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The Between has started off as a crazy genre-bending, speculative, sci-fi, fantasy ride…

What does:

“really rotten cantaloupe breeds creepy bugs”

have to do with it?

It may just save Paul’s life.

Nothing could touch his hard heart—neither sighs, nor tears, nor prayers, nor streaming blood; he was deaf to our cries, careless of our sufferings. Mr. D—— often stripped me naked, hung me up by the wrists, and beat me with the cow-skin, with his own hand, till my body was raw with gashes. Yet there was nothing remarkable in this; for it might serve as a sample of the common usage of slaves on that horrible island.

“Oh, the trials! the trials! they make the salt water come into my eyes when I think of the days in which I was afflicted—the times that are gone; when I mourned and grieved with a young heart for those whom I loved.”

    “By our sufferings, since ye brought us
      To the man-degrading mart,—
    All sustain'd by patience, taught us
      Only by a broken heart,—
    Deem our nation brutes no longer,
      Till some reason ye shall find
    Worthier of regard, and stronger
      Than the colour of our kind.”
—WILLIAM COWPER

This is the first time I’ve read a book where the author puts forth an earnest and convincing argument to not read their book. I’ll let you know if I was able to finish reading it.

“This reader needs to not be squeamish or easily offended. There is true horror here. You can turn the page and plummet right into Hell. This is your warning.”

Trigger Warnings!

“While mentalists hide illusions to create the experience of an extraordinary reality, magicians hide reality to create the experience of an extraordinary illusion.”

“It was the old Trump-and-Barr call-and-response: Trump rails publicly about some perceived scandal on the campaign trail, and Barr mobilizes DOJ to make it real—or, at least, to lend DOJ’s imprimatur to Trump’s allegations, giving them some heft beyond a tweet into the void.”

Excellent book so far!

Preorder your July 6th copy here: https://amzn.to/3wf6qiF

A deeply personal memoir about lost souls all in need of healing. A dog and a woman find refuge in Rivershire, a magical place secluded in northern Michigan. Here love is lost and found, trust is learned and earned, always with patience and kindness.

I received a print copy of “Long Division” by Kiese Laymon a couple of days ago. This is not a book I would have selected for myself. The story is very well written and certainly entertaining. It’s a coming of age story about a young black man from Mississippi with some time travel mixed in. This is exactly why I love to read. So far, this is an awesome book! I’m loving it.