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Goodreads Project, Part 12: Non-fiction

Goodreads Project, Part 12: Non-fiction

I’m working on a project to read a semi-finalist in each category of Goodreads’ Best Book of the Year contest. The winners of the contest are listed here. If you click back through my posts, you can see what I have to say about Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mysteries and Thrillers, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Fiction, Horror, and Debut Novel. This post reviews a book from the Non-Fiction category. I don’t read much non-fiction, so I was looking…

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Goodreads Project, part 11: Debut Novel

Goodreads Project, part 11: Debut Novel

I’m two-thirds of the way through my project to read a semi-finalist in each category of Goodreads’ Best Book of the Year contest. The winners of the contest are listed here. This post reviews a book from the Debut Novel category. I’d already read and reviewed two books from this category: Weyward (reviewed in Historical Fiction) and The Wishing Game (reviewed in Fiction). For my new book, I chose I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane. The Story…

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Goodreads Project, Part 9: YA Fantasy

Goodreads Project, Part 9: YA Fantasy

I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a semi-finalist from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses for its Best Book of the Year Award. If you click back through my last eight blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I was dismayed to realize I hadn’t read any of…

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Goodreads Project, Part 8: Horror

Goodreads Project, Part 8: Horror

I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a semi-finalist from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses for its Best Book of the Year Award. If you click back through my last seven blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I don’t usually read Horror, so I wasn’t surprised I hadn’t…

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Goodreads Project, part 7: Science Fiction

Goodreads Project, part 7: Science Fiction

I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses for its Best Book of the Year Award. If you click back through my last six blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, and Fantasy. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I’ve now reached the Science Fiction category. I’d already read Children of Time…

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Goodreads Project, part 6: Fantasy

Goodreads Project, part 6: Fantasy

I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses in its Best Book of the Year Award contest. If you click back through my last five blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, and Romantasy. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I’ve now reached the sixth category, Fantasy. To my surprise, I…

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Goodreads Project, Part 4: Romance

Goodreads Project, Part 4: Romance

I’ve reached the Romance category–Part Four of my project to read a new book from each of the fifteen categories in Goodreads’ Best Book of the Year Award. I reviewed books from the previous three categories here (Fiction), here (Historical Fiction), and here (Mystery and Thriller). From the Romance category, I chose to read Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood. My Romance Confession Before I review the book, I should confess that, even though Romance is the best seller of any…

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Goodreads Project: Part 3, Mystery and Thriller

Goodreads Project: Part 3, Mystery and Thriller

I’m working on a project in which I read a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses in its best books of the year contest. The first category was fiction. You can see my comments on that category here. The second category was Historical Fiction. My comments are here. The third category was Mystery and Thriller. I’d already read The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman. But by the rules of my project, I had to choose a new…

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Goodreads Project: Part 2, Historical Fiction

Goodreads Project: Part 2, Historical Fiction

I’m working on a project in which I read a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses in its best books of the year contest. The first category was fiction. You can see my comments on that category here. The second category was Historical Fiction. I had already read Weyward by Emilia Hart. But by the rules I set for my project, I needed to choose a new book too, and I selected Go as a River by…

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My Favorite Reviews

My Favorite Reviews

What kind of reviews stand out to a writer? As I write this, Amazon has The Wysman on sale, the paperback for $4.84 and e-book for $2.99. Here are my two favorite Amazon reviews of this book, both about the main character, Jarka, who was born with a club foot: First, from a 5-star review: “Often – especially in movies, but plenty of times in books – a character can be injured or have some condition that’s only their nominally,…

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