(or How I Did It, a “.doc”-umentary) Branching Out For those of you who don’t know, I am hearing impaired. Not totally Deaf, but my hearing loss is significant. I hear things like thunder, but not peeper frogs. I hear bass notes in thumping music, but not cicadas. I hear a motorcycle’s deep rumble, but…
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The Broken Heart
By N.J. Gallegos © 2023 Winding Road Stories ASIN: B0C7LJ7XRB Kindle version; file size 1658 KB Paperback, 340 pages. Heart failure looms in Casey’s imminent future, while she awaits her turn on the transplant list for a new one. Her deadbeat husband can’t be bothered to help her manage her sociopathic 6-year-old or keep watch…
Foreigner
By C.J. Cherryh © 1994, 2004, DAW ASIN: B006JHXPDW Kindle version; file size 927 KB Five centuries after humans, lost in space and desperate for a world of their own, land on the planet of the atevi, and nearly two centuries after the War of the Landing, atevi and humans share an uneasy peace. With…
Grave Covenant
By Tobias Youngblood © 2023, Riposte Press, LLC ASIN: B0C9W7SPTV Kindle version; file size 2817 KB Ilyana is an insectile shapeshifter with a dangerous interest in humans. Ridley is an amateur boxer with a death wish. Iris is a knife-wielding nine-year-old on a mission to find her father. Separate characters, each with their own goals,…
Life is a Garden
It occurred to me this afternoon that maybe Life is like a walk in an enormous garden. There’s no required goal or specific path for you to take, no ultimate destination in mind. Instead, it’s about being present in the moment, feeling the sun on your face and the wind against your skin. It’s about…
Precise Oaths
By Paige Ewing © 2023, City Owl Press ASIN: B0C4ZJH81L Kindle version; file size 1350 KB Even though spider-kin Liliana sees the past, the future, and into men’s souls, she can still be surprised. After all, no one wakes up wondering if they’ll be accused of murder by a werewolf. This was a great read,…
Summer Fun!
Hey, hey! I know I’ve been kinda quiet of late—did ya miss me?—but I’ve been pretty busy over the last couple of months, and the summer shows no sign of slowing down. Here’s what’s up: I’ve signed up for a Blurb Blitz blog tour (say THAT three times fast) with Goddess Fish Promotions. The tour…
Windlyn Vale
By Tobias Youngblood © 2023 ISBN: 978-1959649014 Paperback, 196 pages When dire wolves enter the vilskje’s idyllic valley and kill one of their youths, Siv the Seer and his apprentice lure and trap the pack, killing its leader and scattering the other wolves into the forest. The vilskje clan are ecstatic at their victory, but…
The Tradepoint Saga
The three books of this trilogy—Refuge, Aftershock, and The Bereft—tell the story of the Vennan delegation sent to Tradepoint Station, a meeting and trading place for all sentient lifeforms. Their mission: to demonstrate the arts, trades, music, dance, and crafts of their beloved world, Venna. While most other races that visit Tradepoint rely on technology,…
Katy on Broadway
Written and Illustrated by Ella English © 2021, Crimson Dragon Publishing ISBN: 978-1-944644-23-9 Paperback; 43 pages This might be the first children’s chapter book I’ve ever read as an adult, and what a cute book it is! Katy is a cat who sings, much to the chagrin of the squirrel in Katy’s backyard tree, or…