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Dusted Off: Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith

Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars You just have to love this concept. An illiterate cowboy in 1890’s Montana hears about Sherlock Holmes due to the republication of some...

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The Arrivals by Melissa Marr

The Arrivals by Melissa Marr Hardcover, 274 pgs. William Morrow, 2013 This is a very hard book to describe, which is a positive in this case — a portal fantasy involving sympathetic vampires,...

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Dusted Off: Doc by Mary Doria Russell

Doc by Mary Doria Russell Hardcover, 394 pg. Random House, 2013 Read: June 9-13, 2012 I was almost 100 pages into this novel when the thought occurred to me how extraordinarily careful Russell was in...

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The Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood

The Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood Series: Genrenauts, Episode 1Kindle, 148 pg. Tor.com, 2015 Read: November 18 – 19, 2016 Because he didn’t have enough series/irons in the fire already,...

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United States of Books – True Grit by Charles Portis

True Grit by Charles Portis Author: Wattle at Whimsical Nature Synopsis: There is no knowing what lies in a man’s heart. On a trip to buy ponies, Frank Ross is killed by one of his own workers. Tom...

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United States of Books – Close Range (Audiobook) by Annie Proulx

Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx Author: Teri at Sportochick’s Musings Book Narrators Synopsis Annie Proulx’s masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of...

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United States of Books – Doc by Mary Doria Russell

Doc by Mary Doria Russell Author: Elisha at Rainy Day Reviews Entertainment Weekly says – Set in the saloons of Dodge City in 1878 before the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral, this murder mystery paints...

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United States of Books – Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Author: C.H. Armstrong at C.H. Armstrong Books & Blog When I learned I would have the pleasure of reviewing Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, I quite literally did a...

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Genrenauts: The Complete Season One Collection by Michael R. Underwood

Genrenauts: The Complete Season One Collection by Michael R. Underwood Series: Genrenauts, #1-6Kindle Edition, 544 pg.2016 Parallel to our world are various worlds populated by fictional characters in...

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Bodacious Creed by Jonathan Fesmire

Bodacious Creed: A Steampunk Zombie Western by Jonathan Fesmire Series: The Adventures of Bodacious Creed, #1Kindle Edition, 370 pg.Bodacious Publishing, 2017 Read: October 16 – 19, 2017 This is a...

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Dusted Off: Doc by Mary Doria Russell

Doc by Mary Doria Russell Hardcover, 394 pg. Random House, 2013 Read: June 9-13, 2012 I was almost 100 pages into this novel when the thought occurred to me how extraordinarily careful Russell was in...

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Bodacious Creed and the Jade Lake by Jonathan Fesmire: Steampunk’s Answer to...

Bodacious Creed and the Jade Lake by Jonathan Fesmire Series: The Adventures of Bodacious Creed, #2 Paperback, 193 pg. 2021 Read: October 20-22, 2021 What’s Bodacious Creed and the Jade Lake About?...

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Bodacious Creed and the San Francisco Syndicate Kickstarter

I have blogged about the first two books in Jonathan Fesmire’s Bodacious Creed series over the last couple of years—they’re a great mix of Steampunk, Zombie fare, and Western. You really should look...

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