ExpendableMudge (He/him) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

ExpendableMudge (He/him)

The SECOND two of four Kosue Kindaichi #Japanese mysteries in #translation via @PushkinVertigo get their #BookRecommendations today: The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #3) The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #4) https://t.co/0yVk3DS6MS https://t.co/QHEtM1VXY8

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It's time to adventure a little, fellow old white folks. NIGHTCRAWLING, new voice in fiction from Oakland, is a damn-near 5* reading delight: https://tinyurl.com/2p8pjdv6 #BlackGirlsRock & we need to know how good it will be Now an Oprah's Book Club selection!

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#Yule read: "Do I confront my deepest self?" asks Johanna, our narrator, in Vigdis Hjorth's new novel IS MOTHER DEAD. Half a lifetime of running away from the damage she's caused & abuse she's endured cost her too much. My 4* #BookRecommendation is here: https://t.co/5iNELwoctS https://t.co/92BwNDIEfJ

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I like big...stories. I want lots and lots of...plot & characters. Must happen somewhere different from my life. DEEP RIVER by Karl Marlantes worked that trick for me. It got 4.5* of five. My #BookRecommendation: https://t.co/3f2o88sEeA $1.99 on Kindle! https://t.co/yIV6pmN8nY https://t.co/XAVqON8g1i

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Starting The Prophets, by Robert Jones Jr.: There was a lot to take in here. My second t... https://goodreads.com/user_status/show/406411637

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There's never a bad time to say "Welcome Back" to a major #Black #Novelist: Gayl Jones's first new book in decades is THE BIRDCATCHER. It got my 4* #BookRecommendations here: https://t.co/HeR3V9KeVr Through 12/31, it's 30% off at Beacon's website! Use code SPARKJOY30. https://t.co/OT71zInWZ0

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Finished with Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr: So...it's time. https://goodreads.com/user_status/show/411080910

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PROJECT HAIL MARY is a FINALIST, 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL! My 4.5* warble-of-ecstasy #BookRecommendation is here: https://tinyurl.com/353rddr5 Winners announced at #WorldCon80 #Chicon8 on 4 September 2022. https://tor.com/2022/04/07/announcing-the-2022-hugo-award-finalists/ https://t.co/zZ2Gbk8YfZ

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@KerriArsenault's amazing MILL TOWN gets a spot on this terrific list! The 2020 book I couldn't review because I always end up screaming at my computer and kicking my laundry bag...it is that good, that real, that intense and necessary a read. https://t.co/sB5th1p2HQ

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MICKEY7 the Expendable was left for dead...but wasn't. You *know* a story's got that certain something when Bong Joon Ho says he'll adapt it & Plan B says they'll produce the film! My 4* #BookRecommendation: https://t.co/pLkLOIRI1k NOW $2.99 ON KINDLE https://t.co/swTcQocRfe https://t.co/4ffkgWjuVP