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Michael Murphy-Burton

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Fudge or The Day the Bubble...

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In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
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I tried with this book. I really did. I've heard so many things about Michael Pollan's book about "eating food, mostly plants, not too much" that I thought it had to be absolutely required reading. But frankly, in a year when RFK Jr. is decimating he ...more
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Amal El-Mohtar has channeled a very specific kind of fairyland in this short book - vaguely threatening, yet still wondrous. I am a sucker for a musical fantasy, having written one of my own, but I think the sparing touch applied here is the right ch ...more
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The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
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It's gotta be tough to be the authors behind The Expanse - expectations are sky-high for these writers, and anything less than a rocket of a start could be a disappointment for fervent fans.

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As Scalzi himself says, this is a pop song. You won't get the answers you're looking for, not even the questions. No surprises to speak of.

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