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The Everlasting: Sweeping and imaginative
Owen Mallory is a failed soldier of Dominion, a self-professed cowardly scholar, when the chancellor sends him ten centuries back in time to the era of Una Everlasting, Dominion’s greatest heroine of old, to document her story. Except, this may not be the first time it’s happened.
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October memes
Hello, book nerds! Spooky month is officially behind us. From seeing SenLinYu on book tour to completing my first writing challenge to handing out full-sized candy on Halloween night, I feel like I had a great month. SenLinYu’s book tour event was solid. And so was the book (which weighs a nice 3 pounds or
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Gifted & Talented: A magical character study
Three miserable siblings reconnect over the death of their magitech billionaire father. As they contend with the will, they must also reconcile their own pasts and futures, including those of the people caught in their orbit.
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Writing, and September memes
Hello, book nerds! September was a good month — pretty standard, all told. There were some notable life events for friends, which I enjoyed celebrating, and outside of those, things were quiet and relaxed. The latest and greatest is that I’ve committed to writing a book. I say “committed” specifically, because that’s the important part.
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Godshot: Unusual and off-kilter
Lacey is a young girl whose family is part of a cult. Set on the backdrop of a small town suffering a drought, we follow Lacey through a coming-of-age story bent and twisted out of its usual shape by a pastor with strange ambitions for his flock.
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August memes
Hello, book nerds! August was a chill month — and honestly, I don’t have much to say. I read a bunch, though, so I’m getting straight to the goods:
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Starling House: Southern gothic fantasy
Opal lands an unexpected job opportunity housekeeping for Arthur, the reclusive heir of Starling House. Even though the house is creepy (and perhaps sentient) she needs the money too much to quit. But sinister forces start converging, and Opal and Arthur will have to work together to stop them.
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A Short Stay in Hell: Existential comedy horror
Soren Johansson, a lifelong Mormon, has died. Except he finds himself cast into Hell by a God he’s never heard of and assigned a practically impossible task, with literal eternity to accomplish it.
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The Nightingale: Courageous and moving
Sisters Vianne and Isabelle must must survive the German occupation of France; Isabelle wants to be a war heroine, Vianne just wants to protect her daughter. And then a German officer billets at their home.
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K-Pop Demon Hunters and July memes
Hello, book nerds! July was a busy month — we had many birthdays to celebrate (including my husband’s, who enjoys a big, themed, party). Something else I did this month was watch K-Pop Demon Hunters — twice in 24 hours. I’m not even a K-Pop person generally, but I loved this movie wayyyyy more than
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