Friday, January 02, 2026

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Saint of Steel Series by T. Kingfisher by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Saint of Steel Series by T. Kingfisher by Karen S. Wiesner   ...
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Thursday, January 01, 2026

Bryony and Roses

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In this 2016 fantasy novel, recently reviewed by Karen, T. Kingfisher retells “Beauty and the Beast” with some variations unique to her. As ...
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Monday, December 29, 2025

This Year, I Resolve....

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In October, I learned  that a window of publishing opportunity was going to close at the end of 2025 and I promised myself (and others) that...
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Friday, December 26, 2025

Fellow-Passengers to the Grave by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Fellow-Passengers to the Grave by Karen S. Wiesner   I've spent the last several years trying to find exactly the right word to descri...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

In the Bleak Midwinter

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Merry Christmas! Recommended: A 2024 book about the dark side of the winter holidays, THE DEAD OF WINTER, by Sarah Clegg, subtitled "...
Friday, December 19, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review of Three Retold Fairytale Selections by T. Kingfisher by Karen S. Wiesner

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Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review of Three Retold Fairytale Selections by T. Kingfisher by Karen S. Wiesner   B...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

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My reflections on A WIZARD'S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING, by T. Kingfisher, which Karen recently reviewed: The title alone is irresistible...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

Wet Work

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The first time I heard the term "wet work" was in the Clint Eastwood mountain-climbing-assassins themed movie, "The Eiger San...
Friday, December 12, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Sworn Soldier Series by T. Kingfisher by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Sworn Soldier Series by T. Kingfisher by Karen S. Wiesner  This post contains my 200th Al...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Illuminations

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From the review in my newsletter back when the book was first released, here's my take on T. Kingfisher's ILLUMINATIONS, reviewed by...
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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...