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Overboard by Sara Paretsky

  Read February 2023 Recommended for fans of  PI mysteries ★    ★   ★   ★  f V.I. Warshawski and I have been together for a long time. How long? I’d say that I finally discovered her in the 1990s, when … Continue reading

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Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews. No mourning here.

Read February 2023 Recommended for fans of Kate Daniels ★    ★   ★   ★    The recent release of the novella Magic Tides has me revisiting some of the books in the Kate Daniels world. Not all of them, mind you; though … Continue reading

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Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Read January 2023 Recommended for fans of Pratchett, MMOG ★    ★   ★   1/2 It all depends on your definition of ‘cosy,’ I suppose. I’ve been wrapping up George Saunders’ A Swim In a Pond In the Rain, in which … Continue reading

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The Catch Me If You Can by Jessica Nabongo. But I’d rather not.

Read November 2022 Recommended for travel fans ★   ★   1/2    Well, this is awkward. The trouble with analyzing the autobiographical is that one is also, to some extent, analyzing the person. And that just seems rude, right? Thinking of … Continue reading

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Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Read December 2022 Recommended for fans of light horror ★    ★    ★    1/2 I am a horror pansy. Not my genre. But I am a sucker for chicks-in-space, and after I read more than a few reviews … Continue reading

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Rules of Redemption by T.A. White

Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of Ilona Andrews ★    ★    1/2 Short version: what seems like a space-faring buddy flick turns into a court-intrigue romance novel with a deathly Mary Sue. It feels a great deal like … Continue reading

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Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Read December 2022 Recommended for fans of Ilona Andrews ★    ★    ★   ★   Fun and well-done example of the genre. There’s not a lot of substance to it, but honestly, it met the goal for sheer entertainment. What … Continue reading

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Sea Storm by Andrew Mayne

Read November 2022 Recommended for police procedural fans ★    ★    ★   Not enough cowbell underwater. For every thriller/mystery series, there is a style and a place, and that’s part of the attraction. Conversations go like this with my … Continue reading

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A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

Read August 2022 Recommended for fans of the Scholomance ★   ★   ★   1/2 Fairy tales and I go way back. For a little perspective, you have to remember I’m the Disney Classic era, so I’m not talking movie fairy tales … Continue reading

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Bayou Born by Hailey Edwards

Read October 2022 Recommended for fans of UF/PNR very slow burn ★   ★   1/2    The urban fantasy market feels overcrowded, but Hailey Edwards is one of the few that has gets my attention, beginning with The Beginners Guide to … Continue reading

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