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Bottles and Waves, by Kian Kassam | Book Review
Bottles & Waves is an intimate, stream-of-consciousness memoir that chronicles author Kian Kassam’s struggle with regret, procrastination, and self-doubt during a transformative trip to Hawaii. At just 42 pages, the book delivers moments of insight and vulnerable self-reflection, but ultimately feels more…
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Caenogenesis, by Tasha He | Book Review
Caenogenesis is the debut novel by Tasha He, a dystopian sci-fi epic set in Ignis, a city-state after a nuclear war. Book 1 of The Gemini Files, the title may seem a slightly confusing choice at first, but it apparently refers to…
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The Trial of Vivex, by Xyne | Book Review
It’s not every day you read a book with weapon-wielding dinosaurs on the cover, but it perfectly captures the bizarre, compelling blend of primal survival and lizards that defines this story. The Trial of Vivex appears to be a Royal Road web…
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Living with Annie, by Simon Christmas | Book Review
Living With Annie is brilliant, unsettling science fiction that blends medical thriller, sci-fi and love story into something genuinely original. If Black Mirror did a book club with Kazuo Ishiguro and Jeff VanderMeer, this would be the assigned reading. Don’t be misled…
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To Conquer Death, by Richard H Moon | Book Review
To Conquer Death is an epic historical fantasy set in ancient Egypt that asks a genuinely unsettling question: what happens when death itself begins to fail? Author Richard H. Moon brings his evident passion for Egyptian mythology and Bronze Age history to…
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The Blood Between Us, by Mercy Jane Porquez Ballesteros | Book Review
Going by the cover, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I picked up The Blood Between Us by Filipino author Mercy Jane Porquez Ballesteros. As it turns out, this is a dark romantic thriller that tackles some tough questions and…
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Coal Dust on Purple Asters, by Jeffrey L. Carrier | Book Review
Coal Dust on Purple Asters is a slim collection, containing just three interconnected stories, and yet a whole movie script could probably be written for each of the stories. Set in fictional Burfield County in the Kentucky coalfields, Jeffrey L. Carrier’s trilogy spans…
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The Zodiac Proposition, by Jelani King | Book Review
The Zodiac Proposition: PIG by Jelani King is an ambitious dark fantasy that introduces a world of pirates, witches and treasure. At its core, this is a story about three teenagers, Jaden, William, and Alicia, and their adventures on a mysterious island.…
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Circle of Peace, by Sophia Kouidou-Giles | Book Review
Circle of Peace is a Greek mythology retelling that reimagines the world of Olympus through the eyes of Perse, Queen of the sun god Helios. Thessaloniki-born author Sophia Kouidou-Giles brings her deep knowledge of Greek culture and mythology to this substantial novella,…
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Next in Line, by T. W. Baker | Book Review
I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I picked up Next in Line by T.W. Baker going by the cover. As it turns out, this is a workplace comedy novel that tackles the chaos of pharmacy life through oodles of dry…
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