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June 11, 2017
Deal Me In, Week 23 ~ “The Snake-Oil Salesman and the Prophet’s Head”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “The Snake-Oil Salesman and the Prophet’s Head” by Shannon Peavey Card picked: Q♣ From: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 172 The Story They’d preserved his brother’s head in grain alcohol and floated it in a dirty glass jar. Leo peered through the glass and his own face … 
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June 9, 2017
Review ~ The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and … 
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June 5, 2017
It’s Monday, What Are You… (6/5)
…Reading? Light load of recreational reading this week. I move from one celebrity memoir to the next: I might have a review for Carrie Fisher’s The Princess Diarist on Thursday and am starting Eddie Izzard’s Believe Me: a memoir of love, dead and jazz chickens. He got me with the jazz chickens. Should finish The Lost World … 
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June 3, 2017
Deal Me In, Week 22 ~ “Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors” by Shirley Jackson Card picked: 9♥ From: The Lottery and Other Stories The Story It’s fleet week in San Francisco and our narrator and her friend Dot have been warned about sailors. My mother told us about the kinds … 
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June 1, 2017
⭐️ 10-ish Books of Summer 2017
Hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books The 20 Books of Summer runs from June 1st to September 3rd. During this period of time, I have two trips to California, possibly a trip to Colorado, and WesterCon scheduled. Eric is planning on (re)launching the PHYSIC series in Sept/Oct, which means a lot of reading/editing/formatting in the … 
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Pinned: 10-ish Books of Summer 2017
Hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books The 20 Books of Summer runs from June 1st to September 3rd. During this period of time, I have two trips to California, possibly a trip to Colorado, and WesterCon scheduled. Eric is planning on (re)launching the PHYSIC series in Sept/Oct, which means a lot of reading/editing/formatting in the …
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May 31, 2017
Review ~ The Last Train
This book was provided to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. The Last Train by Michael Pronko Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white collar crime in Tokyo. He’s lost his girlfriend and still dreams of his time studying in America, but with a stable job, his own office and a half-empty apartment, … 
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May 30, 2017
Writing Update, 5/30
"My goal is the absolute semblance of life.""Oh? Do many ducks flee from mechanical upgrades to the nearest bakery?"#TerraTues — Katherine Nabity (@Katen) May 30, 2017 Progress I’ll cop to not a lot of progress in the two weeks since I last updated. I was facing down writing new content for Ch. 10, the main … 
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May 29, 2017
It’s Monday, What Are You… 5/29
…Reading? Should finish Michael Pronko’s The Last Train today or tomorrow with a review on Wednesday. Picked up The Princess Diarist on a whim at some point last week. Slowly working through The Lost World. At the 33% mark, no dinosaurs yet. Glad I didn’t read this as dino-obsessed kid. It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, hosted … 
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May 27, 2017
Deal Me In, Week 21 ~ “Buffalo”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Buffalo” by John Kessel Card picked: 4♦ From: Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 57 (Feb. 2015) The Story I picked stories from this issue of Lightspeed Magazine for Deal Me In back in October/November-ish of last year. It was an issue I had downloaded at some point in the … 
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