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Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 17, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: August 1969 San Francisco. Ajax Penumbra seeks a book–the single surviving copy of the Techne Tycheon, a mysterious volume that has brought and lost great fortune for anyone who has owned it. Late one night, after another day of dispiriting dead ends,...

The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 2, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction, YA

Summary: All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his...

Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 18, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: The Civil War has ended, and Madge, Sadie, and Hemp have each come to Chicago in search of a new life. Born with magical hands, Madge has the power to discern others’ suffering, but she cannot heal her own damaged heart. To mend herself and help those in...

Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 13, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: A broken heart, a missing lantern, and a dead rock star… thank goodness being dead won’t stop Aunt Dimity from lending a helping hand. Emma Porter is forty, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a...

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched...