Month: August 2025

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Definitions of Success

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Twenty-*cough* and some years ago, I'd moved from my hometown to a suburb of Minneapolis for a job and desperately wished I could move back. I spent the first eight months or so leaving from work at 3:30 on Friday to drive home, coming back after 10 on Sunday night for the next work week.… Continue reading Definitions of Success

Review: A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow by Matthew F. Jones
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Review: A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow by Matthew F. Jones

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I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. On a dark road in the middle of nowhere, a slip of a girl in almost no clothes jumps into Jack Spinks's car. Filthy, exhausted, and obviously terrified, she begs Spinks to drive and get her away from the men… Continue reading Review: A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow by Matthew F. Jones

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Fall Appearances

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A few years ago, I went to Hawai'i with my (then) 86 year old grandmother so I could officiate the wedding of one of my best friends to her lovely (now) husband. It was wonderful had a fabulous week (I miss the overwhelming beauty of Hawai'i). A bit more than a year after that, said… Continue reading Fall Appearances