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Review: The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
I’ve been excited about Lee Mandelo’s The Woods All Black for a long time. Back on November 29th it was my Can’t Wait Wednesday, where I fangirled about how much I couldn’t wait for an Appalachian novella with a sf/f/h bent. Unfortunately, I didn’t completely love it. Continue reading
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Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martín
Ed Brubaker is quickly becoming a favorite comic creator of mine. Since December, I’ve devoured his graphic novels Night Fever and Where the Body Was, which were 5-star and 4-star reads for me, respectively. Since then, I’ve been picking up everything I see by Brubaker at my local bookstores. I jumped at the chance to… Continue reading
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Review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Warm Hands of Ghosts shouldn’t have been a great read for me. I purposely avoided Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale and its sequels because when people talked about them, they always spoke of them as Historical Fiction first and Fantasy second. I’m not much of a Historical Fiction reader, and I didn’t realize that The Warm… Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Murder by Other Means (The Dispatcher #2) by John Scalzi
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this (almost) every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This… Continue reading
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Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age by Stephen Graham Jones
Steven Graham Jones was one of my favorite authors of 2023, and Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus made it onto My Favorite Books of 2023, so I eagerly dove into Volume 2 as soon as possible. Kill Columbus centers on Emily, Tad, Sosh, and Yellow Kid’s attempts to time travel to the 1400s, kill Christopher Columbus, and… Continue reading
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Review: Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Mister Magic was a children’s program that everyone remembers, but no one can find any evidence of it actually existing. Every mention of it seems to get scrubbed from the internet. There was an accident, but no one remembers what actually happened. Was it a death? Was it a fire? Even the kids who were… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: My Ten Favorite Book Romances
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. This week’s topic is a Love Freebie for Valentine’s Day. When I saw… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 2/11/2024
How is it already Sunday again?? This week completely flew by! My husband and I had a bit of an adventure day today and actually made it to three (!!!) different bookstores. Somehow, even with this blog and all the books I hear about, I always find books I’ve never even seen before. Today, my… Continue reading
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Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
To say I was excited for Robert Jackson Bennett’s latest release, The Tainted Cup, would be an understatement. I’ve been a fan of his writing since I first read his novella Vigilance in early 2020. He could write an encyclopedia, and I’d probably still be there on Day 1 to read it. Even so, The Tainted Cup couldn’t… Continue reading
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If You Like This Popular Book, Read This Novella
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. This week’s topic is “Top Ten Quick Reads” or recommendations for novellas. I… Continue reading