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Continue reading →: New Book Releases!For the Week of Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Featured here are just a handful of books that release this week! Keep an eye out for future reviews of those I haven’t yet read. Buy or pre-order at the links below each synopsis! Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio Genre: Gothic Fiction,… Read More
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Continue reading →: Painted Edges: An Ancient ObsessionWe all know how enticing those beautiful sprayed edges can be. From sumptuous solid colors to intricate hand painted and sprayed designs, decorated edges lend a colorful sense of whimsy and character to any library. But where did this phenomenon begin? Is this a new phenomenon or did readers of… Read More
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Books I’m Buying in February
…ok, or I ALREADY bought them…sshhh! With winter trudging along, and those winter blues with it, I figured it was time to make a short list of books I’m looking forward to reading. This is a VERY short list, because, let’s be honest, I’m looking forward to reading a LOT of books this year. I…
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Support Your Indie Booksellers!
I just got approved as a bookshop.org affiliate! After recent events (and obviously not so recent ones) I decided to cut ties with Amazon, and that included their Amazon Affiliate program. Honestly, if I had known about Bookshop.org having an affiliate program, I would have made the change sooner. Anyway! I’m hoping to update all…
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Symbiote by Michael Nayak
What sold me on this story was that the author is an actual scientist (and so much more!) with experience at the South Pole. A timely thriller that takes place in Antarctica during World War 3, Symbiote is action packed from page one. The combination of science, adventure, thriller, and dystopian nightmare will appeal to…
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The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 There’s something wrong in Renfield County. It’s in the water, the soil, the wood. But worst of all, it’s in the minds of the residents, slowly driving them mad. Release Date: February 11, 2025 I don’t even know where to start. This read was a trip. A cavalcade of the uncanny. A…
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When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 This book was a breath of fresh air. I loved Dymitr so much. The imagery, the emotion, the all amazingly executed. Being Ukrainian (4th generation), the folklore at the heart of this book spoke to me in a deep and personal way. My family is from an area that was under Austro-Hungarian…
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