Category Archives: Reviews

My Thoughts on Outcast

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Shykia

I don’t usually get to watch a lot of TV these days, so I don’t normally get Cinemax, but I signed up temporarily for the sole purpose of watching Outcast (created by Robert Kirkman), and I certainly don’t regret it. … Continue reading →

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ROOTS Review

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Shykia

  ROOTS isn’t a film one watches for enjoyment or entertainment, but for enlightenment and perspective. This was true for the original and doubly so for the remake, which is much more graphic and intense. Some have argued, perhaps too … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dawn by Octavia Butler

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Shykia

Lilith Iyapo awakens aboard an alien vessel hovering above a post-apocalyptic Earth. She soon discovers that hundreds of years have elapsed since the fiery conclusion of the planet’s final war, which claimed the lives of her husband and son. The … Continue reading →

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Book Review: My Way to Anywhere by Jean Lisette Brodey

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Shykia

My Way To Anywhere is a brilliant collection of poems written during a time unrushed by the madness of modern technology. It wasn’t written by a woman in pursuit of fast fame, but by Dr. Jean Lisette Brodey, a woman … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Molly Hacker Is Too Picky! by Lisette Brodey

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Shykia

 Reporter Molly Hacker prefers to write obituaries rather than report on the overwhelming minutiae of high society weddings. It’s only a temporary project she takes on in conjunction with her usual reporting assignments, but it facilitates the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thank My Lucky Scars by Ward Foley

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Shykia

The fact that Ward Foley was born with clubbed hands and feet in addition to Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)—a disease that results in decreased joint flexibility—was just the beginning of the many challenges he would face throughout his life. Not only has he endured numerous … Continue reading →

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Book Review: IMARO by Charles Saunders

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Shykia

 “I go…but I leave a warrior behind.” These prophetic words are among the last five-year-old Imaro hears from his shunned mother, Katisa, as she leaves him with her people, the Ilyssai, who are reluctant to accept him. The reason; … Continue reading →

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Review: A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Shykia

When I first read the news of Jaycee Dugard’s remarkable liberation from her eighteen year captivity, several things went through my mind. I was happy for her and her family, but it was a bittersweet joy as I was left … Continue reading →

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