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QUIETUS – Tristan Palmgren
Niccolucio is a devout monk of the Florentine Carthusian order. When the plague known as the Black Death claims the lives of not only most of the villagers near his order, but also all of his brothers. Despite being spared for the time being, Niccolucio can’t help but have doubts surrounding his piety. Niccolucio is… Continue reading
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SMOKE EATERS – Sean Grigsby
Sean Grigsby’s Smoke Eaters is one of those books which I began reading with no idea what I would find inside. It came from Angry Robot publisher, so I assumed it would be science fantasy of some sort, but that’s about all I knew. Early in the opening chapter, Grigsby caught my attention with a… Continue reading
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THE PLAYER KING – Avi
If you have spent any time at all reading or even looking for books for young readers then you’ve undoubtedly already run across the author Avi. His body of works and awards is lengthy, and deservedly so. Some of his works that I’ve enjoyed the most have been those that are more along a historical… Continue reading
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UFO-1: FLESH HUNTERS – Robert Miall
THROWBACK THURSDAY – REVIEWING A BOOK FROM MY SHELF Guilty pleasure time! As a latch-key teen in the 1970’s, I grew up watching a good deal of television. My favorite was Star Trek, but when I got wind of a new sci-fi show coming out of Great Britain and that one of my local stations… Continue reading
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THE FLIGHT GIRLS – Noelle Salazar
While I did request this book, looking for something more along the lines of historical fiction rather than a romance, but despite the strong romance angle here, I enjoyed this book. Audrey Coltrane learned to fly from her father back in Texas and her one goal in life is to buy the airfield where she… Continue reading
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MOONSHINE – Jasmine Gower
** WARNING – THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS** It is interesting how much a person’s mood or previous reading experience might impact a reader as they open a book. I had just finished two books in a row that I very much did not enjoy (not necessarily the most recent books posted on this blog)… Continue reading
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FROGCATCHERS – Jeff Lemire
I guess I just don’t get it. I mean, I understand this is a dark, allegorical tale of the meaning of life … “Where am I” “What is going to happen to me” “Is that it?” … but I don’t understand why. The book is 90+ pages of stylized art (and by ‘stylized’ I mean… Continue reading
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RABID HEART – Jeremy Wagner
I will say right up front that the primary reason I requested this book is because of the great cover. If you grew up enjoying pulp fiction, you will know that often the covers were the doorway to fabulous action and intensity. If you could picture the hero, based on what you saw on the… Continue reading
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THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS – E. Nesbit
I don’t remember when I first discovered author Edith Nesbit, but I do remember being surprised at how much I enjoyed her writing. At the time, I considered ‘classics’ to be slow and dull reading – good for teaching but not for enjoyment. But there’s a very good reason that these books are still around… Continue reading
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SOME SNOW IS… – Ellen Yeomans
In full disclosure I will say that I know Ellen Yeomans, the author of this book. It has been a couple of decades since we’ve communicated (Ellen was in charge of a chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and I did some work for her at that time). Snow can be… Continue reading
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MIDDLEGAME – Seanan McGuire
Just when I feel like I’ve gotten Seanan McGuire’s worked pegged, she comes at us with something like Middlegame – something so different and so complex, that while it changes the way I think about her work, it also elevates her status (to me) as a writer capable of expanding her talents and willing to… Continue reading
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MORNING STAR – Pierce Brown
When I noticed that I the next Red Rising Saga book in my ARC queue and that I was due to read it soon so I thought I’d better get caught up quickly. Here, our hero Darrow has been captured by The Jackal and submitted to torture. But not killing Darrow straightaway could come back… Continue reading
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