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by Maria Bamford Comedian Maria Bamford has always been drawn to structured, rigid self-help and recovery programs. From childhood Suzuki violin lessons to Debtors Anonymous to institutional metal health facilities, Bamford chronicles her attempts to find a place to belong throughout life in weird, delightful, and moving ways.   Structured like a For Dummies self-help book, […]

by Andreina Cordani Twelve days of Murder is about these snobby, pretentious, insecure, out-of-touch rich kids that you could have sworn, throughout the book, that you were reading about teenagers, but no, They’re all in their 30s. They all have petty secrets to hide but it’s their ignorance that makes them victims of a classic

by Luke Dumas The Paleontologist is about a curator of paleontology named Simon Nealy that has a lot of trauma to work through and desperately needs professional help. But it’s easier to focus on dino bones and COVID despite how much he complains about all his woes and how his problems are leaving him lonely

by John Scalzi I love John Scalzi. I think he’s worth every cent of his 10-year, multi-million dollar contract with Tor books. This one was brief. Short, and stand-alone. Didn’t hold a candle to his Old Man’s War series, but few books do, and overall I was much entertained. Charlie’s rich and reclusive uncle has

by Martha Wells Martha Wells has been around the Sci-Fi/Fantasy community for a long time, but it was only relatively recently that she burst into super-stardom (relatively speaking, at least . . . I mean . . . books) with the publication of her Murderbot series. In Witch King, Wells returns to her swords and

by Sunyi Dean If a librarian were to write a book about vampires . . . If a librarian who was sick and tired of vampires were to write a book about vampires, this would be it. There’s no metaphor at work here. The book eaters don’t “consume” books and knowledge through voracious reading. They

by Philipp Schott Small-town veterinarian Dr. Peter Bannerman is returning home from a house call early one morning when he sees a pig barn on fire.  Before rescue services can arrive, the building explodes, killing all fifty-four heritage breed pigs inside.  A serious enough loss to the owner, Peter’s long-time friend Tom, but things get

by Lev A.C. Rosen Police Detective Andy Mills believes his life is over after being caught in the raid of a gay bar.  In 1950s San Francisco, this was reason enough for him to be fired, publicly shamed, and targeted for attacks in the street.  When he is approached by a woman who wants to

by Christopher Hood I love a good post-apocalyptic road trip story, and The Revivalists provides a reflective modern take on the sub-genre. After the Shark Flu has eliminated at least sixty percent of the humans on earth, Bill and Penelope know they are lucky.  Not only did they both survive, they are also able to communicate