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Three things got me fired up for the new baseball season this week: seeing my neighbor and his son play catch, buying a pack of sunflower seeds, and reading this book. K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches is exactly what I love about the game, the stories. Kepner relays the building of relationships... Continue Reading →
Christophe André was working for Doctors Without Borders in Chechnya in 1997. Working on the admin side of the NGO operation, his biggest worry was that local thugs would try to steal the monthly payroll out of the safe. But one night a group of men break into the annex building where he was sleeping,... Continue Reading →
In the midst of a decades-old war, a monastery is attacked. Rumors have it that there is a Kalyazin cleric within who has the rare power to call on any and all of the gods for magic. The Tranavian blood mages see this threat as a way the enemy could turn the tides of war.... Continue Reading →
Everything about this book is subtle. The artwork, the story, the characters. A simple plot: A drifter mother comes home to visit her 8-10 year old daughter and her estranged partner. After a couple days, there is a possibility she may stay... Laced with themes of longing, secrets, sexual tension, and unbalance, Hobo Mom is... Continue Reading →
My blog-birthday was actually on the 4th or 5th of the month... I didn't get a notification from WordPress, so Kal from Reader Voracious had to remind me about it since we both started our blogs at about the same time. The most important thing I want to say is Thank You! Thank you to my fellow... Continue Reading →
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