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Review: The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories
The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A.C. Wise My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got this book in Storybundle’s LGBT+ Bundle and the title and description of this book are what got me to pick up the entire bundle. I didn’t even realize I already knew A.C. Wise’s work from its appearance…
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Review: Mad Tinker’s Daughter
Mad Tinker’s Daughter by J.S. Morin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another book I got via a bundle (either Humble Bundle or, more likely Story Bundle), not because I’m a pre-existing fan of Mr. Morin. This book continues in a universe Mr. Morin created, but starts a new series that that does not seem…
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Review: Lumière
Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book #71 for 2017 was this gem I’d overlooked on previous trawls through Calibre to select which book I’d read next. I’d have to check Calibre later to check my tags, but I’m pretty sure I got this book from one of the Storybundles –…
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Review: Infomocracy
Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older My rating: 4 of 5 stars Infomacracy is depressing to read. It’s fun to read. It’s a good political thriller, particularly if you happen to be an Internet junkie. I’d recommend it to anyone. But it’s depressing. Before we get there, let’s talk about the less depressing stuff. The book…
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Review: Lightspeed Magazine, March 2013
Lightspeed Magazine, March 2013 by John Joseph Adams My rating: 4 of 5 stars Got this as part of a Humble Bundle in 2015, I think. Finally got around to it. There were some really great and moving stories in here. As usual with anthologies, a collection of my status updates: “Things Undone” (Novella) –…
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Review: Big Pulp Fall 2011: On The Road From Galilee
Big Pulp Fall 2011: On The Road From Galilee by Michael D. Turner My rating: 4 of 5 stars A fun anthology that had more stories I liked than didn’t. As usual for an anthology, a collection of my status updates as the review: “On the road from Gallilee” – time travel and it tackles…
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Review: The Machine God
The Machine God by MeiLin Miranda My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well, this story functions quite well to continue the story from Black Mercury. We see the fates of many of the characters from the previous novel, but this really is quite a different story with a different focus. The series is going from…
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Review: Black Mercury
Black Mercury by Charlotte E. English My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book started off seeming as though it would be some sort of Victorian, Steampunk Speed Racer. But that turned out to just be a red herring to introduce us to the characters and set up some of the conflicts. I also thought…
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Review: The Razor’s Edge
Steampunk in a modern world
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Review: Lovecraft’s Monsters
Start off 2017 with some of your worst nightmares
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Review: Star Wars: Dark Empire II
Star Wars: Dark Empire II by Tom Veitch My rating: 3 of 5 stars The story had some fun elements like a steampunk Jedi with a steampunk spaceship. But overall, it was a flat sequel that undid a lot of what mattered in the previous story without doing much the advance that main story. That’s…
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Review: Lightspeed Magazine July 2010
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010 by John Joseph Adams My rating: 4 of 5 stars As usual for anthology-type things, an expansion on my status updates. But, before that, let me just say that I love science fiction and fantasy short stories and listen to SFF/F podcasts to hear them. So this was a very fun…
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2015 in Books
This year I took ebooks and comics with me when visiting the in-laws and took advantage of having books on my phone to read in idle moments when listening to podcasts wouldn’t make sense – say I needed to be able to hear my name being called. So I was able to read 86 books…
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Review: This is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death
This is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death by Ryan North My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book was more than just more stories in the Machine of Death world. It was also the Machine of Death in fantasy worlds and science fiction worlds and all kinds of…
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2014 in Books
I only have a bit of free time each day – usually no more than about two hours when you add it all up. So whichever of my hobbies tends to catch fire is the one that gets the majority of the attention. 2013 was a pretty good year for video games, but in 2014…