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This is some really moving writing on the passage of grief.

TW: Child death (incompatible with life).

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You're Not the Only One (Cade)
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cade_02_22

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The Horse and His Boy: Book Three: The Chronicles of Narnia | C.S. Lewis

Hm! This is a nice coda to Tor's earlier essay series on Lewis' works.

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https://www.tor.com/2022/01/24/our-country-c-s-lewis-calormen-and-how-fans-are-r...

BookmarkTavern Oh that is fascinating! Thank you for sharing! 2y

esurient @ozma.of.oz You're welcome; enjoy! 2y

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Silver | Rhiannon Held

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Mild pick. Held has a sciences background, and I liked how that perspective was built into the main character. It made the 'secret saboteur turned defender' much more grounded and nuanced.

I'll be curious if the other novellas in this series follow this character, or new ones.

Novella / Clean Install (Held)
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Silver | Rhiannon Held

Right, and now for something completely different. I've previously hugely enjoyed Held's fantasy works; this seems to be her first scifi work.

Clean Install (Held)
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Hither Page | Cat Sebastian

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The way Sebastian grows this relationship gives me all the warm fuzzies. I've read so many books where the couple comes to an understanding in Book One, and Book Two opens with already a misunderstanding and separation -- a will-they-or-won't-they forced to drive reader engagement that I find vexing. But Leo and James are utterly different here.

The Missing Page (Sebastian)
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esurient It's a romance in a mix of 'I don't deserve to be so lucky', 'and now what do I do', 'but wait, he wants... the same?' that I found utterly charming. 2y

esurient And I found that I heartily enjoyed the mystery angle here, too. Every part, which almost never happens for me -- mysteries are not my preferred genre. 2y

esurient All in, very solid cozy pick. I'm laying bets that Book Three (more) involves a spying angle. 2y

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shanaqui Ahhhh I want it. XD 2y

esurient @shanaqui Soon! It will wait for you! 2y

shanaqui @esurient I'm more enthusiastic than ever now that you've said it doesn't end up with a forced will-they-or-won't-they. :D That does drive me mad sometimes in series like this. 2y

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