Monday, December 08, 2025

Dark and Dirty ... QR

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I am naturally suspicious of certain things, such as the honesty of human cold callers who disregard the Do Not Call registry, or obvious re...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review of Four Young Adult Children's Fantasy Selections by T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon by Karen S. Wiesner

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Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review of Four Young Adult Children's Fantasy Selections by T. Kingfisher/Ursula...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

The Lady of the Shroud

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Everybody knows about Bram Stoker’s DRACULA (1897). Few vampire fans, however, much less general readers, are familiar with what might be ca...
Monday, December 01, 2025

Inadmissible Truths

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Writers should never admit it if they base a character on a particular actor or actress, or use frame-by-frame viewing of parts of a movie t...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey by Karen S. Wiesner     Beware potential spoile...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving

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Happy American Thanksgiving! On this holiday, many families tend to cling to their traditions. Although my husband, in general, is an adve...
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Saturday, November 22, 2025

Samizdat -- Say What?

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What is a "right"? From whence do rights come? A Briton might look back to the enduring clauses from the Magna Carta that promise:...
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Friday, November 21, 2025

Review for The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner Combined with an Original Article: Unique by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Review for The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner Combined with an Original Article: Unique by Karen S. Wiesner     Beware spoiler...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Shattered Glass

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Elaine Bergstrom's richly detailed "vampire as alien" series begins with SHATTERED GLASS (1989), first published although no...
Friday, November 14, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins by Karen S. Wiesner     Beware spoilers!...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Human Hibernation

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The November issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has a long article about a NASA project at the University of Pittsburgh, with the goal of making i...
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Sunday, November 09, 2025

Sell Me, Sell Me Lies

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In the Middle Ages in Britain, if a baker sold underweight bread, he was punished, which is why we have the saying "a baker's dozen...
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Friday, November 07, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review Subseries 3: The Tawny Man Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review Subseries 3: The Tawny Man Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by R...