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Book Review: Trust by Domenico Starnone

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Trust by Domenico Starnone is the second of a handful of short books that I picked up at the local library (the first was Comfort Me with Apples). PublisherR...

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Quick Take On A Short Book: Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

During a recent trip to the library, I picked up a couple of intriguing short works of fiction.  I finished the first, Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. V...

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Graphic Novels I Read in 2021: Santa Claus, Norse Myths, the Palestinian Conflict, an Indian Robin Hood & More

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I am not a big reader of graphic novels but I do read half a dozen or so each year.  Rather than review each one individually, because I don’t have a lot ...

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Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Having realized that the book I bought was the second book in a series, I finished A Borrowed Man and started back up with Interlibrary Loan. Hundreds of years ...

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Book Review: A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

As perhaps is appropriate, I came to read A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolf in a very roundabout way.  I decided to buy Interlibrary Loan after seeing it in the barga...

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Bibliotheca: Achievement Unlocked

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

  If my greatest reading accomplishment in 2020 was reading 100 books in a year, my reading accomplishment for 2021 was finally reading my entire Bibliothe...

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