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Review ~ Universal Harvester

Universal Harvester by John Darnielle Jeremy works at the Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa—a small town in the center of the state, the first “a” in Nevada pronounced “ay.” This is the late 1990s, and while the Hollywood Video in Ames poses an existential threat to Video Hut, there are still regular customers, a rush …

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Writing Update, 9/13

There was no reason at all for the pang of betrayal as this very handsome man asked her about Kelvaro, who was only a friend. #sunscribbles — Katherine Nabity (@Katen) September 10, 2017 Every-so-often, shivers wracked her body. Kelvaro offered his jacket. "It's wet too, but it does better at keeping the wind out." #1LineWed …

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Down the TBR Hole #2

This is a meme started by Lia at Lost in a Story. The “rules” are: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last …

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Down the TRB Hole #2

This is a meme started by Lia at Lost in a Story. The “rules” are: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last …

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Deal Me In, Week 36 ~ “Where the Heart Is”

Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Where the Heart Is” by Ramsey Campbell Card picked: 3♠ From: The Architecture of Fear, edited by Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz The Story Our narrator (unnamed) is writing to the current resident of what had been his house. He relates his circumstances: He sold the …

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Perilous Updates, Week 1

Peril of the Short Story This week’s short story is part of Gothic September: “Berenice – A Tale” by Edgar Allan Poe. (According to a note “Berenice” rhymes with “very spicy.”) I believe this is the first time I’ve read this story or, if I have previously, it was a long time in the past. Egæus, …

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Mini Reviews, Vol. #9

My 20 15 10 Books of Summer efforts crashed pretty hard. I was going to make a last valiant effort during Bout of Books, but alas: We all knew it was going to happen: I'm cheating on my TBR pile w/ those wantons fm the library again. #BoutofBookshttps://t.co/m9TDf2PopB — Katherine Nabity (@Katen) August 23, 2017 …

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Writing Update, 9/6

"I've never been a fan of magic myself. It seems to be a frivolous use of deception." #TerraTues — Katherine Nabity (@Katen) September 5, 2017 Progress The above is actually not from Wicked Witch, Retired, but from one of the David Abbott mysteries that are currently on my back burner. The #TerraTues theme was “magic,” but …

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It’s Monday, What Are You… (9/4)

…Reading? So, a month or two back I picked up this weighty annotated edition of Dracula at Bookmans. It’s gloriously full of crunchy historical bits. I’ve worked out a schedule to get it read during Sept/Oct. We’ll see if I can keep pace.   Universal Harvester was an impulse check-out from the digital library. Because, …

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Deal Me In, Week 35 ~ “Ellen, in Her Time”

Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Ellen, in Her Time” by Charles L. Grant Card picked: 4♠ From: The Architecture of Fear, edited by Kathryn Cramer and Peter D. Pautz Timothy has recently suffered a devastating loss, of whom we don’t quite know at first. He’s having problems doing much more than visit the …

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