Sep 30 2026
I never know what surprises my kids any more. I recently sent my fifteen year-old this (to me, hilarious) video, and he responded with “Mom, what the fuck?!” Now, I thought you could see the end coming from a mile away, but he’d apparently never heard of the story of the Girl with the Green …
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Sep 29 2026
subtitled Life in Iran During the 12-Day War. And, to be more precise, by The Cartoonist Collective in Tehran. Anonymity grants the artists and writers of The Cartoonist Collective the freedom to say what they really think about the Twelve Day War during which Israel attacked Iran, ostensibly to curb Iran’s nuclear capabilities. There’s no …
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Sep 28 2026
Every Jordan Ifueko book is a treat that also somehow manages to be incredibly healthy for your heart and your brain. Her latest fantasy series debut is aimed at Middle Grade readers, and is set in a future/alternate earth that is still eminently recognizable. Valentine Adesanya has grown up in the city of GlossAngeles with …
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Sep 25 2026
It has gotten downright chilly here in Maryland, tho the weather report assures me that temperatures will go back to being pleasant over the next few days, thank goodness. I wonder whether that’s part of the reason I’ve been able to plow through books a little more quickly than usual lately, as I eschew walks …
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Sep 24 2026
Back in April when the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards were announced, your Frumious Consorters talked about what we liked in the nominations, what we were excited to find out more about, and what we hoped to actually read. Curious to discover how things turned out and what the Consortium thought? Read on! Doug: …
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Sep 23 2026
Oh gosh, Idk why I didn’t think there would be actual monsters in this. I mean, the blurb is pretty straightforward about the book’s influences — primary among them being Henry James’ The Turn Of The Screw and J Sheridan LeFanu’s Carmilla — but I genuinely thought it would lean more towards a “did she …
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Sep 22 2026
This cute picture book from the creator of the Noodles And The No Bones Day series (yes, based on the viral TikToks featuring the adorable and, alas, now deceased pug named Noodle) is a sweet look at the power of friendship, primarily between a brave little pug and his new owner. Milton is a pug …
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Sep 21 2026
Y’all, I would kill to protect Cassie. When Ash Hargreeves, the heroine of this YA graphic novel, calls her foster sister “terminally delightful,” she is being 100% accurate, as Cassie is the absolute best no matter what life and serial killers try to throw at her. I love her and want to embody her positive …
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Sep 19 2026
Victor Sebestyen offers a readable, one-volume history of Budapest from its Roman beginnings as Aquincum (plus a little more than a page on pre-Roman findings) through the time of the book’s publication in 2022, although it is very light on the years after the anti-communist uprising of 1956. Out of the book’s 377 pages, the …
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Sep 18 2026
The days are getting shorter and the worst of the heat is tapering off, at least in my part of the world! Hopefully the weather is also getting (or remaining!) nice and comfy in yours, with plenty of time for reading awesome books, like the following great selections. We begin with the immaculate vibes of …
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Al Singh
Doug Merrill
Doreen Sheridan
Emily Lauer
John Pitzel
Lars N. Goldschlager
Laura Eilers
Professor X
Robert Maedgen
Sylvere Ap Leanan
The Shire