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  • Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – We could think of nothing but the barbarian. He had come here, surely, to murder or marry someone, to exact revenge, or to say or do something very scandalous. We could hardly wait to see which it was. We hoped it would be all of them. The…

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  • lavender bones

    lavender bones

    There are bruises that are more than skin deepThey stain these bones purple, blue, and pinkI wonder how deep my pain can goIs my soul…

  • The Dark We Know by Wen-Yi Lee – Book Review

    The Dark We Know by Wen-Yi Lee – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Art student Isadora Chang swore never to return to Slater. Isa took off before the town could swallow her. When she returns…

  • The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean – Book Review

    The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Aila’s childhood dream of conserving critically endangered phoenixes seems closer than ever. There’s just one glaring caveat: her zoo’s breeding program hasn’t…

  • Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer – Book Review

    Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA 1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to find that no one…

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I’m Kim, the writer behind the curtain so to speak. I read and review books, write poetry, and sometimes write blogs about my life.