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: Blindside by Michael Mammay
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Grade A #BookReview: Blindside by Michael Mammay
My Review: After five books, my feelings about Carl Butler have not changed a bit. I STILL want to buy the man a drink. The only thing that has changed is that now Iâd try to include Mac in the drinking, in the hopes that one of them would spill something about their escapades. Just what gets put on the page is one hell of a story.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/grade-a-bookreview-blindside-by-michael-mammay/
about 22 hours ago
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: The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather's Whiskers by Kenneth Hunter Gordon
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#BookReview: The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfatherâs Whiskers by Kenneth Hunter Gordon
My Review: What would fairy tales look like on a world that, once upon a time, was settled by human colony ships? Somehow, the idea of Aesop or Bârer Fox and Bârer Rabbit, or even the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, still being the stories that children get told to help them cope with the world or get life and morality lessons, doesnât quite work.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/bookreview-the-girl-who-made-a-mouse-from-her-grandfathers-whiskers-by-kenneth-hunter-gordon/
2 days ago
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#BookReview
: The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by C.M. Waggoner
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A- #BookReview: The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by C.M. Waggoner
My Review: The witch Gretsella isnât nearly as black as she would like to be painted. Sheâs not really wicked, sheâs just really, really practical, completely blunt about it, and the field in which she grows her fucks has been barren for decades. At least until someone deposits a baby on her doorstep right next to the milk. There is a tradition about that, and Gretsella is all about tradition when she wants to be.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/a-bookreview-the-somewhat-wicked-witch-of-brigandale-by-c-m-waggoner/
3 days ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 3-8-26
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 3-8-26
Today's cat picture is of George, trying his rather large best to look like a very tiny baby. He does sort of succeed. He's the same size Tuna is but Tuna always looks HUGE and George just looks long. Also, as in this picture, looks rather longingly at something-or-other. He's also looking a bit sad, but unfortunately for George and all of our cats, not nearly as sad as he'll look tomorrow morning.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-3-8-26/
4 days ago
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Stacking the Shelves (695)
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Stacking the Shelves (695)
There's a little bit of everything in this stack! The three prettiest covers also manage to be pretty different from each other. I'm looking at Murder on Charity Lane, Pretenders to the Throne of God (that whole series has gorgeous covers!), and Thistlemarsh. They're all pretty, but they are definitely not pretty the same. There are two books in this stack that I absolutely did pick for their titles.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/stacking-the-shelves-695/
5 days ago
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#BookReview
: Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite
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A- #BookReview: Nobodyâs Baby by Olivia Waite
My Review: This follow-up to last yearâs delightful Murder by Memory is, well, a bit more grounded than that series opener. That grounding being more than a bit ironic, as shipâs detective Dorothy Gentleman, along with the HMS Fairweather, the ship that she is one of the detectives both for and on, is three centuries out from Earth, headed for an unknown planet that still seems to be nowhere in sight.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/a-bookreview-nobodys-baby-by-olivia-waite/
6 days ago
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#BookReview
: Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo
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A- #BookReview: Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo
My Review: The story begins with Ariadne, in the middle of the night in an unnamed city in Brazil, living in the midst of a district controlled by literal monsters - who is not afraid. At least, not afraid of the monsters on the outside. Because she knows those monsters intimately. From the inside. Because sheâs the only doctor capable of treating their ailments and injuries when their own natural advanced healing isnât enough.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/a-bookreview-cabaret-in-flames-by-hache-pueyo/
7 days ago
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#BookReview
: Sentient by Michael Nayak
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A+ #BookReview: Sentient by Michael Nayak
My Review: When I read Symbiote, the first book in what is now called the Ice Plague Wars series, back in late 2024, the very first scary thing in the story was that it takes place in 2028 as the U.S. and China are on the brink of World War III. Yes, thatâs a THREE, in a story that was only four years out at the time.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/a-bookreview-sentient-by-michael-nayak/
8 days ago
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#BookReview
: The Patient by Tim Sullivan
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A+ #BookReview: The Patient by Tim Sullivan
My Review: This is my third read in the DS George Cross series, after The Dentist and The Cyclist, and so far I am enjoying the whole thing very much. So much so that I have zero plans to stop until the current, or for that matter any future, end. The series so far, and the stories within, are all mysteries with a bit of a thriller edge.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/a-bookreview-the-patient-by-tim-sullivan/
9 days ago
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#AudioBookReview
: Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama translated by E. Madison Shimoda
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#AudioBookReview: Hot Chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama translated by E. Madison Shimoda
My Review: This interconnected collection of short stories begins, and ends, with a young woman arriving at the cozy little Marble Cafe in Tokyo to order a hot chocolate. On Thursday. Always on Thursday, always at 3 pm. It makes a delightful little treat for her, for the cafeâs manager, and for the reader as well. Because the story in between that managerâs perspective of her and her regular visits at the beginning and her perspective at the end is every bit as round as a marble, just like the cafeâs name.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/audiobookreview-hot-chocolate-on-thursday-by-michiko-aoyama-translated-by-e-madison-shimoda/
10 days ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 3-1-26
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 3-1-26
How's the first day of March where you are? Do temps in the mid-70s constitute lion-like or lamb-like behavior? That's what we're supposed to get in the ATL and inquiring minds probably need to know. Personally, I think it's just that spring has sprung here, whether the calendar says so or not, but we'll see. While this picture isn't a creepy cover, it did kind of creep both Galen and I out when we saw it in real life.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/03/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-3-1-26/
11 days ago
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Stacking the Shelves (694)
#STS
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Stacking the Shelves (694)
This is an interesting stack - in a case where interesting isn't even a euphemism for something else. It's just interesting. It's not particularly creepy, which is kind of a relief after last week's Meat Bees. I'm still shuddering at THAT cover. There's also not a lot of truly 'pretty' in this stack, except for the very pretty…
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/stacking-the-shelves-694/
12 days ago
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#BookReview
: Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan
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#BookReview: Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan
My Review: Most mysteries begin with a dead body. The Monster Hunter Mysteries series, however, may be the only one that begins with a dead body that looks like it might have been mauled by Bigfoot. Or a Chupacabra. Or, in this particular case, the werewolf who has gone down in local Wisconsin legend as âthe Beast of Bray Roadâ.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/bookreview-monster-in-the-moonlight-by-annelise-ryan/
13 days ago
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#BookReview
: At Star's End by Anna Hackett
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A- #BookReview: At Starâs End by Anna Hackett
My Review: I originally reviewed At Starâs End OMG TWELVE years ago for the much-lamented Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly. That was a long time ago, especially in internet years, and represents an entire space flotilla of books under the reading bridge. But itâs a story that has stuck in my memory over all these years. Not necessarily the specific details, but definitely the gist.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-bookreview-at-stars-end-by-anna-hackett/
14 days ago
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#BookReview
: Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
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#BookReview: Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
My Review: I picked this up because, well, Kingfisher. Thatâs not going to surprise anyone. Howsomever, based on the blurb, I wasnât exactly sure where this one was going to fall genre-wise - and now that Iâve finished it Iâm still not sure. Snake-Eater is wrapped around the crossroads where dark fantasy forks between magical realism and outright horror. At the same time, itâs also a bit of cozy fantasy written as a love letter to the authorâs old/new home in the desert southwest.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/bookreview-snake-eater-by-t-kingfisher/
15 days ago
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Spring Giveaway Event!
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Spring Giveaway Event!
Welcome To The $150 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash Giveaway! Giveaway: 1 lucky winner a $150 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash. The event is running from February 23rd to May 16th. Giveaway open Worldwide everywhere PayPal is negotiable & age 18+. GIVEAWAY DETAILS Prize: $150 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash One Lucky Winner Will Receive choice of: …
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/spring-giveaway-event/
16 days ago
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#AudioBookReview
: Inside Man by John McMahon
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A+ #AudioBookReview: Inside Man by John McMahon
My Review: The first book in this series, Head Cases, set up the characters and the structure of the FBI unit they work in, the Patterns and Recognition Unit, or PAR. Theyâre the âhead casesâ, the freaks, the ones who solve cold cases that defy ordinary investigative methods because something about the case isnât ordinary - and neither are they.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-audiobookreview-inside-man-by-john-mcmahon/
17 days ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-22-26
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-22-26
This week's schedule fell completely to bits, because last weekend turned out to be a lot busier than I thought it was going to be. One of the things that made it so busy was running out to get our new gaming chair. Which you wouldn't think would be THAT big a deal, but it turned out to be. I'm thrilled with the chair as it's a lot more supportive for my back when I play.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-2-22-26/
18 days ago
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Stacking the Shelves (693)
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Stacking the Shelves (693)
There's way more 'pretty creepy' than there is pretty in this stack. The one seriously pretty cover is What We Are Seeking. Although Alibi by Accident, Lost in the Summer of '69, The Paris Match and The Pie & Mash Detective Agency certainly have cute covered. (Ahem, so to speak, pun intended and all that.) Creepy is creeping all over this stack, between…
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/stacking-the-shelves-693/
19 days ago
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#BookReview
: Perun's Hammer by Ian Heller
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#BookReview: Perunâs Hammer by Ian Heller
My Review: It begins with the impossible delivery of an equally impossible video - even if all that Rich Penton and his crew at RECON are certain of at that point is that the delivery shouldnât have been possible. The video looks like REALLY good CGI of a meteor crashing into downtown Chicago. RECON is a successful, award-winning news magazine TV series (sorta/kinda like…
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/bookreview-peruns-hammer-by-ian-heller/
20 days ago
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#AudioBookReview
: Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren
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A- #AudioBookReview: Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren
My Review: In case itâs not obvious, this week kind of fell apart for me. Or ON me. I read something really heavy over the weekend and needed something TOTALLY light and fluffy to counteract the gloom. And I sorta/kinda promised myself Iâd read a romance this week - because Valentineâs Day was last weekend and it seemed like the thing to do.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-audiobookreview-accidentally-yours-by-christina-lauren/
21 days ago
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#GuestReview
: Grade A
#BookReview
: Waging a Good War by Thomas E. Ricks
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#GuestReview: Grade A #BookReview: Waging a Good War by Thomas E. Ricks
My Review: In his influential but incomplete work, On War, military theorist Carl von Clausewitz defines war as "an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will". Martin Luther King, Jr., of course followed the example of Mohandas Gandhi in preaching and practicing nonviolence during the Civil Rights Movement and afterwards. Violence on the one hand, nonviolence on the other.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/guestreview-grade-a-bookreview-waging-a-good-war-by-thomas-e-ricks/
22 days ago
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#AudioBookReview
: The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery @mossmontmomery.bsky.social
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#AudioBookReview: The Murder at Worldâs End by Ross Montgomery
My Review: This isnât merely a âlocked roomâ mystery in the classic, âGolden Ageâ tradition, it goes two steps further to being a locked mansion and even a locked island mystery. Admittedly, by way of a day trip to, well, Crazytown. Because Viscount Conrad Stockingham-Welt is out of his very tiny mind - not that heâd ever admit either that his mind is tiny or that heâd left all sense behind.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/audiobookreview-the-murder-at-worlds-end-by-ross-montgomery/
23 days ago
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Wish Big
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Hop
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Wish Big Giveaway Hop
Welcome to the Wish Big Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox and Mom Does Reviews! Today is also Presidents Day. Or as an old friend used to quip, Birthington's Washday. Make of that what you will. But this is the "Wish Big" hop, which means that you might be wishing you had this holiday off. Or that it was a longer weekend.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/wish-big-giveaway-hop-5/
24 days ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-15-26
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-15-26
Yesterday was Valentine's Day, so it seemed like a good idea to include a lovely picture of one of our little loves. This is obviously Princess Luna of the little white feets, catching a nap in a sunbeam and looking cute and adorable. As she does. She's certainly more 'beautifully' posed than last week's snap of her brother Tuna!
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-2-15-26/
25 days ago
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Stacking the Shelves (692): Valentines Day Edition
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Stacking the Shelves (692): Valentines Day Edition
Happy Valentine's Day! If your loves are human, I hope you're able to celebrate in in whatever way works for you. If your loves are four-legged and furry, I hope they don't leave you too many presents of the 'unfortunate' kind. With cats that either means they've caught prey FOR YOU, or they've left a hairball and neither are anything their human wants.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/stacking-the-shelves-692-valentines-day-edition/
26 days ago
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#BookReview
: The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera
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#BookReview: The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera
My Review: This review is being posted on Friday the 13th. Which is kind of fitting because on the night this story opens, letâs just say that if it werenât for bad luck Siriwathi Perera wouldnât have any luck at all. A situation that manages to get a whole lot worse before it finally turns the corner. Siriwathi thinks sheâs being observant.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/review-the-midnight-taxi-by-yosha-gunasekera/
27 days ago
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Grade A
#AudioBookReview
: Trailbreaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare +
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Grade A #AudioBookReview: Trailbreaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare +Â #Giveaway
My Review: I had missed the first book in the Prairie Nightingale series, Homemaker, when it came out last year. I have to confess that I probably bounced right off that title and didnât look more deeply. (I REALLY donât do domestic.) BUT, then I saw this tour, and did look more closely at the authorsâ names and remembered that I loved both their books (
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/review-trailbreaker-by-ruthie-knox-and-annie-mare/
28 days ago
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#BookReview
: After the Fall by Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social
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A- #BookReview: After the Fall by Edward Ashton
My Review: I think Iâve read everything this author has published from Mickey7 onwards, and theyâve all been fascinating in their very different ways. But taken as a whole, these works have one fantastic thing in common - in the end, they donât go to any of the places that the reader thinks they will at the beginning. I lied. They all have a second thing in common as well, and itâs that they do not tell their stories from a position of human superiority.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-bookreview-after-the-fall-by-edward-ashton/
29 days ago
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#BookReview
: Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
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Grade A #BookReview: Agnes Aubertâs Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
My Review:Â The wizard Havelock Renard is about as charming as the feral cats that Agnes Aubert rescues and socializes in her initially not mystical at all cat shelter. Itâs a good thing that sheâs so good at that particular job, as the wizard the newspapers have dubbed âWitch Kingâ isnât exactly fit for polite company when this story begins.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/grade-a-bookreview-agnes-auberts-mystical-cat-shelter-by-heather-fawcett/
30 days ago
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#BookReview
: The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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A- #BookReview: The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel
My Review: The blurb isnât exactly wrong, but the emphasis is on the wrong person. Not that Sakunja Salazar doesnât tell her own story in this story, but itâs not about her. Itâs about all of them, collectively. A somewhat motley crew of characters in search of the ineffable, surprisingly like Chaucerâs Canterbury Tales - and isnât that a bit of a surprise?
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-bookreview-the-rainseekers-by-matthew-kressel/
about 1 month ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-8-26
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-8-26
Reading-wise, it was a very good week. In the getting-things-done department, it was a bit less successful. I started out behind because of Monday's post, which was not what I'd originally planned. We also had insulation installers in on Wednesday and the plumbers on Friday, so more disruption than I care to have. But it was all necessary, and I'll get caught up eventually.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-2-8-26/
about 1 month ago
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Stacking the Shelves (691)
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Stacking the Shelves (691)
We definitely have some gorgeous covers this time around. YAY! Daggerbound, Exit Party, The Eye of Leviathan, Murder Unabridged and Twig's Traveling Tomes are each pretty in their own ways. And I love both Murder Unabridged and Twig's Traveling Tomes for the delightful depictions of books. While Daggerbound is beautiful in its own right AND fits in beautifully with the theme started in the…
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/stacking-the-shelves-691/
about 1 month ago
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#BookReview
: The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor @nnedi.bsky.social @dawbooks.bsky.social
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Grade A #BookReview: The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor
My Review: This final novella in the She Who Knows trilogy brings the story of Najeeba, the âshe who knowsâ of the series title, full circle, back to the place - if not the time or even the world - where she began in the opening book, also titled She Who Knows after Najeeba herself. Najeebaâs first daughter was Onyesonwu, …
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/grade-a-bookreview-the-daughter-who-remains-by-nnedi-okorafor/
about 1 month ago
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#BookReview
: Nightshade and Oak by Molly O'Neill @orbitbooks.bsky.social
#MollyONeillWrites
#fantasy
#HistoricalFantasy
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A- #BookReview: Nightshade and Oak by Molly OâNeill
My Review: The Nightshade AND the Oak of this historical/mythical retelling met on the fringes of a battle that was already lost, the end of a war that was passing into myth and legend even as they contended over the last bits of it. The location, at least, is fitting for them both. The Nightshade is Mallt-y-Nos, a shadowy figure out of Welsh mythology, a chooser of the slain who would have kept good company with the Morrigan and the Valkyries.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-bookreview-nightshade-and-oak-by-molly-oneill/
about 1 month ago
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: Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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#RomanticSuspense
#mystery
#thriller
#InDeath
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#BookReview: Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb
My Review: This 62nd entry in the In Death series was a whole lot of fun with just a bit of angst to give it spice - and an extra body or two. Well, itâs fun for the reader. In the end, itâs also fun for Dallasâ bosses, Commander Whitney and Chief Tibble, as they get to go out and arrest a murderer who really, really deserves it.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/bookreview-stolen-in-death-by-j-d-robb/
about 1 month ago
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: No Matter the Cost by Anna Hackett
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#romance
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A- #BookReview: No Matter the Cost by Anna Hackett
My Review: RED was code for âRetired, Extremely Dangerousâ at least according to the classic action movie (OMG only from 2010) of the same name. A movie which was based loosely on a comic book mini-series. Both the comic series and the movie were about a group of retired assassins who were still so DAMN dangerous that their former organizations put a hit out on them.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/a-bookreview-no-matter-the-cost-by-anna-hackett/
about 1 month ago
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Winner, winner! Too many great books to count, but SALT BONES and THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH come out on top. Thank you, Reading List Committee!
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The Overachievers' Book Club AKA 2026 Reading List Awards
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The Overachieversâ Book Club AKA 2026 Reading List Awards
The first rule of Book Club is: You do not talk about Book Club. However, weâve done our work for the year, so now I CAN talk about what we did this year. Specifically, THIS particular book club, otherwise known as the American Library Association RUSA CODES Reading List Council. Sometimes, in discussion, usually while celebrating AND bemoaning the literal mountain of books we have to get through in any single year, we call it the Overachieversâ Book Club.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/the-overachievers-book-club-aka-2026-reading-list-awards/
about 1 month ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-1-26
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 2-1-26
It's our second "Winter Wonderland" weekend in a row! This is not what we moved to Atlanta for at all. But it sure is pretty as long as one is on the inside while the blizzard is OUTSIDE. But it's not completely outside as this picture of George certainly attests. The catio is fully screened in so the cats can't get out, but very small things can get in.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/02/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-2-1-26/
about 1 month ago
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Stacking the Shelves (690)
#STS
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#TBR
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Stacking the Shelves (690)
This isn't exactly a "pretty" list, is it? Pretty interesting, yes. Pretty is as pretty does, perhaps. Outright pretty, not so much. Although Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel and Trouble's Turn to Lose are both pretty cute and The Half Life is pretty in a realistic way. I guess they'll have to do. Very much on the other hand - or claw, as the case might be - …
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/stacking-the-shelves-690/
about 1 month ago
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2026 Reading List: Year's Best in Genre Fiction for Adult Readers Announced. Find the list of winners at
https://rusaupdate.org/2026/01/2026-reading-list-years-best-in-genre-fiction-for-adult-readers/
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#AudioBookReview
: Junkyard Riders by Faith Hunter
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#ShiningSmith
#UrbanFantasy
#dystopian
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A+ #AudioBookReview: Junkyard Riders by Faith Hunter
My Review: Thereâs a major snowstorm crashing down on Shiningâs head in this one - and bloody damn (as Shining herself would put it - I didnât need the up-close-and-personal reminder of whatâs headed my way in real life as it headed towards hers in brilliantly realized fiction. Iâm still here for the cats, six years and four books after the first utterly terrific book in this series, …
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/a-audiobookreview-junkyard-riders-by-faith-hunter/
about 1 month ago
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#BookReview
: Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan
#mystery
#suspense
#thriller
#Quinn&Costa
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#BookReview: Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan
My Review: Iâve read the Quinn & Costa series from the very first book, The Third to Die - albeit out of order. Nevertheless, Iâve found each and every book in the series to be compelling and absolutely un-put-downable in the reading - even if at the end I find myself wondering WTF happened along the way. This book turned out to be one of THOSE kinds of reads.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/bookreview-make-it-out-alive-by-allison-brennan/
about 1 month ago
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#BookReview
: The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Rob Osler @roboslerwriter.bsky.social⏠âȘ@kensingtonbooks.bsky.socialâŹ
#HarrietMorrowInvestigates
#mystery
#HistoricalFiction
#HistoricalMystery
#ChicagoMystery
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#BookReview: The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Rob Osler
My Review: This is SUCH a Chicago story. Specifically a story about the "City of the big shoulders, hog butcher for the worldâ - even though Carl Sandburgâs famous poem wonât be published for another SIXTEEN years. Itâs a story about a city whose politics are so thoroughly, infamously corrupt that its reputation was already made in 1898 and persists well into the 21st century.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/bookreview-the-case-of-the-murdered-muckraker-by-rob-osler/
about 1 month ago
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: Fire Must Burn by Allison Montclair
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@severnhouse.bsky.social
#SparksAndBainbridge
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Grade A #BookReview: Fire Must Burn by Allison Montclair
My Review: This series began with The Right Sort of Man about two women opening a marriage bureau in post-World War II London. Miss Iris Sparks, formerly something seriously clandestine during the late war, and Mrs. Gwendoline Bainbridge, formerly a resident of a sanatorium after the death of her husband and the loss of what would have been her second child, start their agency because they both need jobs.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/grade-a-bookreview-fire-must-burn-by-allison-montclair/
about 1 month ago
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: Homemaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare @ruthieknox.bsky.social @anniemare.bsky.social
#thomas&mercer
#prairienightingale
#mystery
#suspense
#thriller
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A- #BookReview: Homemaker by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
My Review: I want to call Prairie Nightingale (and that really is the protagonistâs name and the story behind it explains SO MUCH about her character) a domestic goddess. But thatâs not what she claims to be and thatâs not what she really is. Sheâs calm on the surface and paddling like hell underneath just like everyone else - which we know because weâre inside her head.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/a-bookreview-homemaker-by-ruthie-knox-and-annie-mare/
about 1 month ago
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 1-25-26
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#TBRshelf
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The Sunday Post AKA Whatâs on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 1-25-26
We're supposed to be getting an ice storm today. So I'm probably huddled under a comforter with a good book and as many cats as I can get to cooperate. Not that cats are generally all that cooperative. OTOH, it could all blow over, or pass us by, or just not be, well, all that. The last option is what we're hoping for.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/the-sunday-post-aka-whats-on-my-mostly-virtual-nightstand-1-25-26/
about 2 months ago
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Stacking the Shelves (689)
#STS
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This is another one of those stacks where there's more "pretty creepy" than there is just plain "pretty". The "pretty creepy" category includes The Way It Haunted Him and The Sleeping Sisters, while Snow Kissed is kinda creepy in that it might be predicting this weekend's weather for everyone east of the Mississippi. We don't normally get that much snow here in the ATL, but we might this weekend.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/stacking-the-shelves-689/
about 2 months ago
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#AudioBookReview
: Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social @tordotcom.bsky.social
#torbooks
#tordotcompub
#macmillanaudio
#cynthiahopkinsnarrator
#bookreview
#WaywardChildren
#PortalFantasy
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A- #AudioBookReview: Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire
My Review: Whenever I think of the Wayward Children series, I imagine of the chase scene from Monsters, Inc. that takes place in the vast, cavernous space where all the doors are stored. I want to see a place just like that in this series - but I KNOW that the doors that these wayward children go through, sometimes back through, and very occasionally stride through one more time - or even more - arenât stored that way.
https://www.readingreality.net/2026/01/a-audiobookreview-through-gates-of-garnet-and-gold-by-seanan-mcguire/
about 2 months ago
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