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Kara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Kara Race-Moore
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July 2008
Rejection Response LXXXI: Better Than Cults, I guess
I got a rejection that had the usual palaver of ‘not quite the right fit’ and ‘can’t wait to see more of your work in the future,’ which was fine, for what it was, but then there was a real sting at the end when the email concluded with a exhortation for me to ‘subscribe to our e-newsletter for more exciting updates!’ I was not amused to get a sales pitch when I was trying to sales pitch them.
But
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A Krampus Carol: Gothic Blue Book VI
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Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World
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Pandemic (Unleashed, #1)
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Into the Mystic, Volume One
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2017
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Redshifted: Martian Stories (Third Flatiron Anthologies, Volume 2, Winter 2013)
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Quoth the Raven
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Wight Christmas: Holiday Horror and Seasonal Subversion
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Dove in the Window
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The Elk Hunters
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Kara’s Recent Updates
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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy! I'm taking a full star off because #JusticeForBetsy! About 1/3 through the story, to fully establish 1) how bad the financial situation is for Verbena and 2) how awful her parents are, Verbena comes home after ...more |
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This telling sticks close to the original Grimm version, with deliciously frightening details added in by both King and Sendak, particularly of the false and real faces of the witch and the house. A detail that caught my attention in particular is he ...more |
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An excellent look at Henry VIII's reign through the lens of both the children he had - and the children he possibly had. The book shoves all the 'six wives' drama to the background and focuses on the results - the babies. We examine the well known - ...more |
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And intriguing 'What If' of the history of the Tudor reign. Here, Lawrence speculates what would have happened if Henry VIII had died in 1536 before he decided to get rid of Anne Boleyn. Most alternate histories start with having a major historical ev ...more |
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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy! TW: Addiction A lyrical love story set in Victorian England, very much acknowledging all of the problems of the era, both social and legal, and how young Micah hit rock bottom, but, thanks to a good Samaritan, ...more |
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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy! During a field trip, two young students learn about the strange disappearance of Flight 19, lost over the Atlantic in a training exercise sideways, and the unexplained loss of USS Cyclops, one of the US navy's ...more |
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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy! Gorgeous illustrations as the text explains about these tiny zooplankton living deep in the sea, fighting for survival in a hostile environment. The book shows both how utterly alien they appear - but also how ...more |
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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy! An excellent introduction to cocktail making in a story-telling graphic novel format. It starts with the history of cocktails, then gets into the basics of types of glasses, tools, alcohols, fruits and syrups ...more |
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“If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’.”
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“Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! ”
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“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
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Timeless Tales Magazine
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If you're interested in fairy tales and mythology, this is the right place for you! Join our group to add to our shelves and join discussions! Timel ...more
Boston Athenaeum Readers
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A virtual space for Boston Athenæum members to review, recommend and discuss their favorite titles.
