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Dear Portland Protesters: Do Not Lose Sight of Why You Are There

Credit: AP Demonstrators gather during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

As the protests in Portland continue, it has become clear that many people there have begun to lose sight of why these protests began in the first place. The attention has seemed to shift away from protesting…

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#black lives matter #BLM #Human Rights #police brutality #Portland #Portland protests #white privilege

Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

My review of Children of Blood and Bone by @tomi_adeyemi Definitely recommend this one! #fantasy #youngadult #books

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.

But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

Now, Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike…

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#book recommendations #book review #Books #Children of Blood and Bone #Fantasy #legacy of orisha #magic #maji #race issues #Tomi Adeyemi #ya fiction #young adult #young adult fantasy

Book Review: City of Wolves by Willow Palecek

My review of City of Wolves by Willow Palecek. Not great overall, but had potential. #fantasy #novella

Alexander Drake, Investigator for Hire, doesn’t like working for the Nobility, and doesn’t prefer to take jobs from strange men who accost him in alleyways. A combination of hired muscle and ready silver have a way of changing a man’s mind. A lord has been killed, his body found covered in bite marks. Even worse, the late lord’s will is missing, and not everyone wants Drake to find it. Solving…

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#city of wolves #Fantasy #fantasy novellas #supernatural crime #werewolves #willow palecek

Book Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Here's my review of Fangirl by @rainbowrowell It was amazing, and made me happy-cry. A must read for every fangirl out there. #youngadultfiction #fangirl #books

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan… But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the…

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#coming of age #fanfiction #fangirl #nerd #rainbow rowell #YA #ya fiction #young adult

Book Review: Demon Hunting with a Sexy Ex by Lexi George

My review of Demon Hunting with a Sexy Ex by Lexi George is up! #paranormalromance

Cassandra Ferguson McKenna, aka the Witch of Devil River, has only one thing to say to her demon-hunting ex: We are never ever getting back together. Sure, Duncan Dalvhani may be the hottest thing this side of the Mason-Dixon line. He’s got a body to die for—which is hard to ignore when he skinny dips in her river every day—and swears he loves her. But as a demon hunter, Duncan is the sworn enemy…

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#book review #Demon Hunting with a Sexy Ex #Fantasy #Fiction #Lexi George #magic #paranormal romance #romance

Book Review: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

Read Three Parts Dead by @maxgladstone You won't regret it. #bookreview #fantasy

A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart. Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis’s steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara’s…

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Book Review: Disappearing Nightly by Laura Resnick

My #bookreview of Disappearing Nightly by @LaResnick Definitely recommend it!

Esther Diamond, a struggling actress in New York, seems destined to attract supernatural mayhem. When bizarre magical disappearances disrupt shows around the city, Esther receives a mysterious warning not to go on with her off-Broadway show. Desperate to stay on stage rather than resort to waiting tables, Esther turns to her new BFF, Dr. Maximillian Zadok, a 350-year-old mage whose day job is…

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#book recommendation #book review #Books #DAW fantsay #Disappearing Nightly #Esther Diamond #Esther Diamond novel #Fantasy #fantasy mystery #Laura Resnick #magic #mystery #urban fantasy

Book Review: The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher

Check out my review of The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher #fantasy

Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards a hoard of mythical treasures. A banker’s wife belongs to a secret order of assassins. And a shady…

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#book review #Books #Fantasy #fantasy western #Golgotha series #R.S. Belcher #The Six-Gun Tarot #Tor Books

Book Review: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating characters in the Star Wars universe, from his introduction in bestselling author Timothy Zahn’s classic Heir to the Empire through his continuing adventures in Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, and beyond. But Thrawn’s origins and the story of his rise…

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#book recommendation #book review #Books #Sci-fi #Science fiction #Star Wars #star wars books #star wars canon #Star Wars: Thrawn #Thrawn #Timothy Zahn

Magikarp Jump: My New Game Addiction

What is Magikarp Jump? Magikarp Jump is a new Pokemon based game from The Pokemon Company in which the goal is to raise Magikarps to jump as high as they can in competitions. That’s it. It’s an extremely simple premise for a surprisingly addictive game. The Basics You live in town that greatly values the generally useless, but no less loved, Pokemon, Magikarp. The goal of the game is to become a…

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#Andriod Games #Game Review #Games #Magikarp #Magikarp Jump #Phone Apps #Phone Games #Pokemon

Book Review: Ensnared by Rita Stradling

Check out my #bookreview of Ensnared by @stradling_rita #newadult #SF #romance

Alainn’s father is not a bad man. He’s a genius and an inventor. When he’s hired to create the robot Rose, Alainn knows taking the money is a mistake. Rose acts like a human. She looks exactly like Alainn. But, something in her comes out wrong. To save her father from a five year prison sentence, Alainn takes Rose’s place. She says goodbye to the sun and goes to live in a tower no human is…

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#Beauty and the Beast #book recommendations #book review #Books #Ensnared #fairy tale retelling #modern fairy tale #Rita Stradling #romance #sci-fi romance

Book Review: Final Girls by Mira Grant

My review of Final Girls by Mira Grant #bookreview #horror #subterraneanpress

What if you could fix the worst parts of yourself by confronting your worst fears? Dr. Jennifer Webb has invented proprietary virtual reality technology that purports to heal psychological wounds by running clients through scenarios straight out of horror movies and nightmares. In a carefully controlled environment, with a medical cocktail running through their veins, sisters might develop a bond…

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#book review #Books #Fiction #Final Girls #horror #horror novella #Mira Grant #novellas #Sci-fi #Subterranean Press

Book Review: Uploaded by James W. Hughes

Book Review: Uploaded by James W. Hughes #scifi

In the near future, the secrets of immortality have been unlocked. Those lucky enough to live forever reside behind the walls of the Enclave, like seventeen-year-old Xander, who on his next birthday is to be Uploaded into a new, indestructible body, never to age or die. Then there are those that live in the Outside, shrouded in the miserable shadow of the walled city. For Rachel, fighting to…

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#book recommendation #book reveiw #Books #immortality #James W. Hughes #LGBTQ characters #Sci-fi #Science fiction #Uploaded #young adult #young adult science fiction

Book Review: Squarriors: Spring by Ash Maczko and Ashley Witter

My review of Squarriors: Volume 1 by @AshMaczko and @AshleyMWitter A must read! #comics

Since the demise of humanity, the remaining animal life on the planet have become intelligent. The sudden spark of rational thought creates an internal struggle for these creatures; instinct versus reason. Animals of all species find themselves creating tribes and societies–each with their own beliefs, leaders, laws, and even armies. Some are working to be civilized while others embrace the…

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#apocalypse fiction #Ash Maczko #Ashley Witter #book recommendations #book review #Books #comic recommendation #comic review #comic series #comics #graphic novels #indie comics #post-apocalypse comics #post-apocalyptic #Squarriors #war comics

Book Review: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

My #bookreview of The Princess Diarist by #CarrieFisher #memoir

The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher’s intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings…

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#book recommendations #book review #Books #carrie fisher #diary #memoir #mental health #nonfiction #princess leia #Star Wars #the princes diarist

Book Review: Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha

Book Review: Sex At Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha #sexualitystudies #nonfiction

In this controversial, thought-provoking, and brilliant book, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá debunk almost everything we “know” about sex, weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality to show how far from human nature monogamy really is. In Sex at Dawn, the authors expose the ancient…

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#anthropology #Cacilda Jetha #Christopher Ryan #human sexuality #human sexuality studies #non-monogamy #primatology #psychosexuality #Sex at Dawn #Sociology

New SF/Fantasy Press Looking for Submissions

New SF/Fantasy Press Looking for Submissions #publishing #scifi #fantasy

Back of Beyond Press (BOB Press for short) is looking for submissions. Submissions are open to any and all. Our guidelines can found on our website. What is BOB Press? BOB Press is a science fiction and fantasy based publishing house in Portland, OR that we started recently. Our main focus is to showcase and support diverse authors from different racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, and…

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#back of beyond press #BOB Press #Books #call for submissions #Fantasy #Fiction #indie publishing #pdx publishing #portland publishing #publishing #Sci-fi #Science fiction #SF/Fantasy #SF/Fantasy publisher

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