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Book Review #14 for 2025 is Thomas McKelvey Cleaver's Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign. A very good retelling of a critical part of US operations in the Pacific War. Cleaver's writing is balanced between the larger picture of strategy and politics and the human side of war. One thing I learned is that the IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) nearly captured the USS Hornet as it founder but decided not to. ☕☕☕☕ #bookstodon #usnavy #HistoryMatters #bookreview @books @bookstodon

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Trying to read Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles, thinking oh wow the Black woman who wrote this has a lot of internalized misogony. Turns out it's written by a white man so it's just plain misogony (and racist stereotypes). No need for me to finish that book. #bookreview #bookstodon #cozymystery
@bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a7a56560-781a-4138-9ed4-e6156fa0b5e0

At the NOAF blog today, our @Princejvstin reviews QUEEN DEMON (sequel to WITCH KING) by @marthawells
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/09/book-review-queen-demon-by-martha-wells.html

#books #review #bookreview #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon

finished reading Comes the Night 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
by Isabelle Carmody.

YA dystopian set in Canberra! In a polluted world, cities have been enclosed in domes and pervasive tech & propaganda keep the population in line. A teenage boy gets entangled in mysterious intrigue, and soon starts to wonder if his dreams are more than they seem. Very slow and overly explicatory, except for the ending which was sudden, unclear and too easy.

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finished reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by Robert Louis Stevenson.

When our baser urges are allowed to run free, they end up dominating. Disturbing, even if the 'science' is a bit amusing.

https://downtosleep.podbean.com/e/jekyll-and-hyde-complete-audiobook-with-relaxing-fire-sounds-down-to-sleep/

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A Review of Horsefly: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-horsefly/

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A Review of The Trail of Lady Shajarah: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-trail-of-lady-shajarah/

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I review on my reading blog Love Between Fairy and Devil (Novel) Vol. 2 by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang. The story concludes here and it's a good ending. The author really made Dongfang Qingcang work for the HEA.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/09/love-between-fairy-and-devil-novel-vol.html

#BookReview #RomanticFantasy #ChineseFantasy @bookstodon

Who is that, so insistently tapping at my chamber door?

Something suitably spooky is coming to https://inquisitivebiologist.com this #Halloween... For now, here is a quick progress shot while you all wait for the next #BookReview to drop. I'm about halfway in.

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New on my YouTube Channel: "Love and Rage: an Under 5 Review."
https://youtu.be/Kpgb8-hZX0s?si=E3BvDUmm-sNazFys

#Under5Reviews where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes.

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New on my YouTube channel: 'Fulfillment: an Under 5 Review."
https://youtu.be/DpanUg3jcH0?si=UB3mLHLdlz8RUtDO

#Under5Reviews where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes.

#books #reading #ItinerantLibrarian #vlog #BookReview #review #BadEconomy #business #ThisIsAmerica #exploitation #corruption #video 💙📚

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https://reviews.pivic.com/cory-doctorow-enshittification

I've reviewed @pluralistic's coming book, 'Enshittification', the book about the term that Doctorow coined.

The book is sprightly written, funny, filled with facts, and it makes me angry with enshittifiers.

#book #BookReview @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon #reading #CoryDoctorow #review

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Five stars for The Last Hour Between World by Melissa Caruso! A new year's party that slips through time and space. One competent investigator trying to solve the mystery. If anyone has a rec with similar vibes, please share. Looking forward to reading the sequel. #bookstodon #bookreview #thiswitchreads @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9ecb54dc-8e0c-405d-bd12-28ee185dafed

A Review of October Omen: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-october-omen/

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New #BookReview on my #blog: "Cigars: a Biography."
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-cigars-biography.html

#books #reading #cigars #history #ItinerantLibrarian #review 💙📚

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Loved the characters, the setting and the food, but the actual mystery was not great. 3.5 stars for Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes #bookstodon @bookstodon #bookreview #cozymystery https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0ffb4ed5-2706-4272-a264-57fa8239c37a

New review: Lechuguilla Cave features otherworldly photos and high production values, providing an unforgettable trip into one of the world's most extraordinary caves.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/10/07/book-review-lechuguilla-cave-discoveries-in-a-hidden-splendor/

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Here’s my review of My Husband by Maud Ventura, 2021, tr. Emma Ramadan, a novel with a deliciously unhinged character who was brilliantly brought to life in the audiobook #bookstodon #reading #BookReview #audiobook #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/876a656c-45a2-46a7-9943-310f08fdb872

finished reading Watership Down 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
by Richard Adams.

The trials & adventures of rabbits setting up a new warren: strange cultures, claw-biting escapades and the terror of war. Similar to Wind in the Willows but the anthropomorphism is weaker and the characters less vibrant. It's just as misogynistic: does are thought of as mere 'breeding stock', though worth fighting over. Drags along though it builds to a decent climax.

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Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon, a cozy with a paranormal. Fun characters, a nice setting and a good mystery and most importantly a competent sleuth. https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f567072d-220c-41dc-8239-345be33b4d2c @bookstodon #bookstodon #bookreview #cozymystery

I was looking for a horror anthology, unfortunately this didn't hit right. It's more of a queer exploration of monsters which worked in some stories and didn't in others. https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fed230ed-6d74-41ef-98c6-577c74f3ce36 @bookstodon #bookstodon #bookreview

A Review of The Hunger We Pass Down: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-hunger-we-pass-down/

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finished reading The Season 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Helen Garner.

The author shadows her grandson's under-16 Aussie Rules team for a season. A glimpse from the boundary line of boys on the cusp on manhood, the solidarity of teammates, the strange spiritual appeal of sport. Wonderfully written & absorbing, but it's still just footy and Melburnians are weird.

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@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

finished reading Slade House 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by David Mitchell.

Every nine years, people disappear into a house which otherwise can't be found. The author's usual layering of stories across different time periods gradually reveals the truth, though it's not particularly clever this time around. Dark arts & illusions, bit creepy, not really my thing.

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Here are a few thoughts on Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin, 1978. This was the perfect change of pace for me after a dark read, with touching scenes, sharp observations, and plenty of witty dialogue #BookReview #audiobooks #Storygraph #reading #books
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2a6b271f-ff49-433b-b4e0-87d24c964db4