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Bingo 6: travel and violence abound

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

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Bingo 6: Map The Devils is about a journey, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. So ‘Map’ spot it is. The general premise is somewhat familiar: a monk is put in charge a group of seriously magical/supernaturally powered misfits (at least according the Church) and sent to escort a newly discovered princess to secure her throne. Brother Diaz expected a promotion when he was summoned to meet the Pope. Except he was actually meeting with the Cardinal in charge of behind the scenes, who […]

Bingo 5: Chaos and lots of things not as they might seem

All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan

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Bingo 5: Sheep OK so All Hail Chaos has as heavy dose of innocence (being lost) and people following (at various levels of blindness either what they want, or what someone else wants). So it fits. Also full disclosure, this was travel reading I finished and then gave to my mom, so if I misspell a name or something, that’s why. The story continues from the first volume with Rae trying to avoid Rahela’s canonical fate along with the fates of several other characters. She […]

Doggie-powered magical alchemy

Roverpowered 2-3 by Drew Hayes

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Bingo 4: Middle OK, so I mentioned a rough week about 2 reviews ago. Here come the middle volumes of Rover Powered (2-3) such as the series currently is [5 out, 6th on the way]. So mid-series for Middle square. Wanda and Wumble go to alchemist training, and Wanda and Wumble go on their first group quest (team misfit!). Still cozy. Sill just what I wanted. And we even get a little bit from Wumble’s doggie perspective. Once again, the classic frames of the magic […]

Sweet tamales!

Comida Casera by Dora Ramirez

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Bingo 3: You What else am I going to be looking at here but a cookbook, and one that I’ve read but may or may not actually use otherwise. I haven’t done the numbers, but that’s gotta be a significant percentage of my reviews. Comida Casera is vegan Mexican cooking, but chef-y. It’s not shy about ingredients that might not be familiar but that are native to the cuisine, but also relatively accessible. First thing I noticed was an entire chapter on tamales, which are […]

Roverpower for the win

Roverpowered 1 by Drew Hayes

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Bingo 2: Refuge How to find solace the week the world loses Dolly Parton, Tim  Curry, Peter Cullen, and I’m getting into a challenging time at work, life outside work is over-busy, I’m tired, etc.? Drew Hayes novellas, obviously. I’ve been a fan of this author for years, knew he had this series Roverpowered, but had never really bothered to look into it further. It’s labeled as cozy fantasy and YA; it deserves those labels, but was also perfect refuge from the real world, at […]

Forgettable Fighting

The God of High School vol. 1 by Yongje Park

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Bingo 1: VS One thing I love about my local public library system is that they have multiple summer reading challenges, including one for adults. Yes, with prizes too. Most years, the final finishing prize is a book; this year was no exception. What was a little different was that a) the half—way prize was also a book, and b) they’d “sold out” of nearly everything I’d have gone for way early. So, I picked out my finishing prize book from the YA section, a […]



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