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Kara Dennison

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Bay-born and NASA-raised author of fiction, essays, and light novels. Journalist for Crunchyroll and Otaku USA, former book reviewer for Sci-Fi Magazine. Still reading and reviewing for my own good time, in search of a new periodical to review for.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 475 ratings · 82 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heaven Sent (The Black Archive, #21) 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owl's Flower (Owl's Flower, #1) by Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author), Ginger Hoesly (Illustrator), Angela Pritchett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanishing Tales of the City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magical Sumi: The Birth of a Magical Girl it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Fall (Owl's Flower #2) by Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author), Ginger Hoesly (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ice Hot (Paradise Towers #3) by Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Wyatt, Paul Driscoll (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleanor's Tears by Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author), Ginger Hoesly (Cover artist) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lionstone Legacy did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conscrew 1: Cosplay Is War by Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author), Ben Cooper (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unearthed by Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael O'Brien (Goodreads Author), Keith R.A. DeCandido (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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COMIC REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #25

I love me some good old-fashioned sword and sorcery (and its many subgenre offshoots, as Forgotten Lives readers will almost certainly have realized). So it's been great digging through the new run of Conan the Barbarian comics from Titan Comics — and the latest issue, landmark issue #25, is a special treat.
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Owl's Flower (2 books)
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Thunder's Edge: Echoes of Memory: A Twilight Imperium Novel

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