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October 31, 2025 - Eleven new reviews:
- The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
- The Greatest Nobodies of History, by Adrian Bliss
- A Week in the Woods, by Andrew Clements
- Starling House, by Alix E. Harrow
- Bryony & Roses, by T. Kingfisher
- One Way, by S. J. Morden
- Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien
- The Complete Maus, by Art Spiegelman
- Straight, by Chuck Tingle
- Voyage of the Damned, by Frances White
Is it possible to go thirty-one days without something truly terrible happening anymore? Is it really? Seriously, 2025, I get what you're going for. You're just grinding in the theme at this point.

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September 30, 2025 - Eleven new reviews:
- The Wolf in the Whale, by Jordanna Max Brodsky
- The Teller of Small Fortunes, by Julie Leong
- The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie, by Freida McFadden
- The Full Moon Coffee Shop, by Mai Mochizuki (Jesse Kirkwood, translator)
- Remnant Population, by Elizabeth Moon
- Extinction, by Douglas Preston
- The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things, by Rob Renzetti
- The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment, by Rob Renzetti
- The Cursed Cloak of the Wretched Wraith, by Rob Renzetti
- Mindswap, by Robert Sheckley
- A City On Mars, by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Another month that was more endured than enjoyed, though it could have been worse. Three more months left in the year almost guarantees that...

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August 30, 2025 - Seven new reviews:
- The Storyteller's Death, by Ann Dávila Cardinal
- Lockjaw, by Matteo L. Cerilli
- Servant Mage, by Kate Elliott
- Serendipity, by Marissa Meyer (editor)
- The Hungry Gods, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Daindreth's Assassin, by Elisabeth Wheatley
- For the Wolf, by Hannah Whitten
The Year That Just Won't Stop Kicking got in several more good, hard, steel-toed digs this August. (Even had a relative end up in the hospital for a week, and now the car transmission is slipping, plus employment prospects are grimmer than ever, and that's just on the personal level, not the national and global Category 6 hurricane of sheer evil and waste product...) It's no longer even "at least you're not entirely on fire yet" as the base standard of existence, but "just wait - you'll wish you were only on fire soon enough, with what's coming".

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