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Nimona

"I'm the villain. What do you suppose that says about you?" Author: ND Stevenson Lord Ballister Blackheart is labeled a villain, but he is more in-line with a peace-loving activist. His supposedly malicious scheme – to reveal the lies of the Institute of Law Enforcement and how they are stockpiling and using poison on the people. Unfortunately for Blackheart, his ex-lover and the kingdom’s current golden boy, Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin, is in league with the corrupt institute. Taking one down will take the other down, and Blackheart is conflicted. That is, until a shapeshifting, violent, sidekick wanna-be storms her way into [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-16T18:29:08-07:00June 16th, 2025|Tags: book review, comic book, graphic novel, Nimona, read, reading, review|

Mating Season, The

Version 1.0.0 “You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously.” Author: P.G. Wodehouse Bertie Wooster is in another rather sticky situation. He’s stuck at Deverill Hall, surrounded by a gaggle of critical aunts, pretending to be a ditzy friend of his, helping with other people’s complicated romances, and making rather a mess of all of it. Without his devoted manservant, Jeeves, it’s doomed to failure. When said ditzy friend arrives, this time disguised as Bertie himself, more hilarity and misunderstandings ensue. Relationships reform and break apart, aunts get scandalized, a play is ruined, and eventually Jeeves himself [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-14T09:25:33-07:00June 14th, 2025|Tags: book review, classic, Comedy, Jeeves, read, reading, Wodehouse|

We’ll Prescribe You a Cat

“Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.” Author: Syou Ishida In five interconnected narratives five down-and-out people, each suffering from acute mental distress, find themselves in the magical Nakagyo Kokoro Clinic for the Soul, consulting the disconcertingly laid-back Dr. Nikké and his irritable nurse, Chitose. You only find this clinic from rumor – the recommendation of a friend’s brother’s babysitter’s aunt, for example. It’s down a difficult to navigate alley, it appears like magic, and no matter what you are suffering, they will cure you. The cure, however, is just as unexpected as it is delightful and adorable. [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-08T11:43:27-07:00June 8th, 2025|Tags: book review, cat, cats, cozy, Japanese, magical realism, read, reading, Short Stories, short story, Syou Ishida, We'll Prescribe You a Cat|