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• The Wilderwomen – the Paranormal Road Trip for Everyone Feeling a Bit Lost

  

  Lang’s writing powerfully captured the appeal of the road trip novel, using the shifting setting and characters at hand to move the plot forward. With each stop the sisters made, I was left wishing I could spend more time with each of the colorful individuals they came across. But as the book came to a…

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  December 8, 2022

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• Babel: An Arcane History – a Period-Piece Tackling Colonialism that Struggles at the Finish Line

  

  Though I feel it fails to choose whether to be either a fantasy or fully-developed alternate history, Babel’s greatest success is as an engrossing and well-researched examination of early- to mid-nineteenth century Britain and the effects of its colonialism, both at home and abroad. It examines the mindset of those who are assimilated into Western…

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  November 17, 2022

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