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This is a cute kid story that has Molly moving with her parents and younger brother on the moon and how she needs to use her imagination to play since she could only take one toy with her. There is lesson on sharing since they only have the two twos between them. And there is a lesson in the story about gravity on the moon as well. A nice book for any kid that is interested in space.
Sloan Cooper is a Natural Resources office working in Maryland when she is shot during a gas station robbery. She moves in with her parents while she is on leave recovering and is slowly going stir crazy. There is an abduction in her area that grabs her attention, and she looks into it and realizes that it is actually a serial killer. Now she has to convince other law enforcement that there is a pattern and to allow her to keep working on it. A good mystery with a nice love interest as well that doesn’t get in the way of the mystery.
Spire Albion requires warriorborn Benedict to take 3 criminal warriorborn to a colony that has gone silent to recover a bag of documents. The colony is abandoned except for a small group of cats that can communicate with the warriorborn. As they figure out what attacked the colony there is a ship from a rival spire that will do everything they can to stop them from getting word back to their spire. A good story an you honestly don’t’ need to be familiar with the first book to enjoy this one.
#56 A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
Sep. 24th, 2025 10:49 amChih and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant are traveling to the city of Baolin to collect stories about the famine for their monastery. After eating a bowl of a pork dish the city is famous for, Chih is called to visit the local magistrate and is put under guard while there. Chih still does their work collecting stories from people in the home even as they can see there is a secret hiding in the house that is llinked to the famine. The 18 year old mystery is solved by the end and the story gives insight to just what people will do when there is nothing to eat and they are being hunted by a famine demon. As with most of these stories they can be read in almost any order and no real need of backstory to enjoy it.
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#55 Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop
Sep. 23rd, 2025 04:26 pmThis is a new story universe but does have some similar themes as The Others. Humans coexist with The Arcana. Beth is a new detective in the town of Penwych and due to a coin toss she didn’t understand she is taking her first case to get more details about a gun used in a weird domestic violence shooting. Beth discovers that bargains made on the Isle of Wyrd can be more than they seem if you are not precise enough in your ask. Not all the Arcana look human or act like humans. Beth ends up working several cases that have parts of them going to or coming from the Isle. Most visitors to the Isle come for sightseeing and fortunetelling but there are other powers on the island and never go thought an arch unless you have no choice.
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Sera Swan was a magical prodigy and the star protégé of the leader of the England’s magical guild even if her background wasn’t from the old families. But on a visit home her great aunt dies and with the help of a cursed witch staying at the inn she is able to resurrect her Aunt Jasmine. But to cast the spell cost her almost all of her power and because she worked magic she shouldn’t have she was exiled from the guild. The inn has been infused with some magic and has become a refuge for people that need it even if they have no magic of their own. Fifteen years later her young cousin from her Icelandic side of the family has magic and has come to live with her. Now she has a chance to fix what happened to her but will it all work out is the question.
I really liked this book, with having family by choice and realizing that not all family members are good for you.
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#53 The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews
Sep. 21st, 2025 09:31 pmSet in our world with the only difference being small rips in our reality opening up to another world filled with dangerous creatures that spill out and attack. Now several years later and we have groups that go in and clear out the dangers, find valuable resources, and try to get back in one piece before it closes. Magic is now in the world and people with powers are the ones that go in. Some can fight with powers, Some heal almost any wound and a rare few can identify just where the most valuable things can be found. Adaline can find things in the gates and she just wants to go in do her job and go home to her kids, but when a group of aliens chases another alien attack their group and she is left behind and to the outside world assumed dead. Now another group is going though the gate and Ada has to get back to the opening if she has any chance of being rescued. This was a good story and I can’t wait to see what happens next for Ada.
This follows up the previous book but Davi breaks the fourth wall and gives a great recap of the previous book. Davi heads back to the human lands with only Tsav to back her up to see what they can do to make the coming invasion go easier. Of course things don’t turn out as she expects since she hasn’t been in the kingdom as she normally would have been in her past lives and now she has to keep coming up with plans on the fly to make everything go her way. Davi finding out who did this to her and why was interesting. The entire setup for the book is great and it wraps everything up nicely. An entertaining duology.
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#51 The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi
Sep. 19th, 2025 12:16 pmThe newest instalment in the series is a good jump in point for new readers and a good book for fans of the series. There is enough backstory given to the reader to bring them up to speed on the politics of the universe without bogging down the story. Gretchen Trujillo works in Diplomatic Affairs and has an Obin assistant who is also a bodyguard. They are sent to find out what happened to a mixed-race colony that has disappeared. But the real theme of the book is the entire time she is underestimated even when people know her background. At least at the end people recognize what she is capable of.
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When some pranksters in the pack decide that Asil needs to go on some blind dates so he isn’t alone at Christmas he agrees to it since the people he as been set up with don’t realize that they haven’t been talking to him and he wants to find out just who his Concerned Friends are. Three of these dates were published in prior anthologies and rest is new for this book. By the end of the book, you know the identity of Asil’s friend and there are some happy endings tucked in there as well. A good enjoyable read.
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#49 Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
Sep. 17th, 2025 02:17 pmA group of goblins soldiers are transported by a magical accident over 40 miles behind enemy lines and are trying to get back. A mage was trying to escape and his magic grabbed the goblins in error and now no one is where they are supposed to be. An elven veterinarian is the only hope these goblin soldiers have to get home in one piece. Filled with the usual T Kingfisher whimsy this was a fun lighthearted read.
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Dragoncon 2025 Booth Signing Schedule
Aug. 25th, 2025 04:27 pm We are in the same location as before on the first floor booth #1300, 1302, 1201, 1203
Two tables of signings running at the same time.
Two tables of signings running at the same time.
Authors signing at Table One
Friday
Noon K. T. Hanna
1 PM Keith R. A. DeCandido
3 PM Nat Cassidy
4 PM Gini Koch / Noel Plaugher / J. B. Garner
5 PM Mari Mancusi
6 PM Patricia Briggs
Saturday
11 AM Gail Martin / Megan O’Russell
Noon Mia Tsai
1 PM Jack Campbell
2 PM Delilah Dawson
3 PM Jonathan Maberry
4 PM Robert J. Sawyer
5 PM Wesley Chu
6 PM Cinda Williams Chima
Sunday
11 AM Kevin J. Anderson
Noon James J. Butcher / R. R. Virdi
1 PM Richard Kadrey
2 PM Gini Koch / J. B. Garner / Noel Plaugher
3 PM John Hartness / K. T. Hanna
4 PM Sean Fletcher
5 PM Terry Mancour / A. J. Hartley
6 PM Lucienne Diver
Monday
11 AM Jack Campbell / Noel Plaugher
Noon R. R. Virdi
3 PM John Hartness
Baen Book Author Signings.
Friday
11 AM Charles Gannon
Noon Kacey Ezell / A. C. Haskins/ Melissa Olthoff / Marissa Wolf
1 PM Robert Hampson/ Les Johnson
2 PM Lydia Sherrer
4 PM Jason Cordova
5 PM Walter H. Hunt
Saturday
11 AM David Boop / Gini Koch
1 PM Kacey Ezell / A. C. Haskins /
Melissa Olthoff
5 PM S. M. Stirling
6 PM Les Johnson
Sunday
11 PM Jody Lynn Nye
1 PM Griffin Barber / Charles Gannon /
Walter Hunt
2 PM Lydia Sherrer
3 PM A. C. Haskins / Marissa Wolf
5 PM D. J. Butler / Aaron Michael Ritchey
M. A. Rothman
Monday
11 AM Timothy Zahn
1 PM David Boop
2 PM Kacey Ezell / A. C. Haskins
Melissa Olthoff / Marisa Wolf
#48 Silver and Lead by Seanan McGuire
Aug. 15th, 2025 05:17 pmToby is getting so close to her due date and is fed up with the hovering that everyone is doing is driving her up the wall. Granted everyone has good reason to be hyper anxious but then Queen Arden lets her know that she needs her to track down missing treasures and the birth of her child can’t wait. But as soon as she starts tracking down what happens everything goes to hell and Toby can’t be found by anyone. As usual there is so much coming out in the book that was planted there in the early books. The bonus novella is a treat for fans of the Undersea kingdom.
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Lizbeth Rose is back in California with her husband to protect her sister while Felecia attends the Wizard’s Ball. The Ball is an event that moves around every 3 years for eligible magical people to attend to find spouses. Geopolitical politics are play during the meet ad greet and Felica is attacked again and again mostly by German and Japanese magicians because if she will not work for them then they would rather see her dead. Lizbeth is constantly thinking how she just doesn’t fit into Eli’s world and she desperately wants to go back home once all of this is done. Eli doesn’t seem to be talking to Lizbeth about what is going on in the gregori society during the ball and what he wants. The ending was surprising but a good ending but I would like to see more with Felicia.
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Jack is now working at a consumer protection website doing stories that matter. When two cops come knocking to talk to him about a one night stand he had a year prior he immediately starts a deep dive into the case of Tina’s murder. When consumer DNA analysis comes up into looking into the story, Jack has way to hook it into consumer protection and build a story around it. But some people don’t want him looking into what they are doing and it may not go well for Jack and his coworkers. A good mystery and the bonus interview at the end of the audio with Connelly and the editor of the real Fair Warning is wonderful.
Set in the Kitty Norvell universe but can be read as a stand alone story. Three average guys have been living together as vampire roommates since they were turned in the same week 15 years prior. Sam plays and reviews video games and doesn’t go out much except to the club to help his roomie meet women for meals. Rick, the Master of Denver has pretty much left the three of them on their own since they were turned. When a reporter approaches them for a story but is really using it as a way to get info on Rick, Sam and his buddies now have to deal with older vamps coming after them and hope that Rick can get to them in time.
Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés, Richard Wolffe
This is a bunch of anecdotes from Jose’s life and businesses. He is honest in the mistakes and the choices in his life. There is talk about food but this isn’t a cookbook, it more like listening to a friend tell you about times in his life. The book also discusses how he started World Central Kitchen. This is a great small book that is perfect for either reading in one sitting or dipping in and out of as time permits.
The latest finds Penric off to see a potentially possessed ox at a bridge building site that his brother-in-law is working at along with Penric’s son. Otta and Rina are brought with them so Otta can learn first-hand about newly possessed and Rina to keep her company. Rina is happy about this because she is interested in possibly following in her father's footsteps. Things happen and the ox gets lose and everyone is searching for it before something happens and the demon jumps to another host. This is also a story of a father watching his kids make decisions about their futures and possibly laying the groundwork for future books about the kids.
Set in the same universe as The Spellshop but there is no need for the reader to have read it before this one since it doesn’t hurt the enjoyment of the story. Terlu was a lonely librarian in the Capital of the Empire and used magic to make a sentient spider plant. Her punishment is to become a statue and placed in a library reading room as a warning to anyone who thinks about using magic without being a sorcerer. Six years later she wakes up in a snowy wood not knowing where she is or how she got there. She finds herself on an island full of magical greenhouses and one irritated gardener. Yarrow is the last person on the island of Belde taking care of the magical greenhouses created by a sorcerer that has died, but the greenhouse magic is failing and he needs help. Terlu uses her linguistic skills to puzzle out the late sorcerer’s magic all the while worrying about being caught and turned back into a statue. This is a very slow friends to lovers story and the setting is so gorgeous And I hope there will be more stories set in these islands.
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The Waiting by Michael Connelly, Christine Lakin (Narrator), Titus Welliver (Narrator), Madison Lintz (Narrator)
This book covers three cases, two cold cases and one case that Renee can’t make an official case since it deals with her badge and gun being stolen while she was surfing. The first cold case is an old series of rapes that gets a familial hit that send then trying to solve an even older rape case. The second cold case is one that Maddie brings to the unit when she gets flagged on her personal time at her storage unit when they owner finds an abandoned unit with graphic evidence of a very old serial killer. Renee reaches out the Harry to help her with getting her badge and gun back and that leads to a trail of breadcrumbs to a bigger case that she has to decide what to do about.
