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Isn’t it convenient how this monthly TBR game ends up picking certain themes all on its own? In October, it turns out that the theme of the month was “love.” But not romantic love — “REAL love” (in the words of one of our featured titles). This month, we have books on: Real love (what it is, …
September 2022 Book Report [Tic-Tac-TBR Wrap-Up] Last month’s reading roundup included a fantasy adventure series by a new favorite writer, a graphic novel about a group of people living in perpetual daylight who use a sand-based magic system, a mystery about a new grandpa (or two) searching for their new granddaughter’s missing drug-addled mother, and …
A rare thing has happened: I may have found a new favorite author. It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed fantasy, much less a middle grade fantasy series, but after stumbling on Brandon Mull via my research on another author named Brandon, I’ve devoured his books in a way that I haven’t done in …
Sad fact of life: Everything has a cost. That includes both good and bad things. And the best (read: most interesting) stories, fiction or nonfiction, reflect that reality. That’s what this last month’s random collection of reads reinforced. From a book about how the so-called “underdogs” may actually have strengths that the “giants” aren’t aware …
Anyone up for a little religion and psychology this month? Those are the topics covered in the books I read in June, anyway. It was definitely a much lighter-than-usual reading month, and yet I still somehow managed to knock out enough books to put on the TBR board. (Thanks, audiobooks!) So here we go, deep …
“You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman.” — Mary Elizabeth Winstead “Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men,” said Major Dick Winters. I would argue that the same can be said for great women, in real life and in fiction, as evidenced by the …
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Since I discovered the wonder of listening to audiobooks while doing art, I’ve been able to get back into “reading” fiction a lot more than usual. Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t still read nonfiction. In this month’s set of featured books, I cover three memoirs — by a girl saved from suicide by a (literal) …
In this article, we have… An ancient king with a (several) unusual ways of dealing with rivals and enemies… A girl with a hidden traumatic past who learns how to reconnect… A seemingly unassuming old pro revealed to be a filthy (literally, not a metaphor) murderer People with superhero-like skills who turn into murderers because …
“A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.” —Madeleine L’Engle Have you ever wanted to read a book that makes you laugh? Not just smile, but laugh out loud, maybe even ROFL? If so, the following books will hit the spot. Here, we have a sci-fi-fantasy story about a high-tech heist, a mistaken-identity romp involving …
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“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” — Thomas A Edison Okay. It’s time to confess: You don’t do everything you are capable of. You don’t even do most of the good things that you want to do, that you are capable of. You struggle with self-doubt, procrastination, distraction, …
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