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Halfway Through 2022-My Favorites and Most Anticipateds
Now that we have arrived into the sweltering humidity of July, we have not only passed the halfway mark for…
Jay’s Book Talk: Tales from the Cafe
Settle down with a nice cup of coffee and enjoy Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. This is the…
Stacks to the Future: Juneteenth
One of the true bummers about the fabric of reality and the nature of spacetime is that time travel isn’t…
Nailed It, Failed It: A Dual Book Review
In this new blog series I’m calling Nailed it, Failed it, we will examine two novels that deal with the…
Graphic Novels a Kaiju Would Read and so Should You
Kaiju (I’m strictly speaking about the Kaiju of Pacific Rim because Godzilla’s divine reading taste is on another level.) are…
Stacks to the Future: Regency England
One of the true bummers about the fabric of reality and the nature of spacetime is that time travel isn’t…
Book Review: “Hell of a Book” by Jason Mott
SUMMARY In Jason Mott’s Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote…
Adult & Teen Ramadan Reads
With Ramadan in full swing, I thought I’d share some Adult & Teen “Ramadan Reads” that I’ve enjoyed. The titles…
Stacks to the Future: The Cold War
One of the true bummers about the fabric of reality and the nature of spacetime is that time travel isn’t…
One Ring to Rule Them All: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Influence on Epic Fantasy
I’ve been thinking about J.R.R. Tolkien and the world of The Lord of the Rings for over 20 years and can…