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Angle Catbird (Volume 1) by Margaret Atwood (Author), Johnnie Christmas (Illustrator

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A famous literary author creates a very weird and paint-by-numbers comic/graphic novel. Well done illustrations can’t save this one.

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The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It is an artful yet rather depressing novella about a family dealing with the pending death of their father. The grief brings out both love and a difficult past...

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Quick Take: The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Starts a little slow but picks up by the end. It is middle grade so has a simplicity necessary for younger readers. I listened to it on audio so not sure if tha...

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The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It is a fascinating blend of history, magic and drama with religion, politics and family dynamics thrown in. Arden balances the old world's magic and the new wo...

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The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

Mind-bending and awesome are the words that come to mind after reading this book. Mind-bending in the different turns that the book takes (it goes to very unexp...

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Moon Over Soho (PC Peter Grant Book 2) by Ben Aaronovitch

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

It is great blend of urban fantasy, police procedural, and mystery. Peter Grant is a strong lead character but there is a nice mix of secondary characters, incl...

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