#bookblog2025 — Public Fediverse posts

February 2025 books
Non-fiction 6 (YTD 14)Inside the Stargazers' Palace, by Violet MollerUnder the Lake / Before the Flood, by Kevin Decker and Ryan ParreyWar Childhood: From Sarajevo to Syria, Memories of Life and Hope, by Jasminko HalilovićEastern Nights and Flights, by Alan BottHooleygan: Music, Mayhem, Good Vibrations, by Terri Hooley and Richard SullivanFrom "Narnia" to a "Space Odysse
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-2025-books/
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The Professor in Erin, by L. McManus [Charlotte Elizabeth McManus]
A German visiting Ireland awakens in a parallel universe where the Irish side won the Battle of Kinsale in 1601.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-professor-in-erin-by-l-mcmanus-charlotte-elizabeth-mcmanus/
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A Brilliant Void, ed. Jack Fennell
An extraordinary collection of science fiction stories from various Irish writers.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/a-brilliant-void-ed-jack-fennell/
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Under the Lake / Before the Flood, by Ryan C. Parrey and Kevin S. Decker (and Toby Whitehouse)
I rate this about average of the Black Archives, but with ​significant bonus points for the discussion of disability.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/under-the-lake-before-the-flood-by-ryan-c-parrey-and-kevin-s-decker-and-toby-whitehouse/
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January 2025 books
Non-fiction 8
Non-genre 5
SF 10
Doctor Who 4
Comics 2
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/january-2025-books/
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Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead, by Dale Smith
This is an unusual Black Archive in that it ranges far beyond the story in question to look at the work of the story's writer.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/silence-in-the-library-the-forest-of-the-dead-by-dale-smith/
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Paddy Machiavelli: How to Get Ahead in Irish Politics, by John Drennan
This witty takedown of the entire Irish political system is also passionate and well-observed.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/paddy-machiavelli-how-to-get-ahead-in-irish-politics-by-john-drennan/
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