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In honor of Running close to the wind coming out TOMORROW here is an art I made tonight of The Running Sun.

Here is an excerpt of the most hilarious book you will ever read. https://gizmodo.com/running-close-to-the-wind-excerpt-queer-pirate-fantasy-1851029451 Available wordlwide as an ebook, audiobook, and physical book.

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111: Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror [2023]

Edited by: Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams

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Richard Q&A during the recording of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley.

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Januaries by Olivie Blake: Review

2.75⭐

Short story collections are most often hit or miss, and I’m disappointed to say that Januaries was a miss for me.

The first thing I’d like to say, which has nothing to do with Olivie Blake and everything to do with the publisher, is that it annoys me to no end that they marketed this collection as ‘iconic’ before it was even published. You don’t get to decide that something is going to be iconic, especially when this collection has nothing iconic. It’s not groundbreaking, it’s not a literary masterpiece, it’s not even daring or particularly original. It’s not a bad collection, but it’s not a good one either. For the most part, it’s just unremarkable.

Most of the short stories had a lot of potential, but that potential was almost never correctly exploited. I always felt like Olivie Blake was trying too hard to be quirky, trying too hard to be exceptional and iconic, and the result was that it was merely an okay collection, underwhelming and fairly boring. I also had the impression that the technique of short stories wasn’t fully mastered. For a short story to be good, you have to quickly hook the reader, and deliver a fantastic ending. While the initial hook was there, the ending was sometimes only mid and left me indifferent.

In short, while this wasn’t a bad collection, it wasn’t good either, and as someone who loved the Atlas Series and especially enjoyed Olivie Blake’s style in that series, that was a huge disappointment.

Thank you to Netgalley and PanMacmillan for giving me an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan; Main Market edition (11 May 2023)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishHardcover ‏ : ‎ 784 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1529043522ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529043525 Book Blurb 1928, Paris. A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a…

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Book Review ~ A Marvelous Light

Book Review ~ A Marvelous Light

A Marvellous Light By Freya Marske Publication Date: October 26th 2021 Publisher: Tor Books Series: The Last Binding #1 Blurb: Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to…

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#BlogTour State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton

#BlogTour State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton

 It’s truly a pleasure to take part in the BlogTour State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton.  ‘When an ingenious #1 bestselling novelist, known for her rich themes, riveting plots, and empathetic characters, and one of the world’s most experienced leaders with inside knowledge on the global power players from top to bottom, team up to write a novel, the result is STATE OF…

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“I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you do not understand me.” 

― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

7 Covers in 7 Days

Rules: Each day, I will post the cover of a book that I love and nominate someone new to start the challenge.

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