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Opinions of Saturn

A potpourri of classics, pagan books, cookbooks, noir, queer lit, and whatever's ended up on my bookshelf.

 

This is the BookLikes edition of my reviewing blog. Currently I'm the reigning emperor of gay and a practicing polytheist. Expect pedantry, pretentiousness, and overthinking.

 

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December
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February2017
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updated shelf:
Death Was in the Picture - Linda L. Richards
finished reading:
Death Was in the Picture - Linda L. Richards
Death Was in the Picture Linda L. Richards
January2017
27
text: 1080 pages, and three weeks to read it...
When I was younger, I used to challenge myself by checking out the longest fiction books in the library and see if I could finish reading them before the due date. Figured I'd...
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
currently reading:
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson The Godfather - Mario Puzo
January2017
26
Ten Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly
I probably would have liked reading Bly’s landmark investigative journalism more if this edition didn’t include a host of similar articles at the end with titles like “Nellie ...
Ten Days in a Mad-House - Nellie Bly
updated shelf:
Ten Days in a Mad-House - Nellie Bly
Death Was the Other Woman by Linda L. Richards
So, what were the plucky secretaries of rye-guzzling PIs doing while their employers moped about gorgeous women and betrayal? They did the actual detective work around the off...
Death Was the Other Woman - Linda L. Richards
updated shelf:
Death Was the Other Woman - Linda L. Richards
finished reading:
Ten Days in a Mad-House - Nellie Bly
Ten Days in a Mad-House Nellie Bly
started reading:
Death Was in the Picture - Linda L. Richards
Death Was in the Picture Linda L. Richards
January2017
24
started reading:
Ten Days in a Mad-House - Nellie Bly
Ten Days in a Mad-House Nellie Bly
January2017
23
finished reading:
Death Was the Other Woman - Linda L. Richards
Death Was the Other Woman Linda L. Richards
January2017
18
started reading:
Death Was the Other Woman - Linda L. Richards
Death Was the Other Woman Linda L. Richards
January2017
15
Another Kind of Love by Paula Christian
ANOTHER KIND OF LOVE is a reprinting of two stories from the late pulp era. One of them is very good, and the other… isn’t. Both stories are very much of the time, for bette...
Another Kind Of Love - Paula Christian
updated shelf:
Another Kind Of Love - Paula Christian
January2017
14
finished reading:
Another Kind Of Love - Paula Christian
Another Kind Of Love Paula Christian
January2017
13
started reading:
Another Kind Of Love - Paula Christian
Another Kind Of Love Paula Christian
January2017
12
updated shelf:
Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #2) - Garth Nix
January2017
11
finished reading:
Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #2) - Garth Nix
Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #2) Garth Nix
January2017
10
Ancestors and Hero Cultus: Walking the Worlds, Vol. I, Issue I
Walking the Worlds a venture spearheaded by Galina Krasskova to put explicitly polytheist beliefs in a semi-academic format. Beginning with the topic of death is entirely inte...
Ancestors and Hero Cultus (Volume 1) - Walking the Worlds
updated shelf:
Ancestors and Hero Cultus (Volume 1) - Walking the Worlds
liked:
The Cinderella Deal
I almost never read romance, but when I do it's almost always Jennifer Crusie. She has a way of writing romance without the ...
started reading:
Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #2) - Garth Nix
Lirael (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #2) Garth Nix
finished reading:
Ancestors and Hero Cultus (Volume 1) - Walking the Worlds
Ancestors and Hero Cultus (Volume 1) Walking the Worlds
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