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My September and October Reading Logs

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: In War’s Dark Shadow: The Russians before the Great War by W. Bruce Lincoln took me a year or more to finish. This book is from the 1980s, when it was a big deal that Lincoln had actually been … Continue reading →

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My August Reading Log

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: 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 June and July Reading Log

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells was so very fun and I wanted it to be so much longer. She’s an autobuy author for me, because her characterization is so very, very good and emotionally involving. … Continue reading →

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My April – May Reading Log

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older is a YA novel that ties in to his Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series. The magic of the shadowshapers is very, very cool, and so are the different ways it can be manifested. … Continue reading →

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My February/March Reading Log

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

I’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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My July and August Reading Log

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: Snape: A Definitive Reading by Lorrie Kim is what it says on the tin. I highly recommend this if you like intelligent, crunchy, critical close readings. I strongly suspect you do not have to like or even have read … Continue reading →

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My May and June Reading Log

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Wonder City Stories by Jude McLaughlin went along well with my recent comics reading. Wonder City is full of superheroes, and they all have stories: young superheroes just starting out, old superheroes who aren’t sure what timeline they’re in, … Continue reading →

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My April Reading Log

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I finally read The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth by Sarah Monette. I have had this book since it came out, and every time I saw it, I would think, “ghost stories are scary! I’ll … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Immortals: Olympus Bound by Jordanna Max Brodsky was a strange but intriguing mixture of Olympian gods with a suspense novel involving serial killings. The Olympians are fading away as they live in the modern world, gradually losing their … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Taking the Lead by Cecilia Tan is a contemporary romance with BDSM, first in a new series. The heroine and her sister have inherited their gazillionaire grandfather’s secret Hollywood BDSM club, and the hero is a rock star who’s … Continue reading →

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