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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: The Skunks, by Fiona WarnickIsabel is spending a summer in her hometown, trying to decide her next steps in life after graduating college. She’s housesitting for one family, babysitting for another, and working at a pilates studio a couple days during the week.
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: Digger Unearthed, by Ursula VernonStop what you’re doing right now and read this delightful webcomic. You can also visit the author’s site and read it that way, but it IS 800 plus pages in book form. You may want either the physical copy or to choose an eBook version.
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon ChakrabortyWhen one of the members of my monthly Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club mentioned that the author of City of Brass had a book featuring a 40-something woman pirate set in the 12th century, my instant response was, “Hell, yeah!”
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: Loveless, by Alice OsemanFrom the creator of Heartstopper comes this lovely coming-of-age story about a college freshman named Georgia, who spends her first year of college coming to an understanding about who she is and what that means.
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: Bright Objects, by Ruby ToddHow in the world (or OUT of the world) do I describe Bright Objects? Well, I suppose I’d say the book is a literary science fiction mystery romance. It is beautifully written, soaring, and heartbreaking.
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le GuinFunny story. I thought that this book was going to qualify for the challenge prompt to read a Top 10 Bestseller from my birth year. Well… that proved a stark reminder that Google’s search results aren’t nearly as reliable as they once were. When I finished the book and started…
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: The Z Word, by Lindsay King-MillerChallenges Complete: This book is one messy, goofy, scary, silly story that reads an awful lot like a B-movie. Wendy, our lead character, is a bisexual pining for her former lover. The two of them and their circle of friends are working hard to plan an upcoming Pride event. As…
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: Camp Damascus, by Chuck TingleBook #4 in the Hardest Reading Challenge I’ll Ever Do Challenges Complete: I’ve had interest in reading Chuck Tingle for a long time. An author who started in niche erotica before moving into horror, he writes under the “Tingle” pseudonym and wears a pink sack over his head. Camp Damascus…
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: Midnight Rooms, by Donyae ColesBook #3 in The Hardest Reading Challenge I’ll Ever Do Challenges Complete: I should begin this review by saying that I am a HUGE fan of gothic novels, especially Gothic horror and romance. Midnight Rooms slots just beautifully into that category, as both horror and romance are abundant throughout the…
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Continue reading →: Mini Book Review: Mistborn, the Final Empire, by Brandon SandersonBook #2 in The Hardest Reading Challenge I’ll Ever Do Challenges Complete This second book in my super difficult reading challenge also happened to be the primary book for my Sci-Fi/Fantasy book club. Even though fantasy is my favorite genre to read, I’ve never read and of Brandon Sanderson’s books…
