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Finished reading Kang Young-sook's "At Night He Lifts Weights: Stories."
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A mostly good bunch of clever , though I'm on the fence as to whether I feel the need to read any of her other collections.

Started reading S.A. Barnes' "Ghost Station."
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Didn't get far, still in the "set-up" phase, but I can already feel myself tensing up...

Finished reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Idiot."
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Last of the major Russian classics I wanted to read, and clearly a good one to end on.

Finished reading Phuong T. Vuong's "A Plucked Zither: Poems."
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My only complaint about this otherwise excellent collection is that it's too short.

In Chase Gamwell's science fiction space opera novel "Aiko's Dive," the titular young adult learns she's the last human in a populated galaxy, and her looking for the reason "why" may make things worse. To learn more about this sci-fi novel, check out this exclusive interview.
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We all love dogs, and we all love otters, but a dog / otter hybrid with a taste for human flesh?!?

Thankfully, we don't have to love those, we just have to read about them in Sherri Cook Woosley's urban fantasy / horror novella "Mother's Instinct" ... and this exclusive interview about it.
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Started reading Phuong T. Vuong's "A Plucked Zither: Poems."
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Digging this, especially the that are remembrances.

With "The Dragon In Winter," author Jonathan Maberry is bringing his "Kagen The Damned" series of swashbuckling fantasy novels to an end ... sort of. Best to let him explain it in this exclusive interview.
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Read Stephanie Sy-Quia's "Amnion" tonight.
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An epic poem? An autobiography in verse? Don't know; don't care. All I know is it demanded to be read in one sitting and was all the more effective for it.

And now, something for those into scrapbooking ... and murder: In Calla Henkel's new novel "Scrap," making a scrapbook may help a woman solve a murder. To find out more about this mystery thriller, check out this exclusive interview with Henkel.
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Finished reading Amy Gerstler's "Scattered At Sea: Poems."
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Third book of hers I've read, and just as solid as the others.

Started reading Amy Gerstler's "Scattered At Sea: Poems."
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Is it cliché to say a poet has a way with words? A vivid way? Well, fuck it; she does.

While author Cameron Reed's name may not be as familiar to fans of cyberpunk science fiction as Philip K. Dick's or William Gibson's, that may now change thanks to Tor Books reissuing her 1996 novel "The Fortunate Fall." To learn more about this pioneering novel, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Idiot."
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Didn't get far enough into it to form an opinion yet. Well, except that it's very Russian.

Finished reading "The Runes Of Engagement" by Tobias S. Buckell & Dave Klecha.
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This modern military in a fantasy realm story was engaging, clever, and all the better for being very self-aware.

Finished reading Kate Gale's "Mating Season: Poems" tonight.
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Fourth book of hers I've read (second earliest), and this was as solid as the rest.

Like a lot of writers these days, Brenda Peynado is exploring the multiverse. Except that in her sci-fi novella "Time's Agent," she's not sending people to parallel universes, but to pocket ones, and for very personal reasons. To find out why, check out this exclusive interview.
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I can't live in space, and I don't like opera...and yet, one of my favorite genres of science fiction, regardless of medium, is space opera. Which is why I was excited to trade emails with Jonathan Strahan, editor of the new sci-fi short story anthology "New Adventures In Space Opera" for this Q&A.
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In Alexandra Beaumont's folkloric / historical fantasy novel "Dissonance Of Bird Song," people must inhale enchanted mist from the lungs of birds to survive. Why would she do this to them? For that, you'll have to read this exclusive interview.
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Started reading "The Runes Of Engagement" by Tobias S. Buckell & Dave Klecha.
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In lesser hands, a "Call Of Duty" meets "Lord Of The Rings" novel might fail spectacularly, but so far, this is pulling it off in a fun way.

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