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#TBR Challenge – No Place Like Home: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Victoria Janssen

I don’t live in New York City, but I’m close enough and I’ve been there enough that I felt The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (2020) worked for this month’s theme, No Place Like Home. The book expands on … Continue reading →

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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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#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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#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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#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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#TBRChallenge – Tropetastic!: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell is the second book by this author, a standalone set in the same universe of The Resolution, but in a different star system with different characters. The paperback edition is to be released under Tor … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Opposites Attract: A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys has solarpunk, hopepunk, and friendly aliens who nevertheless have a different perspective on saving your planet versus leaving it behind. As I’ve loved all of Emrys’ previous novels, I snapped this one up and … Continue reading →

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