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Frederic Martin
Jul 1, 20221 min read
"Forest"
Book 3 is ready at last. Publishing September 1st! It's always satisfying holding the real deal in your hand even if it is a proof copy....
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Frederic Martin
Mar 6, 20222 min read
4% With No Parent
When I started writing the Vox Oculis series, I was worried that I was writing a "YAPOB"—Yet Another Poor Orphan Book—just another author...
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Frederic Martin
Aug 4, 20212 min read
Review: The Grey Seas Under
When you are looking for a gripping adventure story with superhuman characters overcoming incomprehensible adversity, I think I can...
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Frederic Martin
Apr 21, 20212 min read
Review: Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands
Let me start by saying that like all Bohjalian novels, this book is exceptionally well written. In reading other reviews of "Close Your...
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Frederic Martin
Mar 14, 20212 min read
Bird Vision
My wife is a naturalist and she recently went down a rabbit hole on the internet when researching "dimorphism" (male birds having a...
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Frederic Martin
Jan 8, 20211 min read
VO, Book 2, Feb 2
Blue, Will, and Bronco are back as well as a host of new intriguing characters in book 2 of the Vox Oculis series: "The Innocence of...
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Frederic Martin
Dec 12, 20201 min read
A Peek at Vermont
You've probably seen lots of press about Vermont lately, thanks to Bernie Sanders, and have some impressions rattling around inside your...
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