May 2023
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MERCURY RISING – R.W.W. Greene

Earth, 1975 … but with a different history than the one we currently know. It’s been 25 years since man first walked on the moon, and 18 years since a space fleet stopped an alien invasion. Enter Brooklyn Lamontagne. A 20-something unskilled dude floundering through life. To avoid a prison sentence for a stupid crime of Continue reading
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DEAD MAN’S TRAIL – Nate Morgan

Carson Stone has had a rough life. He’s a wanted man, a former thief, but what he really wants in life is to build his own ranch house and live a peaceful life. To help him earn his stake for a piece of land, he heads west to claim the bounty on a claim-jumper. Carson Continue reading
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THE SPLENDID CITY – Karen Heuler

Welcome to Liberty. An independent state, free from all the politics and machinations of the United States’ government. However, its citizens recognize that it’s simply a matter f swapping one government for another and here paranoia runs high – and for good reason. Eleanor navigates her free state while exploring her newly discovered (or newly Continue reading
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ENOLA HOLMES AND THE ELEGANT ESCAPADE – Nancy Springer

I am late to the Enola Holmes bandwagon, but having recently seen the first Netflix movie, which I quite enjoyed, I was thrilled to read a book or two. This is the eighth book in the series, but my first journey into the series (other than the film). Enola Holmes is the (much) younger sister Continue reading
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SIGN HERE – Claudia Lux

There’s a corporate structure to working in Hell, and Peyote Trip knows this better than most. He is a dealmaker, currently working on the fifth level where the basic utilities don’t work and haven’t for centuries and the only thing to drink is Jägermeister. Another dealmaker is Cal. They share some of their work and Continue reading
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HOW DO YOU LIVE? – Genzaburo Yoshino

Copper is a fifteen year old boy coming to understand how much his life is changing (or will need to change) after the recent death of his father. Copper’s uncle provides the moral lessons and life guidance for Copper, generally through writings in a notebook. This is a very simple book and, as many other Continue reading
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THE TOWER TREASURE – Franklin W. Dixon

It’s a little hard to believe, but at one time I was a reluctant reader. In my younger years I really didn’t care to read and while my parents brought me a barrage of books from the local library, nothing seemed interesting to me. This is likely why I have never read a Hardy Boys Continue reading
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DEAD MAN’S HAND – James J. Butcher

Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is not a member of the magical elite. Nor is he an Auditor, after being kicked out of the training program for being “not Department material.” Still, he’s convinced he’s got skills and he hasn’t given up hope that he’ll still be able to prove himself. But it soon won’t be a Continue reading
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THE TERRAFORMERS – Annalee Newitz

Two stories in one … The Environmental Rescue Team is an old organization dedicated to preventing the collapse of ecosystems. Destry is an analyst with the E.R.T. currently working on the planet Sask-E to terraform an earth-like world. Her companion is a moose named, Whistle. But Destry discovers an ancient city on this supposedly barren Continue reading
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GASLIGHT: LANTERN SLIDES FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY – Joachim Kalka

The nineteenth century … a boring time for civilization, right? Literature was dry and unimaginative. Entertainment was stodgy theatre or the comics in the newspapers. This is how we generally look back a little more than a century, isn’t it? Historian and essayist Joachim Kalka looks at the 19th Century through a series of essays Continue reading
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TOMBS – graphic novel

I’m not sure what possessed to request this graphic novel – I haven’t been reading a lot of graphic novels lately, and I’m not a fan of the manga style of art, but there was something in the description that caught my attention, and I’m so glad it did! Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection is a Continue reading
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SEKRET – Lindsay Smith

It’s 1963, the Cold War, and the KGB have a plan for Russia to come out on top … they are recruiting young people who are able to read minds for a secret, psychic espionage program they’ve developed. Recruitment is a gentle word – it is not safe for anyone who shows signs of mind Continue reading

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