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#TBR Challenge – Not in Kansas Anymore: Was by Geoff Ryman

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Victoria Janssen

My choice for the Not in Kansas Anymore theme is Was by Geoff Ryman (1992), which I feel is perfect because it plays directly with The Wizard of Oz, both book and movie, and the making of the movie as … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I have belatedly read The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett, and wow did it have a lot more going on than I was expecting even though, this being Pratchett, I should have expected themes such … Continue reading →

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#TBR Challenge – Furry Friends: The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson, edited by Jennifer C. Garlen and Anissa M. Graham

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Victoria Janssen

The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson, edited by Jennifer C. Garlen and Anissa M. Graham is a collection of essays about various Jim Henson productions. I am huge fan of Henson’s work, but managed never to see Fraggle Rock because … Continue reading →

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#TBR Challenge 2024

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be participating in the #TBRChallenge from Wendy the Super Librarian once again! Themes for this year are: January 17, Once More With Feeling: Territory by Emma Bull. February 21, Furry Friends: The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson, edited by … Continue reading →

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#TBR Challenge – Festive: Coming Home for Christmas by Carla Kelly

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Coming Home for Christmas by Carla Kelly is slightly different from the other TBR books I’ve read this year; I actually started it at some point, in either 2020 or 2021, and then just…didn’t finish it, possibly because it’s a … Continue reading →

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My October Reading Log

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker was my TBR Challenge book for October. System Collapse by Martha Wells is the new Murderbot book. I won’t spoil anything here! I definitely recommend reviewing the previous volume (Network … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Once Upon A Time…: Spear by Nicola Griffith

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Spear by Nicola Griffith is an Arthurian novella about Peretur (Perceval) set in 6th century Wales, with a lot of realistic detail of everyday material culture, armor, weaponry, and the diverse peoples inhabiting the island after the reign of the … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Danger Zone: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker was written and published before the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes the similarities to the early days of it that much more striking. In a United States very similar to our own, … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

September involved some travel and other transitions for me, so I spent almost all of it reading a single series. Fanfiction: The Desert Storm by Blue_Sunshine and its sequel series are well over a million words of Star Wars time … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – New Author: Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson, published in 1937, is a charming small town novel about Barbara Buncle, who needs money to continue to support herself and her former nanny. After considering raising hens, she instead writes a novel about … Continue reading →

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