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Unicornia V02: A Magical Birthday by Ana Punset

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While you would think I review every book I read, I actually don’t. Of course, I tend to write more reviews than not, even for books that might not have completely “grabbed” my “love” or “really like” buttons. Sometimes I write one because I didn’t finish it. But that is not the case with the below series/book. Not to say that Unicornia V02: A Magical Birthday by Ana Punset and Diana Vicedo (illustrator) was bad, it just did not grab me. This is partly because […]

Tale as old as time: crime and theft in the world of hospitality.

Welcome to the Maynard by James Robinson and J. Bone

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Welcome to the Maynard by James Robinson and J. Bone (illustrations by) is due mid-to-late July 2025. This is the least interesting thing about the book and I find publication dates interesting. The real interesting parts are the story itself. The publisher says it is for ages 12 to 17 (very arbitrary I felt), but I could see going slightly younger as well. However, it does have fantasy action and I cannot say “violence” but it is not not violence, you should know your reader. […]

Not sure if I’ll read the sequels

The Changeling: Volume 1 by Tina N. Lugo

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Tina N. Lugo’s The Changeling: Volume 1 was not a “pure” three, but is not a 2 either. Maybe a 2.75? It is a series that needs all volumes to be read at once and that would have probably boosted the rating. Volume 2 should be available and volume 3 is due end of April/early may 2025.  There are a few pages of introduction in this first volume that allows the reader to have background information on the characters, which allows you to be able […]

Made me want to re-read Six of Crows instead

To Steal from Thieves by M.K. Lobb

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Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown Books for this ARC. My opinions are my own. In an alternate version of Victorian London, magic exists and can be used to improve technology. It’s known as alchemology, and requires the magic-user to sacrifice some blood and life force to create the magical element known as primateria. It means that alchemologists tend to have shorter lifespans, which was certainly the case with Zaria Mendoza’s father. Now she’s an orphan struggling to complete her father’s outstanding commissions to […]

A very sweet adventure story, gorgeously packaged

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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4.5 stars Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Celestial (there is a big moon and several stars on the cover) What if in The Princess Bride, Buttercup didn’t sit at home and mourn for Westley when he was captured by pirates, but instead went off to try to rescue him? Of course, that would mean Buttercup had any agency at all in either the novel or the film, and she really doesn’t. But if Buttercup was a young woman named Tress, from a barren and fairly desolate […]

Out of this world pizza and more

Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins

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Inclusion, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge I find books mostly as reader copies and finished copies. Now, I try to have the reader copies physically in hand (it’s easier for me to read) but sometimes (and a lot more lately) I must settle for an online reader copy. And Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins came to me in an email that sent me to the graphic novels link to read. Due in mid September 2025, you’ll have a bit to wait before you […]



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