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Traveling to the Bates Motel (in Canada) (on T.V.)

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Wednesday Matinee

By Jane Boursaw

Destination: Aldergrove, British Columbia

Bates Motel
Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga of A&E’s Bates Motel

He’s baaaaccckkkk… Norman Bates has returned to our lives, and this time, in a TV series called “Bates Motel“ that premiered on A&E Monday, March 18, 2013. Continue reading Traveling to the Bates Motel (in Canada) (on T.V.) →

The Disciple of Las Vegas

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Destination(s): Hong Kong, Philippines, San Francisco, Vancouver, Victoria, Las Vegas, London

Book: The Disciple of Las Vegas (an Ava Lee Novel) by Ian Hamilton (NEW February 5, 2013)

Hong Kong

Sometimes jacket blurbs are helpful. Sometimes they just lead to a letdown because they are such oversell. Here’s a jacket blurb from the back cover of this new work by this  novelist, “Readers will discern in Ava undertones of Lisbeth Salander…irresistible.” That’s from The London Free Press. That is definitely overkill. Continue reading The Disciple of Las Vegas →