Author Archives: C.A. Jacobs

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About C.A. Jacobs

Just another crazy person, masquerading as a writer.

Book Review: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The first thing I have to say about The Lovely Bones (Horror 328 pages) by Alice Sebold is WOW. This book starts out with a gruesome and extremely unpleasant rape and murder of a young teenage girl and becomes one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

The next book in the Readings In the Genre The Haunting was The Amityville Horror (Horror 315 page) by Jay Anson. This was a very different style of haunting than The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I think one … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Nightwatch

While searching for any of the movies for my Readings In the Genre The Haunting at my local library, I came across the movie Nightwatch. I’d read the book by Sergei Lukyanenko just over a year ago and didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House (Horror 174 pages) by Shirley Jackson is the first book I’ve read out of the required Readings In the Genre: The Haunted for one of my classes this semester. As I tend to do book … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Star Trek Borg Fan Collection Disk One

While I was out finding Falling Skies: Season Three, I picked up Star Trek: Borg Fan Collection, which is 14 episodes from all across the Star Trek universe dealing with the Borg. I remember watching Star Trek: the Next Generation … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Justice League Beyond In Gods We Trust

I read Justice League Beyond: In Gods We Trust (Graphic Novel 184 pages) yesterday while trying to relax and enjoy what will probably be one of my last quiet weekends for a while. I think this is my favorite of the Batman … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Batman Beyond Industrial Revolution

Batman Beyond: Industrial Revolution (Graphic Novel 168 pages) was another of the graphic novels that I picked up a while ago after I finished reading Batman Beyond: Batgirl Beyond. I can now safely say that I read the entire series … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Batman Beyond: 10,000 Clowns

I bought Batman Beyond: 10,000 Clowns (Graphic Novel 188 pages) after I’d already read Batman Beyond: Batgirl Beyond, which kind of means that I’m reading them in a bit of a backwards order, I guess. Knowing that I was going … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Transformers Age of Extinction

I went and saw Transformers: Age of Extinction yesterday. If I had to choose only one word to describe this movie, it would be inconsistent. A second option would be to call it entirely too long. When I say this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Pock’s World by Dave Duncan

I started Pock’s World (Science Fiction 250 pages) by Dave Duncan yesterday and finished it today. “Pock’s World, long settled by humankind, is accused of being infected by humanoid aliens. It has been quarantined and may have to be sterilized. … Continue reading →

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