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Book Review – The Ballad of Black Tom
A short Lovecraftian story about a young hustler from Harlem in the 1920s who falls in with the wrong person. Charles Thomas Tester was doing what he could to support his ailing father after the death of his mother, which meant running tricks on unsuspecting folks in nicer neighborhoods. His grift usually involved playing guitar,…
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Book Review – Witch King
Kai and Ziede wake from being magically imprisoned, with little knowledge about how they got there or how much time has passed, only to discover that the person who woke them intends on making Kai his familiar – an act that would make him a mindless follower. The pair fight their way out of the…
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Book Review – All the Dead Shall Weep
Gunnie Rose #5 Newlyweds Lizbeth and Eli are settling into married life back home in Texoma. When Felicia and Peter come to visit though, life gets quickly shaken up into a fast-paced, heartbreaking mystery that throws Lizbeth’s confidence in her marriage into question. As Lizbeth and Felicia try to figure out who is coming after…
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August 2023 Wrap-Up & September 2023 TBR
August Wrap-Up Total Titles: 11Beaches, Bungalows, & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes – 3⭐ – ReviewThe Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart – 3⭐ – ReviewThe Druid’s Call by EK Johnston – 3⭐ – ReviewDeserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes – 4⭐ – ReviewForests, Fishing, & Forestry by Tonya Kappes – 4⭐ – ReviewChristmas,…
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Book Review – Yumi & the Nightmare Painter
Secret Project #3 Yumi is a special girl on her world, someone who can commune with the spirits by doing intricate rock stacking formations. Painter is an artist who is employed to paint nightmares to protect the people of his city. They are from very different places, leading very different lives, but thanks to the…
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Book Review – Thornhedge
There’s a girl stolen by fairies and raised by fae creatures. She’s taught how to be part of their world, how to use magic, turn into a little toad, and feel loved unconditionally by her unlikely new family. She’s recruited to give a blessing to a human princess, but things don’t go quite right and…
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Book Review – Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers
Camper & Criminals #6 For all her hard work bringing the town of Normal, KY back to life through her entrepreneurship skills at the camp grounds, Mae West is awarded an honorary degree. It is immediately put to use as she’s recruited to substitute teach at the local high school when the archery team coach…
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Book Review – The Stardust Thief
The Sandsea Trilogy #1 A mysterious woman known as a the Midnight Merchant is forced into finding an ancient magical artifact. She’s sent on a dangerous journey into the Sandsea, where people who enter do not return. Accompanying her are her jinn bodyguard, the Sultan’s oldest son, and one of the son’s forty thieves. In…
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Book Review – Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder
Camper & Criminals #5 It’s time for the Civil War reenactment in Normal, KY, bringing lots of new visitors to the Happy Trails Campground. Everyone is gearing up for the action, but a few criminals take things a bit too far. This one is packed with a reenactment ending in murder, a stolen motorhome, a…
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Book Review – Christmas, Criminals, & Campers
Camper & Criminals #4 It’s Christmas in Normal, Kentucky and the town gets shaken up by the arrival of a popular author, who plans to spend the winter at the quaint campground. Everyone is a excited to meet her but she doesn’t appear to be quite as nice as her books would lead a reader…
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