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Arsenic with Austen: A Mystery by Katherine Bolger Hyde My rating: 4 of 5 stars Arsenic with Austen is the first mystery…

Something a little lighter this week. I generally like to have a vivid mental picture of events and places and people before…

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey My rating: 3 of 5 stars How often do people say–with justified anger–that “the movie version…

Too often in modern fantasy fiction, the invented societies and characters are reflections of the failings of our world. There are certain…

The Gunslinger by Stephen King My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have never really wanted to read Stephen King. I’m not…

Did you know that Columbus was looking for a mysterious Christian king of India when he stumbled upon the New World? Most…