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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing.
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"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."— J.K. Rowling
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July
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November 2014
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May 2014
25
Giveaway of this book here. Skin Game is really good. I mean really good. Jim Butcher gets better with every book. It had a...
May 2014
17
Series OCD: sometimes I has it, sometimes I don’t. Despite the success of the first book, Leviathan Wakes (my review), after ...
April 2014
27
One can’t help but delight in the antics of Captain Frey of the airship The Kitty Jay. A swashbuckling rapscallion, he has an...
April 2014
26
I confess: I frequently find myself self-conscious about my use of punctuation. A few years back, I even bought a copy of St...
Cross-posted on Soapboxing When I was in my first (and, come to think, only) year in the dorms, I had a friend down the hal...
April 2014
20
3 stars for humor, 2.5 for information While reading, I was reminded of long-ago biology studies, and the simplest members ...
April 2014
04
[An English translation is available online - see below.] Chingiz Aitmatov (1928-2008) was a Kyrgyz/Soviet writer who wrote...
I don't give Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" praise lightly. This was a book I first read many years ago in...
March 2014
28
Severed is a nice take on the zombie idea even if it isn't really a zombie novel. A strange virus takes hold of downtown Lond...
March 2014
25
When Tempe's witch population booms, Atticus O'Sullivan is forced to make peace with the members of the former coven and join...
March 2014
23
There are a lot of catch-22s in the working world. There are even more for women. If you don't ask for a raise, you're less l...
Jo Walton is an author who can be trusted to come up with fresh ideas and stories, a rare bird in the fantasy genre. Here we ...
March 2014
22
The darkness agrees with me. It asks me to release it, as loud as a roar and as quiet as a whisper. I remember what my sister...
Recently I’ve been told I’m tough to please. Here’s what I know about books: their experience is highly subjective. Not onl...