Catching Shadows

@catchingshadows
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SF and Fantasy fan. Writer of meta and fic. I occasionally snark about writing. I boost about #autism, #writing, #books and #shinythings

I still haven't come up with a pen name yet.

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Catching Shadows4d ago

Book Review: Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous_ In which a former mind controlled minion attempts to put their life together #booksky #fantasy #bookblogging

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Book Review: Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England

Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous is a cozy fantasy with some extremely uncozy backstory: In the aftermath of a war involving an Enchantrix backed up by a mind-controlled cult, one of the sur…

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Catching ShadowsMay 21

_Book Review: A Dash of Demon_ by J-F Dubeau and Amy Frost: In which Our Protagonist inherits a cafe in a strange little town #books #achewillow

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Book Review: A Dash of Demon by J-F Dubeau and Amy Frost

A Dash of Demon has its roots in the Achewillow Podcast. (That is to say, it is Achewillow in book form.) Our Protagonist is a young woman named Miriam DuFour. Miriam very much wants to be a famous…

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Catching ShadowsMay 7

Book Review: Hunger Pangs by Joy Demorra_ In which I finally got around to reading/reviewing this book, and enjoyed every minute. #booksky #fantasy #romance #bookblogging

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Book Reviews: Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites, by Joy Demorra

I have been wanting to read Hunger Pangs for quite some time. When The Flirting With Fangs Edition finally turned up at my library, I just had to check it out. The setting is non-Earth, and post-ap…

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Catching ShadowsApr 24

In Unhappy News--My dog has been extremely sick, and I had to make an extremely hard choice. #pets #dogs

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In Unhappy News

So, I had to have my dog Roy euthanized because he had Lymphoma, and the only treatments for that are palliative. He had not been eating well for the past few weeks, but I kept putting off tak…

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Catching ShadowsApr 21

Book Review: Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham. In which a garbage collector gets a chance to be on the ultimate dating show: she hates every minute of it. #books #bookreview #sciencefiction

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Book Review: Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham

Love Galaxy is part romance and part cozy murder mystery. Our Heroine is a young woman named Temmi (short for Artemis) who has rejected love for all the right reasons. Then a fateful encounter with…

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Catching ShadowsApr 16

Book Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells in which Sec Unit and Three work together to extract Dr. Mensah's family members from a dangerous situation. #bookreview #books #marthawells

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Book Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells

Platform Decay opens with Three and SecUnit, and an extraction in progress. Members of Dr. Mensah’s family were kidnapped on their way to visit her, and the person behind it is Director Leoni…

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Catching ShadowsApr 5

_BookReview: The Dragon Has Some Complaints_ by John Wiswell They are some extremely valid complaints too! #books #fantasy #bookreview

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Book Review: The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell

In The Dragon Has Some Complaints, Our Protagonist is an outcast three headed dragon (formerly four headed) named Garrodigh. He has anger issues, and despises humans because they are at war, a war …

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Catching ShadowsApr 2
I tend to lurk on most of the social platforms I'm on, and I'm autistic. This is your autistic awareness for autistic awareness month. 😛 #actuallyautistic
Catching ShadowsMar 11

Book Review: Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer A nameless war mech goes on a quest, and stumbles into a conspiracy #booksky #bookreview #sciencefiction

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Book Review: Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer

It’s the post-apocalypse and a nameless military mech wakes up in a tub after a malware attack, missing it’s leg. Our nameless Protagonist embarks on a quest to regain its leg and hire …

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Catching ShadowsFeb 24

_Book Review: Daindreth's Assassin_ In which an assassin falls for her mark
#bookreview #elisabethwheatley #daindrethsassassin #book

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Book Review: Daindreth’s Assassin by Elisabeth Wheatley

After being extremely entertained by Elisabeth Wheatley’s “Book Goblin” videos, and her commentary on various romantic tropes and historical fantasy, I finally decided to read her books. The book I…

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