Time for some short takes to clear the desk for the coming year. In Urs Widmer’s Der Geliebte der Mutter (My Mother’s Lover) the first-person narrator tells the story of his mother’s life, beginning with the death of her lover, many years after her own death. Erwin died as he lived best, leaning over a …
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Dec 23 2024
Gastronogeek: The Book Of Potions by Thibaud Villanova & Stephanie Simbo
Honestly, I didn’t know what I would think about a cookbook devoted to liquids alone, but this was a really magnificent compilation of pop culture media-related recipes, covering both drinks and soupy dishes. There are definitely more than enough of the latter to give this volume pride of place in the kitchen and not just …
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Dec 20 2024
Suitor Armor, Vol. 1 by Purpah
Okay, this might be the best of the covers Ten Speed Graphic has picked for its books recently but even this one barely hints at the charm of what lies inside, IMO. Suitor Armor is the tale of a young lady-in-waiting named Lucia, who’s been the companion and best friend of the king’s betrothed, Kirsi, …
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Dec 19 2024
I Love Taylor Swift: An Unofficial Fan Journal by Princess Gabbara
The Updated & Expanded Version! Okay, I have to admit it: I’m not a hardcore Swiftie. I love music, so I’ve definitely enjoyed listening to her stuff ever since We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together showed that she was embracing her sense of humor and not taking herself too seriously any more (unsurprisingly, my …
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Dec 18 2024
Scary Godmother Compendium: This Was Your Childhood by Jill Thompson
What a charm- and value-packed compendium of virtually all the Scary Godmother material published to date! I knew of Jill Thompson from her work on Neil Gaiman’s Death and Endless properties for DC Comics, but hadn’t realized the extent of her oeuvre otherwise. In particular, I had no idea that her own original creation, Scary …
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Dec 17 2024
Shadow Work For Hot Messes by Mandi Em
subtitled Transform From Chaos To Clarity By Embracing Your Authentic Self. This book took me forever to read, and that’s a good thing. Despite being slender, with plenty of white space for readers to fill in with their own thoughts and responses to the prompts, it’s a very meaty volume for anyone genuinely interested in …
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Dec 16 2024
The Secrets Of Still Waters Chasm by Patricia Crisafulli (EXCERPT)
Hello, readers! Today we have an excerpt for you from a cozy mystery novel that’s been described as a blend of The Da Vinci Code and Murder She Wrote. The second book of the Ohnita Harbor mystery series finds our heroine once again compelled to help those who need it most, even if it puts …
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Dec 13 2024
Tantalizing Tales — December 2024 — Part One
Happy December, readers! This is our only December pre-Christmas book roundup this year, so hopefully you’ll find some amazing reads in this list to gift to your nearest and dearest (which definitely includes yourself!) First up, we have the latest book from one of my favorite lawyers turned crime writers, Marcia Clark. Her non-fiction tome …
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Dec 12 2024
The Kennedy Girl by Julia Bryan Thomas (EXCERPT)
As the year winds down, let’s look ahead at one of the most anticipated releases of 2025! In 1961 New York, a modeling scout appears seemingly out of nowhere, complimenting twenty-one-year-old Mia’s Jacqueline Kennedy look and offering her a one-way ticket to Paris. All she can think is: why not? Even so, she’s a bit …
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Dec 11 2024
Terraria Volume 1 by Grant Alter, Brendan J. Vogel, Matt Clingempeel & Iwan Nazif
with colors by Digikore and letters by the talented Dave Lanphear. So let’s be honest: I found this book entirely confusing. It doesn’t help that the entirety of the second chapter was presented not backwards but bizarrely out of order. It was about Vale and Levi going to look for answers in other people’s homes, …
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