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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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The inspiring, untold story of three incredible women who spearheaded recreation, conservation and resilience in America’s most beloved landscapes. Review of Fierce Country here--> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #FierceCountry #Netgalley #Edelweiss #HanoverSquarePress #HarlequinAudio #ALC #ARC
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Since the late 1960s, Jane Fonda has identified as an activist first and an actor second, using her celebrity as a vehicle to convey her views and her advocacy. #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #JaneFonda #Netgalley #Edelweiss #Activism #RutgersUniversityPress
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A Crown of Stars is an historical fiction novel following two sisters who eventually end up on the Lusitania. #BookThreads #BookSky #Bookstagram #ACrownofStars #TantorMedia #KensingtonPublishing #HistoricalFiction #Lusitania #Netgalley #ARCreview #ALC
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A Crown of Stars is an historical fiction novel following two sisters who eventually end up on the Lusitania. #BookThreads #BookSky #Bookstagram #ACrownofStars #TantorMedia #KensingtonPublishing #HistoricalFiction #Lusitania #Netgalley #ARCreview #ALC
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A Crown of Stars is an historical fiction novel following two sisters who eventually end up on the Lusitania. #BookThreads #BookSky #Bookstagram #ACrownofStars #TantorMedia #KensingtonPublishing #HistoricalFiction #Lusitania #Netgalley #ARCreview #ALC
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A Crown of Stars is an historical fiction novel following two sisters who eventually end up on the Lusitania. #BookThreads #BookSky #Bookstagram #ACrownofStars #TantorMedia #KensingtonPublishing #HistoricalFiction #Lusitania #Netgalley #ARCreview #ALC
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A Crown of Stars is an historical fiction novel following two sisters who eventually end up on the Lusitania. #BookThreads #BookSky #Bookstagram #ACrownofStars #TantorMedia #KensingtonPublishing #HistoricalFiction #Lusitania #Netgalley #ARCreview #ALC
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I found some time to look back at my reading habits in 2025, and it's pretty much summed up with this thought: I need an Advanced Reader's Copy intervention something bad. --> #BookThreads #BookSky #YearinReview #NetGalley #Edelweiss #ARCReview #ALC
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The definitive, unbiased account of the twenty-four hours surrounding the historic January 6th attack on the Capitol. The book is even-handed and should be a source for future historians. #Bookthreads #BookSky #Bookstagram #BookReview #StormattheCapitol #PublicAffairs #NetGalley #ARC #Insurrection
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K. Valentin: An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder
[German version below]
[EN] Transparency note: I was allowed to read this as an e-arc by Alcove Press via Netgalley.
What do you do when you and your best friend have been struggling to make ends meet for years, with no family around to ask for support, only to suddenly be asked for help with lifting a curse by a guy who is as desperate as he is rich? If you’re Mateo (and Ophelia), you don’t let yourself be stopped by something as minor as a total lack of experience or an un-dealt-with […]
https://auntieterrorsreading.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/k-valentin-an-amateur-witchs-guide-to-murder/
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Tashan Metha: Mad Sisters of Esi
[German version below] [EN] Transparency note: I was allowed to read this as an e-arc by DAW via Netgalley. This is one of the few cases where I wholely understand and subscribe to the comparison to another well-known novel: "Mad Sisters of Esi" by Tashan Mehta is indeed a fitting recommendation for anyone who enjoyed "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke, I think. And yet it is very much its own thing that doesn't need to borrow graces or glories from others. I will keep my review as vague, […]https://auntieterrorsreading.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/tashan-metha-mad-sisters-of-esi/
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Yael van der Wouden – „In ihrem Haus“
[English version further down] Transparenzhinweis: Ich habe freundlicherweise vom Gutkind Verlag vorab diesen Roman ein digitales Leseexemplar via Netgalley erhalten. [DE] Die Niederlande in den 1960er Jahren: Isabel lebt seit dem Auszug der Brüder und dem frühen Tod der Mutter allein und zurückgezogen in dem Haus, das der Onkel ihnen in den letzten Kriegsjahren überlassen hat. Als ihr älterer Bruder seine Freundin Eva wegen einer Geschäftsreise bei ihr einquartiert, ist die stets […]https://auntieterrorsreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/yael-van-der-wouden-in-ihrem-haus/