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The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst 15 October 2024

2024 fantasy. Kiela and Caz flee from the sack of the Imperial Library with all the books they could save, and go to Kiela's birthplace on a remote island. They plan to keep their heads down. But problems aren't going to solve themselves.

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The Great Deceiver, Elly Griffiths 14 October 2024

2023 mystery, seventh in its series. It's 1966 in Brighton, and someone is murdering magicians' assistants again…

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The Weekly Challenge 290: Double Luhn 13 October 2024

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved list analysis and Luhn's checksum algorithm. (Note that this ends today.)

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Thirsty Meeples October 2024 12 October 2024 - 1 comment

Back to the boardgame café after only two weeks (with Essen in between).

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A Wizards's Guide to Defensive Baking, T Kingfisher 11 October 2024

2020 fantasy. Some wizards hurl lightning or speak with water. Mona helps the bread rise in her aunt's bakery, and occasionally animates a gingerbread man. But a dead body on the bakery floor is only the start of her problems.

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Essen 2024 10 October 2024

I still go to Essen SPIEL. I still love Essen SPIEL.

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Sanctuary, Ilona Andrews 09 October 2024

2024 modern fantasy novella, set in the world of the Kate Daniels series. Roman is a servant of Chernobog, but that doesn't make him a bad person. And certainly when someone turns up semiconscious and claiming sanctuary he knows what to do…

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Case Histories, Kate Atkinson 08 October 2024

2004 mystery, first in a series. In 1970 a small child goes missing while camping in the garden with her sister. In 1994 a young woman is murdered in her father's office. In 1979 a new mother is found clutching an axe next to her husband's body: "He woke the baby". And in the modern day former copper turned PI Jackson Brodie investigates.

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The Kingdom of Copper, S. A. Chakraborty 07 October 2024

2019 fantasy, second of its tetralogy. Five years later, Nahri is married to the heir of Daevabad; younger brother Ali has somehow survived an exile that was meant to kill him; and Darayavahoush is dead, but they won't let him rest.

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The Weekly Challenge 289: Maximum Jumble 06 October 2024

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved list evaluation and string manipulation. (Note that this ends today.)

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