Book Review: Enigma of China, Qiu Xiaolong

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Blog Tour: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin

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Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham

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Blog Tour: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus

Book Review: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus Science Fiction: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus Blog Tour March 13, 2023   I cannot say enough good things about this book. Beautiful Shining People is an exquisite story with incredible characters, an almost poetic elegy on what it means to be human.   John is a “boy […]

Blog Tour: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, William Savage

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