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My May and June Reading Log

TweetFiction: Torches: Acquaintance Old and New (Clorinda Cathcart’s Circle Book 8) by L. A. Hall went down like a series of bonbons; as usual, the “Circle” installments are intended for those who’ve already read the main Comfortable Courtesan series. Unjust … Continue reading

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Return of the Reading Log: March and April, 2020

TweetFiction: The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter by K.J. Charles is a short romance between an ace trans music hall singer and an ace man who works as a fence for the notorious Lilywhite Boys. Both are in danger from an upstart criminal, … Continue reading

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My December Reading Log

TweetFiction: Mile High Murder (A Hannah Ives Mystery) by Marcia Talley was a contemporary mystery centered around two women who take a fact-finding trip to Colorado to look at the marijuana industry, in preparation for creating legislation for Maryland. I … Continue reading

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My November Reading Log

TweetFiction: Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch had some resolutions happen in the series! I shall not spoil which ones. The plot raised some new questions in Peter Grant’s quest to understand how magic works, because it’s always much more complicated … Continue reading

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My July Reading Log

TweetFiction: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse is post-apocalyptic dark fantasy/horror set in Dinetah, a Navajo nation that survives ecological disaster but has problems with monsters and supernatural creatures of the sort that want to kill and eat humans. The … Continue reading

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My August Reading Log

TweetNonfiction: Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder is highly recommended if if you’re at all interested in the subject. This book helped me make/clarify a plethora of mental connections between colonialism and Social Darwinism and racism … Continue reading

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My February/March Reading Log

TweetI’m finally caught up!!! Fiction: Mind Magic (Lupi Book 12) by Eileen Wilks introduces a new character, a teenager named Demi who has Asperger’s. She was involved in an illegal government project to boost the power of Gifted kids until … Continue reading

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Wolves in Fantasy – Read This!

TweetTerrific essay from Foz Meadows on The Truth Of Wolves, Or: The Alpha Problem. I think/have thought about some of the issues she raises quite a lot, but not as insightfully. Below are some of my own posts relating to … Continue reading

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Roundup of Some Guest Posts

TweetThe Next Wave in Paranormal Romance. In my humble opinion. Ahem. I revisit The Mark of Merlin by Anne McCaffrey. Robyn Carr’s My Kind of Christmas came out at the end of October, despite being about Christmas in the town … Continue reading

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“‘Ello, I wish to register a complaint.” – Vintage Erotica Cover

TweetThis cover proves that the Paranormal Romance subgenre started earlier than we thought it did. Behold the Parrot Shifter.

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