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Book Review: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin Several different people independently told me that this book was worth reading, so I actually bought a copy instead of checking it out from the library. On one sense, it’s a story I’ve read before. Girl (usually it’s a boy) gets summoned the capital of a large, magical, …

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Review: How I Became a Famous Novelist

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely Good humor straddles that razor’s edge between what we all know and what we dare not speak of. This novel started out balancing on that fine line very well. The protagonist, Pete Tarslaw, decides to write a novel so he can become famous and show up …

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