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Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Mike Reeves-McMillan’s Followers (194)
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Mike Reeves-McMillan
Goodreads Author
Born
in Auckland, New Zealand
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
February 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/mikerm
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Realmgolds (The Gryphon Clerks #1)
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2013
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5 editions
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City Of Masks
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2006
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6 editions
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Hope and the Clever Man: A Novel of the Gryphon Clerks
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2013
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3 editions
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Auckland Allies
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2015
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2 editions
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Hand of the Trickster
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The Well-Presented Manuscript: Just What You Need to Know to Make Your Fiction Look Professional
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2015
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3 editions
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Hope and the Patient Man (The Gryphon Clerks #3)
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2014
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4 editions
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Mister Bucket for Assembly: A Novel of the Gryphon Clerks
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Beastheads
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2014
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Trickster's Nab (Hand of the Trickster, #2)
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Why AI Slop Should Make You a Reviewer
This is a follow-up to my previous post, AI Slop: A Perspective. Both of them are mostly me thinking aloud about the issues. I’m not an expert on AI (though I have a close friend who is, and who has helped me considerably with both technical advice and personal perspectives). I do know a decent amount about novels, having read and reviewed more than a thousand of them just since 2014, when I start
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A wandering, sprawling and often amusing recounting of a trial for murder. For the prosecution, the recently-appointed county prosecutor. What nobody knows is that in order to afford the bribe that got him the job, he has embezzled the trust fund tha ...more |
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| This one reads as if it was consciously crafted to appeal to the Platonic ideal of the cozy fiction fan, and indeed it is being published because it drew the attention of the "tastemaker" who discovered Travis Baldree. My cozy fantasy bingo card fill ...more | |
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is 54% done with Twig's Traveling Tomes: Cozy fantasy bingo card is filling rapidly, but the editing is mostly good (just a few missing past perfects and some vocabulary that's just slightly off), and the characters are appealing. Instalove + long-drawn-out will they/won't they for no particular articulated reason is probably the biggest flaw.
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“Enkeli shrugged. He was a well-practiced shrugger, and his gesture bore enough casual unconcern for others’ problems to supply an entire elite academy.”
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
“The wrong thing being?” asks Halwaz.
“Closing up their source, of course,” you say, in a tone which implies, “Did you think I was merely talking about their sacrificing small fuzzy animals in an attempt to bring back ancient evil gods?”
― Gu
“Closing up their source, of course,” you say, in a tone which implies, “Did you think I was merely talking about their sacrificing small fuzzy animals in an attempt to bring back ancient evil gods?”
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“Beneath black makeup, the skin around her eyes wrinkled like satin sheets after a restless night.”
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
― In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Making Connections: 1035. - REALMGOLDS by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 14 | 97 | Aug 21, 2013 02:13PM | |
| Making Connections: 1896. HOPE AND THE CLEVER MAN by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 2 | 23 | Feb 03, 2014 03:38PM | |
| Making Connections: 2058. - HOPE AND THE PATIENT MAN by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 1 | 11 | Feb 04, 2014 05:03AM | |
| Making Connections: 3358. - BEASTHEADS by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 1 | 17 | Aug 09, 2014 11:33PM | |
| Making Connections: 4316. - AUCKLAND ALLIES (Auckland Allies #1) by Mike Reeves-McMillan | 1 | 9 | Apr 19, 2016 05:33PM | |
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“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
“There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a
red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of
someone who was annoyed by it.”
― Lords and Ladies
red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of
someone who was annoyed by it.”
― Lords and Ladies
“What's a philosopher?' said Brutha.
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”
― Small Gods
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”
― Small Gods
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