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LitStack Review: Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey

Abaddon’s Gate James S. A. Corey Orbit Release Date: June 4, 2013 ISBN 978-0-316-12907-7 NOTE: This review contains SPOILERS for the first two books in The Expanse series. If you want a pristine reading experience of this series, please do not read this review until you are ready to start Abaddon’s Gate. ~~~~~~~~ In the [….]

Gimbling in the Wabe – Giving Us the Stars

I think it’s fairly obvious that I love reading. More often than not, I read books that have me delighting in the quality of the writing or the cleverness of the story. But sometimes I come across a passage that truly stands out, where I stop and say to myself, “Whoa”. Such a wonderful moment [….]

Birthdays

On this day, July 10, in 1931, Alice Munro was born in Wingham, Ontario, Canada. The undisputed Queen of the Contemporary Short Story, she received a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, a Man Booker International Prize in 2009, a National Book Critics Circle Award (1998) and three O.Henry Awards, among many other honors and accolades. She published her first story as a teenager, and her first collection (highly acclaimed and honored) came less than 20 years later. Hallmarks of her writing include being set in Huron County, Ontario, a nameless narrator who makes sense of the world, a free-flowing timeline, and simple, uncomplicated prose. Today she turns 89.

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