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Finished reading Rachel Eliza Griffiths' "Mule & Pear: Poems."
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Lots of good in this book; glad she has others I have not read...yet.

While "Redfall" may be a disappointing co-op game, this supernatural shooter can be fun when you go alone...well, for a while anyway. Here's the link to my review of "Redfall" as a single-player game.
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Read Rebecca Fraimow's "The Iron Children" tonight.
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Interesting...but not as good as I was hoping it would be. Ah well.

Finished reading Mike Brooks' "The Splinter King: Book 2 Of The God-King Chronicles."
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As interesting and exciting as the first book in this epic trilogy.

Started reading Rachel Eliza Griffiths' "Mule & Pear: Poems."
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Starts strong with a lengthy one, and clearly isn't going to waiver anytime soon.

Finished reading Danez Smith's "Homie: Poems."
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Though clearly not for me (a middle-aged white guy), I enjoyed it and learned from it all the same.

In my new interview with iconic author T.C. Boyle, he discusses his new farcical, familial, climate fiction novel "Blue Skies," the companion to his 2000 novel "A Friend Of The Earth."
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I’m afraid of bees. And wasps. And spiders ... It's why I may not read the horror short story anthology "This World Belongs To Us: An Anthology Of Horror Stories About Bugs." But if you're braver than I, check out this exclusive Q&A with its editor, Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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Started reading James S.A. Corey's "Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection."
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If the first story is any indication, this is going to be as good as the novels but somewhat different.

While DNA testing has done some good — like when it shows racists that they're actually descended from black people — imagine if they revealed you were the ancestor of someone truly terrible? It's what sets Sarena Ulibari's sci-fi, cli-fi novella "Another Life" in motion. To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Finished reading Henry Rollins' "Sic."
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Man, with the exception of the stalker stuff, this was bleak. Like, bleak for Rollins, which is saying something. Glad I read it, he always has something interesting to say, but seriously, after this, I need a hug.

In any society, crime prevention is important. And in Joshua David Bellin's new sci-fi novel "Myriad," it's made possible by time travel ... to a point. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Mike Brooks' "The Splinter King: Book 2 Of The God-King Chronicles"
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Time for the middle piece to this epic and engaging trilogy.

Finished reading George Mann's "Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle Of Jedha."
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What started with interesting political intrigue seamlessly exploded into classic action. Good stuff.

Read Jill Bialosky's "Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry In 103 Lyric Sections" this afternoon.
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I don't know if I was supposed to read this all at once like an epic poem, but I did and it was super good.

Finished reading Hanif Abdurraqib's "The Crown Ain't Worth Much: Poems."
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His newer book was better, but this was still a really, really good collection of .

Started reading George Mann's "Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle Of Jedha."
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A bit more political / intellectual than the other books in this series, but all the more interesting for it.

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