Name: Mel Odom
Dateline: Moore, Oklahoma
Weblog: www.melodom.net
Articles: 286
First Published: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Last Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Currently listing articles 286-251:
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Movie Review: Speed Racer— Speed Racer screams into the theater but doesn't quite pull the checkered flag with this effort.
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DVD Review: Teeth— The movie has less bite than horror fans were led to believe, but offers a little more to chew on.
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DVD Review: Intelligence Season 1— This Canadian crime show packs a wallop as it portrays action and treachery on the cop and criminal fronts.
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Book Review: The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford— Jeffrey Ford has written a coming-of-age page-turner filled with suspense, menace, and honesty.
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Book Review: Bonk - The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach— Mary Roach delivers science in a down-to-earth and riotous fashion, yet accessible to readers without a science background.
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Book News: Musician Jimmy Buffett Hams It Up In New Book Swine Not?— This is one of the summer reads I'm really looking forward to. Jimmy Buffett is a great all-around enterainer.
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Book Review: Pasta Fazool for the Wiseguy's Soul by Brian M. Thomsen— A great read, with a laugh on every page. But the Godfather may not be amused!
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Audio Book Review: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman— Neil Gaiman reaches into his bag of entertainer's tricks and produces a heart-warming tale of magic, legend, and family.
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Book Review: No One Heard Her Scream by Jordan Dane— Jordan Dane's debut romance thriller fires on all eight cylinders as San Antonio Detective Rebecca Montgomery tracks a savage killer.
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DVD Review: Radioland Murders— George Lucas's pet project might not have a lot of fans, but the OTR crowd is loyal and understands.
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Comic Review: Locke & Key #3 by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez— Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez continue threading mysteries into the chilling horror story about the Locke children and Key House.
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Book Review: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan— “God alert. It’s the wine dude!” The third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series delivers a titanic good time!
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Book Review: Hidden Letters by Marion van Binsbergen-Pritchard, Deborah Slier, and Ian Shine— This book provides a painful, personal trek through one of the darkest periods of history in the Western world.
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Comic Review: Locke & Key #2 by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez— Round 2 of Joe Hill's horror comic opens with a bang and grabs hold tighter than a bloodsucking leech.
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TV Review: DEA— Spike TV slams a home run with its new hard-hitting series about the Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Detroit, Michigan.
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Book Review: Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker— The new Jesse Stone book delivers fast pacing and interesting characters as Stone encounters the deadliest man he's ever faced.
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DVD Review: Night Moves— Gene Hackman plays a down-on-his-luck private eye fighting for his life in a twisted plot.
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Book Review: Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich— The third between-the-numbers book featuring New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum also has a leprechaun that talks to horses.
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Book Review: The Devil's Bones by Jefferson Bass— A great little forensic read filled with science, adventure, old-fashioned detection, and an engaging central character.
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Book Review: Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney— Cheney unleashes a tragic and hopeful memoir that spills across the pages with the rush of a nicked artery.
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Comic Review: Ghost Whisperer #1 by Carrie Smith & Becca Smith with Elena Casagrande— Ghost Whisperer is now haunting the comic book stores. Grab the first issue before it vanishes.
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TV Review: Ax Men - Episode 1— In the wilderness, the logging business is filled with hazards and dangers.
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Book Review: Notorious by Michele Martinez— This fourth Melanie Vargas thriller is a rousing success involving a nefarious defense attorney who will stop at nothing.
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DVD Review: Nancy Drew— The famous teen sleuth is back in action, and Emma Roberts portrays her in a charming fashion.
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Book Review: Scraps of Time 1960 - Abby Takes A Stand by Patricia McKissack, Illustrated by Gordon James— This 2008 Children's Sequoyah Masterlist entry shows a determined girl during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Movie Review: Gone, Baby, Gone— Set in Boston, storywise and filmwise, this movie delivers an emotional punch that will leave viewers reeling.
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Book Review: Lowji Discovers America by Candace Fleming— A great fast and humorous read about a boy from India who's trying to figure out how America works.
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Book Review: Nameless Night by G.M. Ford— G.M. Ford is known for hard-hitting suspense fiction, and this one has plenty of twists and turns.
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Book Review: Brothers in Hope - The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams with R. Gregory Christie— One of the hardest-hitting books from the 2008 Children's Sequoyah Masterlist is about survival in war-torn Sudan.
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Comic Review: Star Trek Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment #1 by D. C. Fontana and Derek Chester with Gordon Purcell— The fourth year of the Enterprise's five-year voiyage is underway in this new series from IDW Publishing.
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Blu-ray Review: In the Valley of Elah— A father's hunt for his missing son brings him a deeper understanding of his son's war in Iraq.
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Book Review: The Giant Rat of Sumatra by Sid Fleischman— Sid Fleischman works his magic one more time with this tale of pirates and the Mexican War.
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Blu-ray Review: No Country For Old Men— The Coen Brothers film based on Cormac McCarthy's bestseller delivers nail-biting suspense, hard-edged violence, and realistic plotting.
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Blu-ray Review: Justice League - The New Frontier— Based on Darwyn Cooke's graphic novel, this DVD is a great movie experience in the world of superheroes.
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Book Review: Steel Trapp - The Challenge by Ridley Pearson— Steel Trapp, the teen with McGyver survival skills and a photographic memory, is on the run with killers at his heels.
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Book Review: The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes— A great Victorian Sherlock Holmes adventure - with a nasty side trip through H.P. Lovecraft's darkness.
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