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Escape Reality, Read Fiction!

Seattle, Georgia, USA

I started my blog in 2011 because I couldn't stop sharing what I read. Which is omnivorously. Sci-fi, fantasy, romance, mystery, and anything that lives in the spaces in between. By day, not-so-mild-mannered librarian; by night, book blogger!

Twitter: @readingreality

Aug 17, 2015

Urban Fantasy Review: Daring by Elliott James

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My Review: Although I read Daring before Fearless (review here), I’m posting it after. I’ll be packing for WorldCon in Spokane when this posts, and frankly, I needed to have...

Aug 14, 2015

SF Review: Doctor Who: The Drosten’s Curse by A.L. Kennedy

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My Review: Tomorrow, Saturday August 15, has been declared Doctor Who Comics Day by Titan Comics, who, of course, publish Doctor Who Comics. While I didn’t have a Doctor Who...

Aug 13, 2015

SF Review: The End of All Things by John Scalzi

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My Review: If Doctor Who is the story of a “madman with a box” then The End of All Things is at least partially the story of a brain in...

Aug 12, 2015

Urban Fantasy Review: Fearless by Elliott James

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My Review: I rushed into Fearless immediately after finishing Daring (review next week) and I absolutely couldn’t stop reading it all day. Read at breakfast, read at lunch, read on...

Aug 07, 2015

Urban Fantasy Review: One Good Dragon Deserves Another by Rachel Aaron

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In the end, One Good Dragon Deserves Another was a compelling and completely wild ride. It builds up a bit slow, but once the story really kicks into gear, the...

Aug 05, 2015

Urban Fantasy Review: Charming by Elliott James

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I’m not sure why, but when I originally picked this up, I thought it was going to be slightly cutesy. I think it might have had something to do with...

Jul 30, 2015

SFR Review: Deadly Lover by Charlee Allden

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The setting of Deadly Lover reminds me a lot of Sonya Clark’s Trancehack (reviewed here). Both are set in a near future where people who can practice “magic” are locked...

Jul 27, 2015

SF Review: The Terrans by Jean Johnson

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I picked Terrans up at lunch Thursday, and became so absorbed that I felt compelled to finish it. Compelled as in read until 4 am, get up and finish immediately....

Jul 23, 2015

SF Review: The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis

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There were two things running through my head as I read The Mechanical. The first was that the institution of slavery, any kind of slavery, in its desire to dehumanize...

Jul 20, 2015

Steampunk Review: Ether & Elephants by Cindy Spencer Pape

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My Review: Ether & Elephants is the last book in Cindy Spencer Pape’s Gaslight Chronicles. I’ve enjoyed the series very much, from my first night binge-reading Steam & Sorcery (reviewed...