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Oliver’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Oliver’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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| My fourth Jack Mack novel, one that pretty much completes a story arc. I'm satisfied with the way things were tied up and liked being able to delve a bit more into the 'world building' in this book. ...more | |
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| This is my third science fiction novel featuring Jack McFee, aka Jack Mack. The conspiracies, both known and implied, from the previous books are brought to something of a conclusion here (though enough is left unresolved for possible sequels). Perha ...more | |
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| Another excellent collection from the poet Stephen Brooke. As with his last book of poetry, there are many short pieces, including haiku. The poet's love of the sea again comes to the fore as a theme. A fine book of poems. ...more | |
| "I have set up an archive of my short stories, both those published at some point and those that haven't been seen elsewhere. This is at: https://storiesofstephenbrooke.blogspot.com/ Some appeared in the poetry and vignette collection 'Retellings'..." Read more of this blog post » | |
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| 'Counting Words' is a collection of poems about, well, words. For the most part; there is a cohesive theme but the individual pieces do sometimes stray beyond it. They are quite good pieces (for the most part) and it is a quite good collection, refle ...more | |
"One sometime finds Lord Dunsany’s novel ‘The Curse of the Wise Woman’ listed among his fantasy works. This is not too surprising, considering the book’s title and the fact that he is best known for his fantasy stories (Dunsany is arguably the most im"
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| Not quite typical Stephen Brooke fare—though his style is certainly recognizable—"The City and the Sword" veers toward Young Adult but, for the most part, remains a novel for grown-ups. There are layers here that raise "City" from being simply a fant ...more | |
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| I've seen lots of Stephen Brooke's lighter and more humorous poetry over the years, but much of it hasn't found its way into collections. "Shallow Poet" remedies that, but also adds some fairly serious social and political commentary—not 'shallow' at ...more | |
