Finished reading Megan E. O'Keefe's "The Blighted Stars: Book One Of The Devoured Worlds."
https://amzn.to/4bxQkFz
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This was super good. Gripping, inventive, and exciting, all at once. On to book 2.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera

For her new coming-of-age / coming out novel "Sugar Kids," which she calls "contemporary fiction on the racy end," author Taslim Burkowicz decided to go back to a familiar place: the '90s raver scene. To find out why, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-sugar-kids-author-taslim-burkowicz/
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#TaslimBurkowicz #TaslimBurkowiczInterview #TaslimBurkowiczSugarKids #TaslimBurkowiczSugarKidsInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #ComingOfAge #ComingOut

Started reading the #SciFi #ShortStory anthology "Thyme Travellers: An Anthology Of Palestinian Speculative Fiction."
https://amzn.to/4eQqden
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Starts strong with Jumaana Abdu's fun, no, wait, poignant "Down Under."
#books #reading #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction

Finished reading Angela Sylvaine's "The Dead Spot: Stories Of Lost Girls."
https://amzn.to/3XAHK35
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While not every story was as Fucked. Up. as the first one, this was just full of exceptional #ShortStories, especially the #horror / horror-adjacent ones.
#books #reading #ShortStory #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Gothic

Twenty years after collecting his best horror stories and poems into his first book, author Mark Leslie has recollected them, and more, as "One Hand Screaming: 20 Haunting Years." To find out more — including what beer to drink while reading it — check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-one-hand-screaming-20-haunting-years-author-mark-leslie/
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#MarkLeslie #MarkLeslieInterview #MarkLeslieOneHandScreaming20HauntingYears #MarkLeslieOneHandScreaming #Horror #ShortStory #ShortStories #Poems #Poetry

Started reading Megan E. O'Keefe's "The Blighted Stars: Book One Of The Devoured Worlds."
https://amzn.to/4bxQkFz
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Only 60 pages in, and I can already tell this is going to be equal parts gripping and clever.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera

Finished reading "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection."
https://amzn.to/3Ul0LpA
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Took me years (it's long, and was at mom's in Jersey for the last 7 years), but I finally finished this mixed bag collection of #SciFi #ShortStories.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #ShortStory

Started reading Lyndsay Rush's "A Bit Much: Poems."
https://amzn.to/4eR7Iqd
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So far, this isn't living up to its title. Though I do have 240 more pages to go...
#books #reading #poems #poetry

There are many names that always come up when people talk about military sci-fi stories, and two of them are author David Weber and his iconic character Honor Harrington. In this exclusive interview, the former discusses the reissue of the latter's second novel, "Honor Of The Queen."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-honor-of-the-queen-author-david-weber/
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#DavidWeber #DavidWeberInterview #DavidWeberHonorOfTheQueen #DavidWeberHonorverse #DavidWeberHonorHarrington #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MilitarySciFi

While the new movement controls are not a game changer, the Cold War setting and improvements to the campaign make "Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6" a very good first-person shooter. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-review/
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#CallOfDuty #CallOfDutyBlackOps #CallOfDutyReview #CallOfDutyBlackOpsReview #BlackOps #BlackOpsReview #CallOfDutyBlackOps6Xbox #CallOfDutyBlackOps6PlayStation4#CallOfDutyBlackOps6PS4 #CallOfDutyBlackOps6PS5 #CallOfDutyBlackOps6PC

Read Catherine McCarthy's "The House At The End Of Lacelean Street."
https://amzn.to/4gxrwjV
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Gave me serious "Hammer Horror" / "Shining" (the Kubrick film) vibes.
#books #reading #horror

Finished reading Sonia Sanchez's "Homegirls & Handgrenades: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3Mo4VZb
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Though I didn't like the more prose-esque pieces as much, I really dug how deep she got, as well as her more conversational #poems.
#books #reading #poetry

Finished reading J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye."
https://amzn.to/3Yl5NDq
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Just as good as the first two times I read it, though it certainly hits differently when you're 56 as opposed to Holden's age (obviously).
#books #reading

Started reading Sonia Sanchez's "Homegirls & Handgrenades: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3Mo4VZb
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Appreciate her conversational style.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Just in time for spooky season (assuming you find pinball the least bit spooky), the good people at Zen Studios have released "Camp Bloodbrook," a virtual pinball table for "Pinball M" inspired by such slasher flicks as "Friday The 13th." But just how spooky is it? Find out in my review...
https://paulsemel.com/camp-bloodbrook-for-pinball-m-review/
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#CampBloodbrook #CampBloodbrookPinballM #CampBloodbrookReview #CampBloodbrookPinballMReview #gaming #games #videogames #pinball #PinballM #horror #FridayThe13th

Started reading J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye."
https://amzn.to/3Yl5NDq
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Was weirdly inclined to reread this after finishing the Salinger biography. Go figure.
#books #reading

Finished reading Fady Joudah's "[…]: Poems."
https://amzn.to/4huss9p
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Powerful stuff; super good. Gotta check out his other #poetry books soon.
#books #reading #poems

Having previously collaborated on a comic book and a novel in which characters from their individual novels work together, writers Rob Hart and Alex Segura have teamed up again for "Dark Space," a science fiction space opera spy novel. To learn why, and how, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-dark-space-co-authors-rob-hart-alex-segura/
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#RobHart #RobHartInterview #RobHartDarkSpace #AlexSegura #AlexSeguraInterview #AlexSeguraDarkSpace #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpyNovel #Espionage

Finished reading Kenneth Slawenski's "J.D. Salinger: A Life."
https://amzn.to/3XPevJS
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Informative and entertaining, but Slawenski spends too much time recapping Salinger's stories. Now to reread "Catcher."
#books #reading #biography #JDSalinger

I know there's no way this is because Donald Trump cosplayed as a fry cook at a closed McDonalds, but I totally believe this is because Donald Trump cosplayed as a fry cook at a closed McDonalds because I want to believe it and that's how things work now.