Oct 01 2025
I didn’t super love the book for which this novella is a sequel. The Chosen And The Beautiful was Nghi Vo’s somewhat uneven, I felt, retelling of The Great Gatsby. But I do enjoy Ms Vo’s writing, as well as the novella form, so was happy to dive in here. Don’t Sleep With The Dead …
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Sep 29 2025
Readers who’ve already enjoyed Book 1 will likely warm up to this quicker than I did, but once I realized this wasn’t just escapist (sub)urban fantasy, I was all in! The Lizard Boy series revolves around the titular middle schooler, Tommy Tomkins, who fled with his mom and older sister Tiffany from the underground realm …
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Sep 26 2025
Hello, dear readers! We’ve officially entered that time of year where it’s chilly in the morning but sweltering in the afternoon, at least over here in Maryland. So what better time to check out other mystifying North American scenarios such as those brought to us in Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes’ upcoming America’s Most …
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Sep 25 2025
Containing graphic adaptations of City of Glass, Ghosts and The Locked Room. When I was in my 20s, I dated a guy who loved Haruki Murakami and Paul Auster. Those weren’t the reasons I dumped him, but they should have been signs. And it’s not like I didn’t try my darnedest either! I did get …
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Sep 24 2025
or some (honestly quite excellent) combination of the three. Listen, I read a lot of gossip and entertainment magazines. It’s a running joke in my trivia circles that I get the vast majority of my news from Us Weekly and Variety. So, as an adult, I am tamping down all the salacious details I know …
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Sep 23 2025
Hunh, I think Edgar Allan Poe might be the one writer — if not one person outright — of whom I’ve read the most biographies. And certainly, what a wealth of material and mystery there is surrounding one of the most famous writers to ever live! From a life marked with more than its fair …
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Sep 22 2025
In a world of increasing geopolitical cynicism, fueled by the atrocities of the military-industrial complex, a debut geopolitical novel asks: what if war wasn’t a tragedy, but a business model? That’s the question that author Jack Brown posits in his high-stakes thriller Prophets of War, as he explores the intersection of ambition, ideology, war and …
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Sep 19 2025
Genuinely such a slew of terrific titles to look forward to next week! The first is by one of my favorite contemporary mystery authors, Janice Hallett, who so cunningly uses the epistolary format in all its modern forms to such clever, elegant ends. She’s back with her latest novel The Killer Question, that revolves around …
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Sep 18 2025
I have not yet been fortunate enough to get my hands on the first book in this series but that certainly didn’t dampen any of my enjoyment of this charming graphic novel for children, which works perfectly well as a standalone. Sky and her Tyrannosaurus Rex pardner make up the fastest delivery service in the …
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Sep 17 2025
Hello, dear readers! Today I’m excited to bring to you a fascinating examination of power and corruption, with an excerpt from the paperback reissue of Ed Simon’s provocative, persuasive and just downright mesmerizing Devil’s Contract: The History Of The Faustian Bargain. To quote the press materials: “From ancient times to the modern world, the idea …
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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