Nightmares Series Book 2 By Tobias Youngblood © March 31, 2026 File size: 4.2 MB 110 pages ISBN-13: 978-1959649144 Young Peter Wolcott is keeping secrets, caught between what he’s told and what he believes is right vs. wrong. But at 12 years old, it’s hard to speak out against your elders. And would it make…
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Future’s End
The Incredible Machines of Thinkery By Linnhe Harrison © May 15, 2025 File size: 907 KB 232 pages ASIN: B0DSZSXFNJ Edwin Cooper and Nell Sykes are back in this, the second book in The Incredible Machines of Thinkery. Edwin isn’t sure if he’s a widower. Nell isn’t sure if she’s the other woman. The one…
Outpost 9
The Incredible Machines of Thinkery By Linnhe Harrison © July 24, 2024 File size: 53.4 MB 103 pages ASIN: B0D5S846NZ I was drawn into this story, and into Edwin Cooper’s devotion to his beloved Betsy, from the very first chapter. There is a mystery here, standing as backdrop to why Edwin has agreed to help…
When Violet Took Flight
By allison keli © November 29, 2024, Meditating Squirrel Publishing File size: 23.2 MB 314 pages ASIN: B0DNWQB5CD This is the sequel to When Violet Got Bored and picks up sort of where that book left off. Violet’s in love (but with which brother?), and part of the prophecy—that prophecy she didn’t believe in at…
When Violet Got Bored
By allison keli © November 23, 2022, Meditating Squirrel Publishing File size: 1.8 MB 338 pages ASIN: B0BMWT787Z When Violet Got Bored is the absorbing tale of a young, 30-something bodyworker who is called—against her strong will—to be the hero of a prophecy she’s never heard of. Strange men come into her life, turning it…
In My Brother’s Name
By Wayland Smith © May 7, 2012, Blue Oranda Publishing File size: 378 KB 173 pages ASIN: B0081L54HO In My Brother’s Name starts when Gerry, an FBI agent, arrests a suspected terrorist, an arrest which sets the agent up for big-time career advancement. But before the suspect can even be tried or convicted, Gerry receives…
Cuttle
By Chelsea Britain © 2020, Bleau Press File size: 2.2 MB 246 pages ISBN-13: 978-1951796037 A contact on BlueSky recommended this book when we were chatting about climate fiction, so I started reading it without even reading the blurb. That was a mistake—but not for the reasons you might think. Cuttle is classified as Women’s…
False Idol
Book 3 in The Projectionists Series By Tobias Youngblood © 2025, Riposte Press, LLC File size: 2.1 MB 334 pages ISBN-13: 978-1959649090 In False Idol, the satisfying conclusion of the Projectionist trilogy, Ridley, Iris, and Siv face their most challenging enemies yet. There’s plenty of drama to be found in this urban fantasy, with a…
The Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini © 2003, Riverhead Books File size: 1.3 MB 400 pages ISBN-13: 978-1101217238 I promised to read six banned books this year. The Kite Runner is my seventh for 2025. Caution: This review contains spoilers—not of the ending, but of the story’s arc. Still, I don’t think that will diminish the book’s impact…
The Giver
By Lois Lowry © July 1, 1993, Clarion books File size: 26.5 MB 239 pages ISBN-13: 978-0547345901 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this book, which is my 6th banned book this year. I’d read the blurb weeks before, when I’d first gotten the book. But when I picked it up to…