Category: Bloggyness
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2026-06-08—Piranesi
In getting ready to write this review, I did some quick research on Piranesi‘s author and discovered, to my astonishment, that, unless you count a compilation of short stories, Susanna Clarke has only two full-length novels to her name. Given that Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was both fantastic and her debut, and that, as…
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2026-05-26—Red State Mars
Tough-as-nails pioneer families and a great sci-fi war story wrapped up in a huge epic of Mars’s fight for freedom. Loved it. Larry Correia Imagine my surprise when Ark Press sent me over a survey asking if I had any interest in ARC copies of their upcoming novels. Free books, most likely in one of…
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2026-04-27—Hitch
Remember back when Will Smith was good? Remember when he was pure charisma? You know, before GI Jane sucked his soul out and left him a husk of man. Remember when New York was good? You know, back when the image movies presented of New York being clean, friendly, and crime-free, while far from accurate,…
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2026-04-13—The Islands of the Blessed
I’d guess that you have some purpose to fulfill and that is why you were saved. But don’t get a swelled head over it. A cabbage has a purpose when someone needs a soup. The Islands of the Blessed, pg 245 And so we begin April with an ending—the ending to The Sea of Trolls…
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2026-03-30—The Land of the Silver Apples
When the war was over… God called this third group [of angels] before His throne. “Be gone from Heaven, you lukewarm cowards,” He said. “You have lost your souls through indecision. Yet because you did not take up arms against Me, I will show you mercy. You will live among My children on earth and…
Boo Ludlow 