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In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing, but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

In case you haven't noticed, I've stopped posting here. Please consider following me at @bibrary to keep up to date with my reading, writing, editing, and book reviewing. The Ruins are still standing . . . but they've also started Bending.

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins was everything I could have asked for. @pdjeliclark's novella is somehow fantastic fun and incredibly dark at the same time, the first driven by the characters, and the latter by the story. #fantasy #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/boo…

With Song of the Mysteries, the final volume of Wars of Light and Shadow, coming soon, I’ve found myself drawn back to the series. I’m unlikely to catch up by May, but I’m enjoying my return to the world of @JannyWurts nonetheless. #fantasy #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/01/29/boo…

A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT by Samantha Shannon explores the misogyny of mythology, the ways in which women’s contributions are discarded or disguised, and the manner in which all of that is ultimately subverted is wonderful to behold. #bookreview #fantasy sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/boo…

Pliable Truths by @daytonward feels like a missing episode that connects the #TNG and #DS9 universes. It's also a very timely story (Ukraine/Palestine) that reminds us of how well #StarTrek has always shone a spotlight on current affairs. #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/boo…

Scorpica by G.R. Macallister was a very uneven read that left me with very mixed feelings. I liked (even loved) parts of it, but so much potential (especially in terms of philosophical depth) felt squandered. #bookreview #booktwitter #fantasy sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/boo…

To say HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN by #JunoDawson was not what I expected is an understatement, but one that opened me up to an absolute delight. I felt this story, in ways that few authors can make me feel. #TransRightsReadathon #BookReview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/boo…

The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields (coming from @Orbitbooks21) is a romantic fantasy filled with magic and wonder, and that's what I felt here - a genuine sense of wonder and whimsy. #fantasy #romance #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/05/13/boo…

Empire of Silence (from @dawbooks) is a slow-burn of a book, one that was my secondary read for the longest time, but then we got into the strange ruins and heretical talk of the Quiet, and suddenly I was hooked. #scifi #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/06/03/boo…

The Sky on Fire by @jennlyonsauthor (coming from @torbooks) is a fun, dragon-filled fantasy that is once again wonderful in its casual, no-big-deal, assumed diversity in gender, sexuality, and relationships. #fantasy #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/boo…

With THE FEMDOM FELONY, Thomas Moffatt (@books_tm) has crafted a well-rounded, truly inclusive mystery/thriller that deals with alternative energy, climate change, marginalized communities, and social stigma. #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/boo…

Heather Guerre’s small-town #romance, WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE, not only features a neurodivergent (#autistic) main character, but also incorporates a gentle #femdom relationship, and manages to do both with absolute perfection. #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/boo…

Night’s Edge is a favorite series of mine, and being back in the world of Marrowdell with Jenn, Bannan and Wisp again in A CHANGE OF PLACE is like seeing favorite family members after a long absence. A cozy fantasy of consequences. #fantasy #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/boo…

If you want to know where #gynarchy (and the patriarchy) have come from, what’s at the root of #feminist ideals, and how women (and men) can move forward, then Ms. Viola Voltairine (@GynarchyShops) is required reading. #bookreview sallybend.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/boo…