Expect to see reviews from me of speculative fiction books from well known and less well known authors. Sorry to Baldacci, but can we have some more positive YA? However, dear Baldacci, please think your constructed language through better. Male-handled is not a word.

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That makes it over three quarters of my life that I will be a reader for. But it is worth it. Sebastian Peake, China Miéville, Mervyn Peake. Quentin Crisp, Mervyn Peake. So in short, I .

Not your typical King horror novel, but it is just as violent and tense. In this second book of an intended trilogy, the now retired former police detective Bill Hodges, runs his agency called Finders Keepers with the help of Holly Gibney, who acts as his secretary. He has trimmed down, having recently suffered a heart attack. Other familiar characters also return in this novel, and with all of them, the excitement continues and crimes get solved.

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I grew up in Western New York, with a huge Italian, German, and Irish influence in my family life. Frederick Douglas, Susan B. Anthony, the Haudenosaunee, and the Erie Canal are a big part of the history in my area. This is, I believe, is one reason I like reading about history and historical fiction. The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson.

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My first and truest love is fantasy, but I dabble in just about any genre.