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‘Hemlock’ Melissa Faliveno’s “Hemlock” is a story about addiction, isolation and a creepy deer. This is a haunting novel that balances psychological tension with an intimate exploration of identity and [...]
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‘The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being There’ This is such a book of the moment, for me. It is healing and kind and full of the parts [...]
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‘The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life’ I would love to tell you that I’m a lifelong journaler and that I have reams of my thoughts [...]
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‘King Sorrow’ This is a big book — an epic doorstopper with multiple narrators, a winding timeline, and a torrent of emotion that’s rarely uplifting. In other words, it is [...]
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Posted September 03, 2025in Book Review
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‘Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language’ Every generation gathers its own stew of slang to scandalize their parents and, eventually, grows up to be those scandalized [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Book Review
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‘Lessons in Magic and Disaster’ This may be marketed as a fantasy book, but just like real people, there is far more to this sparkling gem than meets the eye. [...]
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‘Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations’ Archaeology isn’t boring, but it sure can seem that way from the [...]
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Posted June 04, 2025in Book Review
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‘Eat the Ones You Love’ Creepy nostalgia with a literary flare and a killer orchid? Sounds like a good time to me. I like unexpected horror, especially the kind with [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Book Review
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‘The Devils’ There is a subgenre of fantasy that I haven’t always appreciated. Grimdark novels often leave me feeling a little hollow and depressed. As such, it took me far [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Book Review
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‘Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection’ Tuberculosis seems like one of those diseases from the Victorian era that was left in history like cholera or [...]
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