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This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
Find a snippet, short and sweet.
Post it.

from Page (55 and) 56 of:
Darkness, Take My Hand

Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane

“You got a pen?”’

“Somewhere. Let me find it.” More of that rustling sound and I knew she’d dropped the phone on the bed as she rummaged around for a pen.

Angie’s kitchen is spotless because she’s never used it, and her bathroom sparkles because she hates filth, but her bedroom always looks like she just unpacked from a trip in the middle of a windstorm. Socks and underwear spill from open drawers, and clean jeans and shirts and leggings are strewn across the floor or hang from doorknobs or the posts of her headboard. She’s never, as long as I’ve known her, worn the first wardrobe she’s considered in the morning. Amid all this carnage, books and magazines, spines bent or cracked, peek up from the floor.

Mountain bikes have been lost in Angie’s bedroom, and now she was looking for a pen.

Grandpappy’s Corner: The Adventure Begins! (Dungeons & Dragons) by Dennis R. Shealy, Nate Lovett (Illustrator): Nostalgia for the Adult, an Adventure Story for the Kid

By HCNewton

On March 2, 2023

In Blog Series, Fantasy, Fiction, Grandpappy's Corner, YA/MG/Children's Books

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The Adventure Begins!
(Dungeons & Dragons)

by Dennis R. Shealy, Nate Lovett (Illustrator)

DETAILS:
Publisher: Golden Books
Publication Date: January 03, 2023
Format: Hardcover
Length: 23 pg.
Read Date: February 8, 2023

What’s The Adventure Begins! About?

This is essentially the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon episode, “The Night of No Tomorrow” turned into a book for the pre-reading/very early reading set. Which is one of the best ideas I’ve come across this year.

For those of you young enough not to be aware of it, for three seasons (only 27 episodes) starting in 1983, there was a Saturday Morning cartoon based on Dungeons & Dragons. On the show, a few friends (and the little brother of one of them) were sucked into a world full of dragons, wizards, unicorns, and other magical things/beings. A small little fellow, calling himself the Dungeon Master, equipped these children with weapons and abilities to keep themselves safe and guided them through the world to try to find a way back home.

This particular book tells the story of them being brought into the world, equipped, and through their first adventure.

Let’s Talk about the Art for a Minute

The art is very much like what I remember from the cartoon—but it seems a little simpler, a little more like the kind of thing you find in a Little Golden Book (not at all coincidentally, that’s what this was). Lovett did a great job of capturing the look of the show and translating it into a book for kids.

Sure, I think people are a bit too smiley in it overall given the subject, but that’s to be expected for this kind of book, so I’m not complaining. Basically, it’s everything a guy could hope for.

There are some samples on Lovett’s website, in case you want to check them out.

How is it to Read Aloud?

It’s a little wordier than most of the Children’s Books that I’ve been playing around with lately—it’s got a better story, and some heft to it (for what it is). I think this is the kind of thing to read to an older toddler (also, the pages are very easy to tear, so keep it away from those who want to taste their books).

It’s not the most verbally-engaging read—but at the point where the reader is transitioning into stories, you’re not looking for fun rhymes and goofy things to say, you’re looking for a simple story. And that’s what’s delivered here, with good art to support that. I’m really looking forward to reading this to an audience in the near-future.

So, what did I think about The Adventure Begins!?

I was on the homepage of a certain online bookseller and this cover was shown under the heading, “You might like” (or words to that effect). It seemed too good to be true—a Little Golden Book take on this show? I put it in the shopping cart without further reflection.* I was a big fan of the show back when it was on, and have often wished that there were more episodes. Somehow, back when they aired reruns of all animated shows so frequently, I don’t think I ever saw this particular episode. So getting to see the friends get into this world for the first time was a little bonus for me.

* Maybe I checked out the price. Hopefully, I checked the price first. If my wife asks, I absolutely did.

Do you need to know the show to appreciate this? Nope—which is good, it’s not streaming and the DVDs are cost-prohibitive.* The grandcritter’s dad has had no previous exposure to the show and liked the book (which is good, I got it as a way to introduce the critter to their dad’s hobby). I doubt we’ll get it, but I’d appreciate a couple of sequels—the title does say “Begins,” after all.

* Yes, I went looking as soon as I saw this book. I might have even scoped out action figures for the cartoon, which are not as cost-prohibitive.

This is a fun age-appropriate story, a nice nostalgia-hit for people of a certain age, and full of eye-grabbing art. I’m glad the store’s algorithm decided I needed to see it.

3 Stars

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LITERARY LOCALS: Upcoming Event—Treasure Valley Indie Book Fair

By HCNewton

On March 2, 2023

In A Few Quick Questions With..., Literary Locals

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I’ve shared posts about this a little on various social media platforms, but now I see a final line-up/details, so I figured I might as well throw up a quick post about this event coming up on March 4th for anyone in the area who might be interested.

The Nampa Public Library will be hosting the Treasure Valley Indie Book Fair (or, if you prefer snazzy images to a text link, try this one)—there will be panels/workshops about Writing the American sonnet, talking about Youth Books, the oft-mentioned Idaho Writers Guild, Comic Books and Zines. Almost 50 local writers/illustrators/publishers will be in attendance, and I’m going to try to overcome my introversion and talk to as many of them as I can while picking up more books than I should. Three of them have or will be participating in this series already, so I’m looking forward to some face-to-face interaction with them.

If you can, you should come out to this—it looks like a good time (and will likely take away all that progress I made on Mt. TBR last month).

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February 2023 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

By HCNewton

On March 2, 2023

In Books, Calendar Items, Currently Reading, News/Misc.

In February, I finished 26 titles (6 up from last month, 4 up from last February), with 6,588 pages or the equivalent (500 up from last month), and gave them an average of 3.8 stars (0.1 up from last month). Sure, 2 were Children’s Books, and a few were 150 pg. and under–so the number of titles is deceptive. Still, it was a good month on that front.

Mt. TBR moved in the right direction in a noticeable way, so I’m happy with that. And how often do I get to say something like that?

You’ll notice that I don’t have an IndieBound sticker on the side anymore and my posts don’t have the buttons for it anymore–I’ve moved over to Bookshop.org (IndieBound moved me over there, actually). I see some interesting things I can do there in the future, stay tuned.

I didn’t get as much written as I wanted to, but when don’t I say that? I did get a good number of Q&As up, and started a new series (Grandpappy’s Corner). So what (little) I produced, I’m very happy with.

Basically, it was a good month around here. Here’s the breakdown:
Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

Still Reading

Ratings

		Average =	3.77
	4		0
	0		0
	10		0
	4		0
	8

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

	Audio	E-book	Physical	Goodreads Want-to-Read
End of 2022	5	45	42	143
1st of the Month	5	45	46	145
Added	2	3	7	2
Read/ Listened	2	4	10	2
Current Total	5	44	43	145

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 11
Self-/Independent Published: 15

Genre	This Month	Year to Date
Children’s	2 (8%)	2 (4%)
Fantasy	4 (15%)	6 (13%)
General Fiction/ Literature	1 (4%)	4 (9%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller	7 (27%)	13 (28%)
Non-Fiction	1 (4%)	2 (4%)
Science Fiction	1 (4%)	1 (2%)
Theology/ Christian Living	5 (19%)	8 (17%)
Urban Fantasy	4 (15%)	4 (21%)
“Other” (Horror/ Humor/ Steampunk/ Western)	1 (4%)	7 (15%)

Review-ish Things Posted

The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 14: Consequence by R. T. Slaywood: Walking Quickly but Treading Water
The Nature and Work of the Holy Spirit by Ra McLaughlin: A Broad and Capable Introduction to the Holy Spirit
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel: A Funeral for Dreams
The Night Watch by Neil Lancaster: Lancaster Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
Harvested by Troy Lambert: A Man Bites Dog P.I. Novel
The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 15: A Walk In The Park by R. T. Slaywood: I’m Getting Tired of This
In the Fullness of Time: An Introduction to the Biblical Theology of Acts and Paul by Richard B. Gaffin Jr.: One of the Best Things I’ve Read in Years
Bad Memory by Jim Cliff: A Very Cold (and Closed) Case Gets a Second Look
A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames: A Fast, Twisted Ride Through the Streets of LA
The Silk Empress by Josef Matulich: A Rollicking Steampunk Adventure on the High Silk Road
The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 16: Stephen Carpenter by R. T. Slaywood: The Cast Expands in a Promising Way
Grandpappy’s Corner: Saint Patrick the Forgiver by Ned Bustard: Patrick’s Story Told for Wee Ones
The Foundling, the Heist, and the Volcano by K.R.R. Lockhaven: Exactly What the Title Says
Grandpappy’s Corner: Geeky Baby’s Guide to Colors by Ruenna Jones, Josh Lewis (Illustrator): Starting a Geek Off Right
Foundations by Abigail Stewart: Three Eras, Three Women, and The House that Connects Them
Haven by Ceril N Domac: A New Kind of Fae
The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentations by C.J. Williams: Finding the Hope of the Gospel in the Laments

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th), I also wrote:

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?

WWW Wednesday, March 1, 2023

By HCNewton

On March 1, 2023

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

So the three more days of the month that I asked for didn’t magically appear (shockingly). Well, I guess it’s still technically possible because I’m writing this Tuesday. So if this posts on February 29, 2023, I retract that statement. Also, if that is when this posts, no one’s going to be reading this post, because everyone’s going to be freaking out.

I really had another destination in mind for that paragraph, but got distracted and silly instead. Probably was only marginally interesting anyway. Let’s just move on with the WWW Wednesday.

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading and ARC of Good Dog, Bad Cop by David Rosenfelt (reliably fun as always) and am listening to the darkly comic and thoughtful The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, Soneela Nankani (Narrator) on audiobook.

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What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Don Winslow’s Broken, which was magnificent. Also, I can finally move Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire, Ray Porter (Narrator) on audio from the “next” to the “finished” column.

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What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be the ARC Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (yeah, this week is about NetGalley catch-ups) and my next audiobook should be Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane, Jonathan Davis (Narrator). I’ve read this a handful of times and it’s brilliant, can’t wait to jump in again.

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What about you?

Opening Lines: Broken by Don Winslow

By HCNewton

On February 28, 2023

In Fantasy, Fiction, News/Misc., Opening Lines, Quotations

We all know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover (yet, publishing companies spend big bucks on cover design/art). But, the opening sentence(s)/paragraph(s) are fair game. So, when I stumble on a good opening (or remember one and pull it off the shelves), I like to throw it up here.

I’m going to do something a little different with this one–Broken by Don Winslow is a collection of novellas. Each one has a different voice, a different feel, a different kind of crime. Today, to give a little taste of the diversity, I want to share the opening of two of the novellas, each one grabbed me in their own way.

from Broken:

You ain’t gotta tell Eva the world is a broken place.

A 911 dispatcher on a New Orleans night shift, Eva McNabb hears humanity’s brokenness for eight hours straight, five nights a week, more when she’s pulling doubles. She hears the car accidents, the robberies, the shootings, the murders, the maimings, the deaths. She hears the fear, the panic, the anger, the rage, the chaos, and she sends men racing toward it.

Well, mostly men—there are more and more women on the force—but Eva thinks of all of them as her “guys,” her “boys.” She sends them into all that brokenness and then prays they come back in one piece.

Mostly they do, sometimes they don’t, and then she’s sending more of her guys, her boys, into the broken places.

Literally, sometimes, because her husband was a cop and now her two grown sons are cops.

So she knows that life.

She knows that world.

Eva knows that you can come out of it, but you always come out broken.

from The San Diego Zoo:

No one knows how the chimp got the revolver.

Only that it’s a problem.

Chris Shea didn’t think it was his problem, though, when the call first came over the radio that a chimpanzee had escaped from the world-famous San Diego Zoo.

“Call Animal Control,” he responded, not considering runaway monkeys to be a police matter.

Then the dispatcher added, “Uhh, the chimp appears to be armed.”

“Armed?” Chris asked. “With what, like a stick?”

He’d seen something on Animal Planet about chimps using sticks as tools or weapons, which apparently was significant for some reason Chris missed because he got up to make a sandwich.

Or maybe it was baboons.

Or maybe it was the National Geographic Channel.

“Witnesses are reporting that the chimp is carrying a pistol,” the dispatcher said.

Well, Chris hadn’t seen that on Animal Planet.

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LITERARY LOCALS: What Have We Learned So Far?

By HCNewton

On February 28, 2023

In A Few Quick Questions With..., Literary Locals

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So, I’ve finished with the first batch of authors for this series—and before we take a break while I work on a second batch, I thought I’d see if I’ve learned much about writing in Southwest Idaho.*

* Yes, there’s the one outlier in Eastern Oregon—which may end up being part of “Greater Idaho” in the next few years. But I’m not going to take the time to add that disclaimer throughout here. Can we just agree it’s implied?

Of the nine people I’ve talked to, two have been native to Idaho and most moved here young enough to be “as close to being a native Idahoan as you can get without getting your eye wet,” as Danielle Higley put it, with a couple of people who came later in life. I honestly expected the native/close-enough to be closer to 50%, to that’s nice. The beauty and the people are what keep people here.

Almost everyone is involved in (or wants to get back involved) with a local writers’ group—Idaho Writers Guild being the most popular, but some good stuff has been said about others. The outliers do have friends they can turn to for support, though. No lone wolves here.

Rediscovered Books in Boise and Caldwell is far and away these authors’ choice for local events—the Boise Library’s Comic Arts Festival, Gem State Comic Con, Books and Brews, Nampa’s Festival of the Arts, plus miscellaneous arts and crafts fairs, got some good representation, too. As did LTUE in Utah and Montana’s MisCon.

One thing I found interesting is that essentially authors said their audience was very local, or it’s not very local. I’d expected some sort of mix. With those who are still starting out, it makes sense that local readers would make up the bulk of the audience (along with the all-important friends-and-family base)—but I’d figured those who were more established would have a decent local following in addition to sales in other areas of the country/world.

Everyone said essentially the same thing when it came to strengths/weaknesses about writing around here—the smallness of the market and distance from bigger markets is a hindrance but not that much of one thanks to the internet. Also, local writers and local people are the strengths of writing here.

When it comes to “do you bring an area-specific sensibility or feel to your work, most say no—other than subconsciously. It’s where they live and who they’re around, so sure…but no one’s doing it deliberately (other than setting the occasional book in this area).

The last question I ask is for recommendations for books “that embody Idaho/the Idaho spirit.” Here’s what we’ve gotten so far:
bullet Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
bullet The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown
bullet The How and The Why by Cynthia Hand
bullet Into The Darkness by Marlie Harrs and Troy Lambert
bullet Big Jim Turner by James Stephens
bullet Incidents in Idaho: A Monster Marshals Collection by Troy Lambert and Danielle Parker
bullet The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
bullet All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
bullet Educated by Tara Westover
bullet Fearless: The Story of Farris Lind, the Man Behind the Skunk by Rick Just
bullet And then a few authors were mentioned without specific books: Ivan Doig, Hemingway (“it’s like reading about the romanticized version of Idaho that I have in my head,” said Jeremy Billups), Craig Johnson, and Norman Maclean.

So, I don’t know that I’ve learned a lot—it’s a small sample size, for one thing. But, there are some themes—and a lot of exceptions to those themes. Which feels pretty Idahoan to me.

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Oil and Dust by Jami Fairleigh

By HCNewton

On February 27, 2023

In Book Tour, Fantasy, Fiction

I’m very pleased today to welcome The Write Reads Blog Tour for Jami Fairleigh’s Oil and Dust. Be sure to watch https://twitter.com/WriteReadsTours over the next few days to see a lot of bloggers write interesting things about it. Oil and Dust was a finalist for the 2022 Book Blogger’s Novel of the Year Award, so you know there’s a lot of good to be said about it–but before getting to the spotlight for it, let’s start with a word about BBNYA.

BBNYA:

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner. If you are an author and wish to learn more about the BBNYA competition, you can visit the official website http://www.bbnya.com or Twitter @bbnya_official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

Book Details:

Genre: Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Kitsune Publishing
Release date: September 1, 2021
Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Ebook
Length: 510 pages

About the Book:

When all has been lost, we find ourselves…

Out of the ashes of destruction, a new world has arisen. The plagues of the past—the worship of greed and pursuit of power—are gone. Now, the communities that remain in this post-apocalyptic world focus on creating connections, on forging futures filled with family and love. And all with the help of hard work, hope… and a little bit of magic.

Artist Matthew Sugiyama knows this well. Traveling the countryside in search of the family he lost as a child, he trades his art for supplies—and uses his honed magic to re-draw the boundaries of reality, to fashion a world that is better for those he meets.

Following glimpses of visions half-seen, Matthew—and the friends he encounters along the way—will travel a path from light to darkness and back again. A road where things lost in the past can only be found in the love of the present, and the hope for the future.

And he will travel this path wherever it leads. From joy to sorrow, from tears to laughter. Because Matthew is the Elemental Artist, and he knows that though dangers arise, humanity will always triumph… in a world he has painted in shades of Oil and Dust.

Author Jami Farleigh invites you to meet a rich tapestry of characters, and to travel through a world that blends fantasy, laughter, coming of age, and evocative literary stylings to create a perfect escape. Fans of The Goblin Emperor, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The Language of Flowers, and Quarter Share will delight in this tale of humor, humanity, and the power of hope.

Book Links:

Amazon.ca ~ Amazon US ~ Amazon UK ~ Goodreads

About the Author:

Jami Fairleigh is a Japanese-American writer, urban planner, and hobby collector from Washington. She is currently working on her third novel and shares her life with a husband, a trio of well-mannered horses, a pair of dubiously behaved parrots, and one neurotic dog. You can find and follow her at https://jamifairleigh.com/ or https://twitter.com/jamifairleigh.

My thanks to The Write Reads for the invitation to participate in this tour and the materials they provided.

The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentations by C.J. Williams: Finding the Hope of the Gospel in the Laments

By HCNewton

On February 26, 2023

In Non-Fiction, Theology/Christian Living

The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentations:
A Guide to Grieving with Faith

by C.J. Williams

DETAILS:
Publisher: Crown & Covenant Publications
Publication Date: November 25, 2022
Format: Paperback
Length: 172 pg.
Read Date: February 5-12, 2023

The people had been warned about this day of judgement for centuries, but as God pleaded with them through the prophets, they became more stubborn in their sin. Now the day had come. If there was ever an “I told you so” moment, this was it. But the speaker does not stand aloof; he gives a voice to the sorrow and suffering of the people. He wept with them and for them with sympathy that arose from the depth of his soul. Although the people had brought this terrible day upon themselves, they were met with compassion and “a spirit of gentleness” with which we are to minister to those who are overtaken in any trespass (Gal. 6:1).

What’s The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentations About?

Based on a series of sermons, Williams walks the reader through the book of Lamentations—in a careful manner. He doesn’t avoid technical points, nor does he dwell on them, moving the book in an esoteric direction. At the same time, he doesn’t keep it so simple that there’s not a lot to learn, to think about, or to meditate on.

As the back of the book says,

The book of Lamentations counsels us on how to:

respond to hardships with faith,

grieve with hope,

and find the renewal of grace during the trials of life.

and Williams is careful to draw out each of these points more than once.

But that’s not the focus of his book—and, Williams would argue, it’s not the focus of Lamentations. The focus is on how Christ is displayed and revealed through this short Old Testament book. This comes through loud and clear and proves comforting and inspiring.

Christ-Centered Perspective

When seen in this light, a book that technically has no direct speech from God comes alive with the voice of the Son whom he would send.

Starting in the introduction and carrying on through the end, Williams makes it clear that this is going to be a Christ-centered book because the role of this book is to reveal Christ to his people. There is a speaker throughout the book, referring to himself as “I.” Williams argues that this is the voice of Christ—he is the lamenting one alongside the other voices in the book.

I’m not going to try to echo his arguments—I don’t have that kind of space. But when he started to enfold it, I was captivated—and as he returned to it throughout the book, I kept being captivated and wanted to spend more time examining these points.

So, what did I think about The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentations?

When believers experience hardship or the chastening of God, asking this blunt question awakens us to the truth: Has God utterly rejected us? To ask the question is to answer it. You may not know how any hardship will end, but as a child of God, you know how it will not end. Nothing can Separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:39).

The conclusion of Lamentations shows us that there js always a path forward when we walk with faith.

Of all the prophetic books, Lamentations is the one that has always resonated with me the most—but I always knew I was missing something about it. Starting in Chapter 2 (where he begins his argument for the Voice of Christ in this book), so many lightbulbs turned on—I know Christ was revealed in this book (as he is everywhere), but I didn’t understand how thoroughly the book did that.

I’m not for one second suggesting that this is an exhaustive treatment of the book, nor that Williams is the final answer when it comes to this idea—but it’s a fantastic place to start.

The rest of the book was just as good—I walked away from every chapter with a better understanding of or refreshed appreciation for the text.

If you’re looking for a trustworthy guide to this dark portion of Scripture (that is also full of light and hope), you’d do well to look to C.J. Williams.

4 Stars

Saturday Miscellany—2/25/23

By HCNewton

On February 25, 2023

In Books, News/Misc., Saturday Miscellany

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
bullet AI-generated fiction is flooding literary magazines — but not fooling anyone—Am sure you’ve all seen headlines about this already…
bullet Literary giants have thoughts on the new edits to Roald Dahl’s works.—this is a bit (just a bit) moot thanks to the news yesterday that Roald Dahl’s publisher responds to backlash by keeping ‘classic’ texts in print—which makes a the voice inside my head that wears a spiffy tinfoil chapeau wonder if the whole thing was a publicity stunt.
bullet The rise and fall — and rise again — of Barnes & Noble
bullet What Is It That Makes Used Bookstores So Wonderful?: Used bookstores are more than just stores with books—Yes.
bullet The Importance of Duality of Plot in Space Operas
bullet The Importance of Rom Coms!
bullet From the Pages of Slough House: Leadership Tips from Jackson Lamb, The Perfect Boss—yes, I’m critical of ChatGPT things, but when used the way that Jeff at Spy Write does here, it produces some fun content. I’m going to remember some of these tips for my next job interview…

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
bullet The Chronscast E15 – Introducing Peat Long—Peat Long joins the team over at Chronscast and gets introduced here, if you’ve ever wondered about the voice behind the provocative blog posts, here’s your chance. (also, listen to their exit music at 1.0…I might make this podcast a regular listen for it alone)
bullet The Professional Noticer An Accidental Death…with Peter Grainger—an incredibly rare audio appearance by the great Peter Grainger