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Joss and Sam’s Fantastic Adventures, by Marilyn K. Reid | Book Review
Joss and Sam’s Fantastic Adventures by Scottish writer Marilyn Reid is a charming little middle-grade fantasy about a boy who discovers magic in his grandmother’s attic, and gets swept into a world of sprites, evil wizards, and magic battles. It’s a book…
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Dissection of a Human Heart, by Caterina Ioana | Book Review
A new gothic horror novella, Dissection of a Human Heart by Caterina Ioana is a charming little gem that feels like a forgotten Romanian classic. After finding a mysterious letter hidden in his late grandfather’s study, grieving scholar Erich Brunner travels to…
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The Men of the Mountain, by Drew Harrison | Book Review
From Florida writer Drew Harrison, The Men of the Mountain is a fantasy epic with a writing style that immediately pulls you in. The book has prose that reminded me of The Hunger Games, the kind that makes you forget you’re reading…
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A Fragment of Chrome, by Miikka Rautioaho | Book Review
The debut novel from Finnish writer Miikka Rautioaho, A Fragment of Chrome is a gritty cyberpunk noir thriller set in Ocean City, a decaying coastal megacity where toxic rain falls, corporations rule from gleaming towers and the poor survive in flooded slums.…
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Child of the Moon, by Aron Silver | Book Review
The new novel from Dutch author Aron Silver, Child of the Moon throws readers headfirst into 1924 Scotland where a police interrogation slowly unravels into something far darker than anyone anticipated. It’s gripping, unsettling, and the type of book that starts slowly…
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Rockstar Echoes, by Zach Taylor | Book Review
Rockstar Echoes is the debut book of Alabama-based author Zach Taylor, plunging readers directly into the messy, oft brutal machinery of the music industry. It’s gritty, unflinching, and structured in such a creative way that I found myself quickly getting absorbed into…
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The Forging of the Twelve, by Nathanael Bazzell | Book Review
The Forging of the Twelve by Nathanael Bazzell is the exciting new book in The Chronicles of the Orphan King series. I’ll start off by saying I reviewed the first book in The Chronicles of the Orphan King over half a year…
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Saving Cottonwood, by Lisa Page | Book Review
I’m a sucker for beautiful writing, so I’ll open this review by saying Saving Cottonwood by Lisa Page is a highly beautifully written, lyrical book throughout. It’s not a conventional thriller, and it won’t hurtle you through plot twists at breakneck speed.…
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A Tale of Three Tabbies, by Jane Lightbourne | Book Review
A Tale of Three Tabbies by Jane Lightbourne is a charming middle-grade novel set during the Covid-19 pandemic on a fictional Greek island called Agrion. The story follows three young tabby cats struggling to survive amid forest fires, food shortages, and hostile…
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Miss Gullible’s Classroom Travels, by Verena Harp | Book Review
With its chuckle-worthy title, Miss Gullible’s Classroom Travels by Verena Ferrant Harp is a refreshingly honest teaching memoir that refuses to romanticize the profession. Drawing on thirty-five years of classroom experience in rural Louisiana, it shows what really happens behind the classroom…
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