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Review: Rupert Wong, Cannibal ChefReview:
Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef by Cassandra Khaw My rating: 4 of 5 stars I bought this book as part of a story bundle collection. I haven’t read any of the other books in the “Gods and Monsters” universe, but (as one of the ads at the back of the book says) it’s somewhat similar to…
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Podcasts I’m Listening to In 2023
Once again I used a script to pull out the official descriptions of the podcasts as well as the URL where I access the feed. After the official description you’ll see my commentary about the podcast. Politics 5-4 Pod – Official Description:5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. Itβs a progressive…
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Review: Tress of the Emerald Sea
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars As a Kickstarter backer on this campaign, I was able to read this book immediately on the first day of the year and I bet it will be tough to find another book that I will love more this year. As…
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Review: The Lost Metal
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well, Sanderson has completed Era 2 of the Mistborn series. Originally intended to just be a bridge novella, Sanderson expanded it to 4 books. (Not surprising since he wrote 4 books during COVID out of boredom) If you’ve been reading the books from…
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NYRR Gridiron 4 mile 2022
My second race for 2022 came right on the heels of the previous one. This time it was for the NYRR Gridiron 4 mile race. After this one I have a break for a little bit before the next race I’m running. This turned out to be my first race run in the snow. I…
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Review: The Ruin of Kings
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons My rating: 4 of 5 stars I received this book for free as part of the 2021 Hugo Voting Packet This was a great, fun book. The only point I really had against it is that eventually with all the fantasy names and locations and history, things eventually…
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Review: Guards! Guards!
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my second time reading this book We finally are introduced to The Patrician as he will be portrayed for the rest of the Discworld books. He’s no longer the overweight Patrician we saw in the first two books. He’s infinitely more cunning…
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Review: Sourcery
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is my second time reading this book I believe this book marks the inflection point from the retconned books to the more continuity focused books. It appears that Equal Rites has already been retconned away by this book or else Rincewind is ignorant of…
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Review: Mort
Mort by Terry Pratchett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my second time reading Mort I dropped the rating from 5/5 to 4/5 because I’m using the tooltips for the ratings. I really enjoyed this book a lot. In my re-read this is the first tone I have enjoyed without any reservations. But…
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Review: Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Another masterwork by Brandon Sanderson in his Cosmere. I will say that, at times, some of the story seemed to drag, particularly character growth of the main characters. But not only is this made up by the incredible payoff at the end (I…
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Review: A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin My rating: 4 of 5 stars The book that was used by Ron Howard, et al to make the Apollo 13 movie! I got this book as part of a space-themed Humble Audiobook Bundle. As I was choosing the next audiobook…
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Review: A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin My rating: 4 of 5 stars The book that was used by Ron Howard, et al to make the Apollo 13 movie! I got this book as part of a space-themed Humble Audiobook Bundle. As I was choosing the next audiobook…
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New Dishes I cooked in April 2019
April was a month for getting a little more ambitious as well as trying variations on dishes I’d made before. Among the variations I would count the tilefish, grilled chicken thighs, and bratwust hot tub. The tilefish was just a variation on the Raichlen grilled fish recipe I’d tried before with blackfish. This time I…
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Review: Big Pulp: Ted Bundy’s Beetle
Big Pulp: Ted Bundy’s Beetle by Various My rating: 3 of 5 stars I bought this anthology last year at Baltimore Comic-Con because Dynamite had awakened within me the idea of enjoying modern pulp fiction. Whether the collection succeeds as pulp depends on how strictly one hews to the definition of pulp. However, I did…
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The Socially Awkward Questions Have Begun
Scarlett has become hardcore obsessed with the BBC show Octonauts. Nothing she used to care about – Mulan, My Little Pony, Beauty and the Beast – can be put on the television for her. All she wants to watch is Octonauts. So for Easter we got her all the characters. She has two favorite characters/toys:…