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K.D. Keenan

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When I was a small child, I lived in the Land of Oz. In elementary school, I moved to Narnia, and high school saw my transferal to Middle Earth. I am not planning to move again because Westeros is having a lot of political problems.

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Speaking of Inca: Elegy for a Small Black Cat

I didn’t think I would have to write this so soon. My cat Inca, my loving companion of 17 years, was dead on the floor when I got up the other morning.

I suppose she was lucky. She was rarely sick, and never seriously ill. She was still lithe and active, her fur thick and glossy. She attacked her evening treat last night with her usual impatient greed. She never suffered as some of my other pets ha

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I selected "The Bright Sword" for two reasons: 1) I love the Arthurian legends and 2) I loved Grossman's trilogy "The Magicians." "The Bright Sword" follows the adventures of a young knight, Collum, from the Out Isles. Collum has dreamed of Camelot h ...more
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Clever, Fairytale-Based Fantasy

I am uncertain whether this book was intended for adults or middle-grade kids, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. At first, it appeared to be a bit uninspired, involving a mirror portal to a magical castle. But it becomes a m
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I really enjoyed this novel, which as ever, from John le Carré, is about spies. In this case, a vacationing English couple, Perry and Gail, are sucked into the world of international gangster money laundering when they meet a Russian mobster (Dina) w ...more
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Dark and Brooding with a Sweet Ending

The story takes place on an unnamed island in Northern Scotland. WWII has just ended and the islanders are racked with grief over their dead and the ugliness of the war years. The island is infested with thousands
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A Satisfying Autobiography

Often, actors’ autobiographies read like a long session with an obsessive name-dropper. Stewart drops a lot of famous names, but they all felt legitimate—each of the dropped names had some effect on his personal development.
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