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On the one hand, I’m happy for the interest in poetry that the viral success of Rupi Kaur has brought mainstream. On the other, well, you get the feeling that everyone feels that they can write poetry now. And yes, to a certain extent, everyone can write poetry. But too often writers confuse epigraphs with …
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Interestingly, the cover only credits the artist as Russell Olson, perhaps due to space and legibility issues. Full credit to this creative team for one of the best crime comics I’ve ever read, tho! And, given the sheer amount of crime fiction I read, that is saying a lot! A Phone Call Away is the …
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Wit is infused into every detail of this children’s book that has just as much insight for parents as it does for their precocious kids. The young girl who grumpily exclaims the title of the book on its cover has had enough. Adults are always getting away with bossing their kids around unfairly, so she’s …
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Hello, readers! We have a fresh excerpt from a Wall Street thriller publishing today. Inspired by the author’s experience in corporate branding and international public speaking, particularly in Ukraine, this debut novel is a gripping tale of ambition, temptation and the precarious nature of wealth’s pursuit. Growing up in the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear …
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Younger me would be absolutely shocked to hear that I no longer have the time to read full blurbs or the back cover matter of books anymore, but such are the perils of having so much to read, and so little time to do it in! Present day me was thus quite surprised to get …
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Happy August, readers! I have never had a year in which I’ve looked so forward to my kids going back to school. I love spending time with them but they’ve felt a little needier — and definitely a lot louder! — than in previous years, so it’ll be nice to get some nice, quiet reading …
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The second book in the A Year Of Diana Wynne Jones challenge that I could join in on was this, Eight Days Of Luke. I’m honestly still torn over how I feel about the various covers: some seem a little spoiler-tastic, but if I’m being perfectly honest, I didn’t even look properly at the cover …
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I was so thrilled to finally be able to stop by my local friendly game store for Free RPG Day 2024 and snag a whole bunch of loot. While showing off my haul to my friends, one of my Space Gnomes on our Discord server asked, mischievously, if this meant that I would run the …
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Hello there, readers! This week we have another excerpt treat for you. Chad Boudreaux is back with another fast-paced political thriller, Homecoming Queen, publishing today. While his debut, Scavenger Hunt, was set in Washington DC’s halls of power, his sophomore novel examines small-town politics on the South Texas coast where he was born and raised. …
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Oh gosh, I really do hope this is the start of a series! It’s so cute, and the ending is the perfect setup for sequels galore! Eleven year-old Caleb isn’t super thrilled to have to leave California and all his memories of his late dad. But his mom enjoyed growing up in small town Wisconsin …
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