Author: G Robert Frazier
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Review: What You Left Behind sometimes thrills, sometimes frustrates
Just when you think you’ve got a handle on events in What You Left Behind, the new novel by Samantha Hayes, she throws you a curve. That’s normally a good thing in a mystery-suspense novel. The twists and turns should be enough to keep readers glued to the pages, but…
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Assumptions, not fact, are bottom line in Deflategate
“In sum, the data could not provide a basis to determine with absolute certainty whether there was or was not tampering, as the analysis of such data is dependent upon assumptions and information that is not certain.” – Wells Report on Deflategate
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REVIEW: Flamboyant characters drive story of The Marauders
Bleak doesn’t begin to describe life in the bayou in the pages of The Marauders, by Tom Cooper. The novel follows the journey of several individuals who are trying to eke out their place in the world in the aftermath of the BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast. Even with the…
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Review: Paranoia runs deep in The Expats, leading to Poirot-like finish
It took me a little while to finish reading The Expats by Chris Pavone. That, of course, is one of the worst things an author wants to hear after the hours, days, weeks, months – maybe even years – of laboring over his or her novel. But, on a bright…
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Last Discworld book by late author Terry Pratchett on sale Sept. 1
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.” Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015 UPDATE: Aug. 26, 2005: New Discworld book hits stores Sept. 1 Fans of the late Terry Pratchett will be happy to know his latest (and sadly last) Discworld book, The Shepherd’s Crown, will hit bookshelves Sept. 1. His assistant,…
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High school basketball teams take sportsmanship to a new low
This is somewhat amusing, unbelievable, and shameful at the same time. Two high school basketball teams – Smyrna and Riverdale, who happen to be located in the Middle Tennessee county in which I live (though, thankfully, I did not attend either as a student) — purposefully tried to lose to…
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Kyle Busch crash another wake-up call for NASCAR on safety
Kudos for NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway for their quick response to Saturday’s horrific accident involving Kyle Busch. Officials plan to begin adding soft tire barriers around all portions of the track not already protected by SAFER barriers. But, why is it we have to wait for something like this…
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G. Robert Frazier’s Best of List
With the Grammys behind us and the Oscars ahead, I thought I’d present my own Best of… roundup as well. Consider this, though, more of a people’s choice awards list. I haven’t seen all the Oscar contenders so I can’t rate the high-brow emotional stuff, and I’m not into pop…
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Tools of the Trade: Spiral-bound notebooks still a favorite
By G. Robert Frazier Quick show of hands: Which tool do you writers like more, the spiral-bound notebook (along with a good old-fashioned pen) or a computer and keypad? For quick notes, character sketches, and random scenes that come to me in the middle of the night, I have to…
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