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What was touted as "A luscious, wildly entertaining biographical novel about love, ambition, resilience, reinvention, and Elizabeth Taylor in Italy during the summer of 1967" was not as good as it could have been. #BookThreads #BookSky #Netgalley #TheWomanWhoHadEverything #ARC #ALC #BookReview
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Cold-case detective Raquel Laing faces new threats and long-buried secrets in this new novel from one of my favorite writers, Laurie R. King. This is a grittier read than I usually check out, but King's writing wins the day. #BookThreads #BookSky #ThoseWhoAreGone #Netgalley #ARC #ALC #BookReview
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🆕 blog! “Book Review: The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories by Ken Liu”
★★★★☆This is a gorgeous set of short stories - and a good deal more accessible than some of the heavyweight prose Liu has previously been involved with. Some of the stories contain sentences which are complex jewels to be savoured.
What I particularly like…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-the-passing-of-the-dragon-and-other-stories-by-ken-liu/
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Book Review: The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories by Ken Liu
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-the-passing-of-the-dragon-and-other-stories-by-ken-liu/This is a gorgeous set of short stories - and a good deal more accessible than some of the heavyweight prose Liu has previously been involved with. Some of the stories contain sentences which are complex jewels to be savoured.
What I particularly like is the way he moves between almost-prosaic Earth-bound stories to the the most extraordinary flights of fancy. One story might be set in a downtown art gallery, the next in the ice-rings of a far-off planet. The creeping feeling of senescence haunts the reader as they flit from story to story.
Much like his full-length novel All That We See or Seem, Liu has an incredible knack for tapping in to modern fears and weaving tall tales around them. There's a tenderness in all his character - even when a couple of the stories go nowhere, it is still pleasant to spend time in the worlds he has created.
It is, perhaps, missing a cohesive theme - the dragons come and go throughout the stories. Nevertheless, a compelling work chock full of fantastical ideas.
If you're in the mood for a wide and varied selection of stories, this is well worth picking up.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the review copy. Passing of the Dragon is available to buy now.
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A celebration of the life of Queen Elizabeth II on the centenary of her birth, by the bestselling author of The Making of a King and Queen of Our Times. --> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #ElizabethII #NetGalley #RoyalFamily #DreamscapeMedia #ALC
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What really happened when Queen Elizabeth II met Marilyn Monroe? This stunning historical novel imagines the summer that bonded the world's two most famous women. #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #ElizabethandMarilyn #BallantineBooks #MarilynMonroe #QueenElizabeth #Netgalley #ARCReview
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In a few hours Pride Month will be over, which means there's just a few hours left to download a review copy of Syr Hayati Beker's queer novella in fairy tale retellings, What a Fish Looks Like.
If you love weird gay lit, this is not one to miss. Download it here: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/652133
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Happy Pride to the queer AF book people! This month we're sharing excerpts from our LGBTQ+ books. LGBTQ+ stories are a crucial part of the cultural shift we need to create a just world.
You can now download our latest LGBTQ+ title, What a Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker. https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/652133
#netgalley #WhataFishLooksLike #SyrHayatiBeker #bookdownload #reviewcopy #lgbtqbooks #lgbtq #Pride2025 #LoveIsLove #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA+ #PrideMonth #Pridebooks #ReadsforPride #books #bookstodon
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If whimsy, queer communities, justice & delightful language is what you're looking for in a poetry collection, Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE is now up on Netgalley. Netgalley users can download it here: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/605077
Small presses can't exist without reviewers. We sincerely thank you all.
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