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Here are some links to Civilian Reader abroad (or, other people experimented with the idea that I had something interesting to say): "Turning the Tables" by Mark Lawrence "Blogger Query" on A Fantastical Librarian Guest Post on Jo Fletcher Books Blog (18th & 19th Century Fantasy Worlds) Interview with me on Jo Fletcher Books Blog Interview with…
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New Books (December 2024-January 2025)
https://civilianreader.com/2025/01/18/new-books-december-2024-january-2025/
Published: January 18, 2025 15:55
There was another flurry of new books over the holiday period (review copies, purchases, and Christmas presents), so I actually have enough books already for two of these posts… I’ll publish the second one in a week or so. Did you get any good books over…
Quick Review: FOG AND FURY by Rachel Howzell Hall (Thomas & Mercer)
Published: January 17, 2025 15:25
Introducing Sonny Rush, former LAPD now small-town P.I. She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks — and more dangerous too — in a twisting novel of suspense… After ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her…
Excerpt: MONA LISA SACRIFICE by Peter Darbyshire (Poplar Press)
https://civilianreader.com/2025/01/13/excerpt-mona-lisa-sacrifice-by-peter-darbyshire-poplar-press/
Published: January 13, 2025 17:03
Today, we have an excerpt from The Mona Lisa Sacrifice by Peter Derbyshire, the first book in the Book of Cross series. The book is out now, published by Poplar Press. Here’s the synopsis: “Even angels have to make a living these days.” Cross is a man who…
Quick Review: THE WONDER BOY by Tim MacMahon (Grand Central Publishing)
Published: January 8, 2025 18:23
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon chronicles the career of the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and examines the pressure of building an NBA team around a prodigy. In 2018, the Dallas Mavericks landed the most hyped European teen prospect in basketball history—Luka Doncic,…
Quick Review: THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES by Marissa Stapley (Simon & Schuster)
Published: January 8, 2025 17:06
A mystery and a love-letter to the 90s music scene A story of rock ‘n’ roll and star-crossed love — about grunge-era musician Jane Pyre’s journey to find out what really happened to her husband and partner in music, who abruptly disappeared years earlier.…
Excerpt & Guest Post: MISERERE by Teresa Frock
https://civilianreader.com/2025/01/06/excerpt-guest-post-miserere-by-teresa-frock/
Published: January 6, 2025 17:52
Miserere was my debut novel in 2011, and as such, it had some problems. The prose was too purple, the descriptions too long, and the villains were a bit over the top. Thirteen years and four novels later, I’ve learned a lot about writing fiction, and I’ve…
New Books (December)
https://civilianreader.com/2024/12/15/new-books-december-2/
Published: December 15, 2024 18:30
Another new books post, arriving pretty soon after the previous one — usually it takes a little while to acquire 12 new books, but I guess a few publishers are having an end-of-year push to get 2025 titles out to reviewers (not complaining!). Featuring:…
Re-view: MISERERE by Teresa Frock (JABberwocky)
https://civilianreader.com/2024/12/12/re-view-miserere-by-teresa-frock-jabberwocky/
Published: December 12, 2024 22:36
A superb, mystic fantasy debut Everything has a price, and those who deal with the devil pay dearly in this enthralling dark fantasy about redemption, sacrifice, and a Hell-bound battle between good and evil. Exiled exorcist Lucian Negru made a choice that…
Quick Review: WHY SO SERIOUS? by Mike Singer (Harper)
https://civilianreader.com/2024/12/08/quick-review-why-so-serious-by-mike-singer-harper/
Published: December 8, 2024 17:17
The first biography of the 3x NBA MVP A revealing, intimate biography of basketball savant and enigmatic NBA superstar Nikola Jokić, filled with news-breaking interviews and deep reporting from Mike Singer, the Nuggets’ former beat writer for the Denver…
News Books (October-November)
https://civilianreader.com/2024/12/07/news-books-october-november/
Published: December 7, 2024 12:00
Featuring: David Baldacci, Josh Brolin, Peter Fracassi, Carolyn Huynh, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Kaufman, Al Pacino, Chris Pavone, Michael “Sugar” Ray Richardson, Curtis Sittenfeld, Richard Swan, John Warner * David Baldacci, A CALAMITY OF SOULS…