Jun 11 2026
Men’s World Cup season has officially begun! Ever since 1998, this has been THE most exciting global sporting event for me, and even tho this year’s promises to be the worst run and most corrupt tournament of all time, not even that can dampen my love of the sport and the community who actually care …
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Jun 10 2026
Here in the northern hemisphere, as temperatures get hotter and hotter, and vacations get (hopefully) more and more imminent, don’t we all just want to relax with a cold beverage and a book in which people die at the hand of another? It can’t just be me. Luckily, publishers know we want this, and there …
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Jun 06 2026
A detective on a generation starship is an interesting premise. Olivia Waite has taken the venerable concept of a slower-than-light spaceship, the Fairweather, taking humans to another star system and given it several new aspects. She has moved the launch date into a medium-distant future. The people on the ship are not desperate refugees fleeing …
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Apr 16 2026
The sequel to the bestselling Let’s Split Up finds the Sanera Four assembled again in the town that catapulted them to macabre fame only one short year earlier. Jokester jock Cam never actually left, choosing to take on a role as assistant at his former high school instead of going to college. Meanwhile, both his …
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Apr 15 2026
Let’s Split Up was the fastest selling UK Young Adult debut of 2024. It’s said to appeal to the demographic that loves both the Scream movie franchise and Scooby Doo fans, but I suspect that this leans more to the former than the latter, at least if my reaction to it has been anything to …
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Apr 07 2026
Hello, dear readers! Today I have an intriguing excerpt from the second book in the Flynn Martin series, Two Truths And A Lie. After being instrumental in helping to catch the notorious PDQ killer who terrorized Denver, investigative reporter Flynn Martin is thrilled that her career is flying high. Juggling her professional responsibilities with motherhood …
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Apr 02 2026
Oh, boy, am I the worst person to send a speculative fiction mystery to when the mystery is, at best, mid. And that’s the thing: these mysteries could be so good, and have so much to say about the human condition as we hurtle into infinity, if the ideas were at all fleshed out and …
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Mar 31 2026
I am trying to wean myself off of the bad habit of buying books and games via Kickstarter that I don’t subsequently have the time to read and/or play. One way to do this, ofc, is to stop buying things. But another way, more pleasing to my heart if tougher on my calendar, is to …
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Mar 18 2026
This clever and adorable children’s graphic novel series debut is an immersive delight from start to finish! Koroba is a young girl who lives with her mom and two younger siblings in the fishing village of Makoko, Nigeria. Most of her school holidays are spent helping her mother catch, prepare and sell seafood, tho she’s …
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Feb 24 2026
Hello, dear readers! We have a treat for you today with the latest thrilling novel by Wendy Gee, the second in her Caroline Crossfire mystery series! Plucky TV reporter Sidney Quinn is back and ready to bring the hard news to viewers of Charleston, South Carolina’s Action 7 channel. Now she’s on the scene in …
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