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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr. is a science fiction dystopian novel of the highest order. Published and having won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1961, I was quite shocked to realize how it much the novel still resonates today. In fact, we’re likely repeating history if the book is anything…
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World Without End by Ken Follet is the second of five novels in his popular Kingsbridge series. We are once again transported back to Kingsbridge, but 200 years later. Pillars of the Earth was a joy to read, and its sequel here follows the exact same formula, so I’m not expecting different results. Sure enough,…
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Holly by Stephen King is a horror suspense novel that was likely written at the onset of the Covid years. It features Holly, one of the author’s more popular characters of his previous works. Admittedly, I have no clue who she is. I’ve read many of his previous works, but Stephen King also has published…
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His Black Tongue by Mitchell Luthi is a collection of short horror stories set in the medieval period. Unfortunately, they were less than average stories. To be fair, though, I’m not a big fan of reading “monster” novels and horror, so take this review with a giant pinch of salt. While monsters appearing in the…
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Haven by Emma Donoghue is a survival novel set in around the seventh century around Ireland. I don’t believe I’ve read any survival novels such as this one, which is set so far back in time. The closest would like be the movie Cast Away by Tom Hanks. Being that one of my goals for…
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Dissolution by CJ Sansom is the first of seven in his Matthew Shardlake Mysteries series. Set in the mid-16th century, amid the backdrop of the Church Reformation era, we follow lawyer Matthew Shardlake to St. Donatus monastery to investigate the murder of a fellow Commissioner of the King. As usual, nothing is as it seems,…
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Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead is a historical fiction novel which, simply put, is absolutely amazing. Set around 900 CE, it revolves around a group of monks in modern day Ireland. Wanting to present one of their most lavish gifts created to the emperor in Constantinople, a pilgrimage was required. Thus are we introduced to Aidan…
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The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez is an epic fantasy novel set in an ancient country. The novel actually tells its story from several different timelines. Although I’ve read some people having a difficult time keeping track of them, I find it overly exaggerated. It wasn’t difficult at all. What may be more…
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The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard is the first book of two in her Lays of the Hearth-Fire series. This is a series about restricted friendship, familial love, heritage, politics and beyond. Make no mistake, a lot of commitment is required with the book clocking in at almost 1000 pages. I’m surprised myself…
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Redwall by Brian Jacques is the first book of 22 in the series! This one is a bit special, as I’m sure it will be to thousands of other readers as well. As a kid growing up, I remember seeing this novel in my local library, but never having the guts to tackle it for…
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