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My Experience with Same Old Shift by Brock Bloodworth and H. Claire Taylor
Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/28/22 Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/28/22

My Experience with Same Old Shift by Brock Bloodworth and H. Claire Taylor

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My Experience with A Cloak of Red by Brenna Gawain
Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/13/22 Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/13/22

My Experience with A Cloak of Red by Brenna Gawain

What If Harry Potter and Ginny got expelled from Hogwarts and were forced to join a magical military?

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My Experience with Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/27/22 Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/27/22

My Experience with Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

This novella accelerates as quickly as the previous two installments

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My Experience with Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal
Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/13/22 Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/13/22

My Experience with Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal

I was surprised with a shift in gear with the storytelling.

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My Experience with Shift Work by Brock Bloodworth and H. Claire Taylor
Musings Jim Wilbourne 1/30/22 Musings Jim Wilbourne 1/30/22

My Experience with Shift Work by Brock Bloodworth and H. Claire Taylor

When describing this novel to my wife, I went with “it’s like an “R” rated Zootopia.”

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My Experience with The Firemage's Vengeance by Garrett Robinson
Musings Jim Wilbourne 1/16/22 Musings Jim Wilbourne 1/16/22

My Experience with The Firemage's Vengeance by Garrett Robinson

At long last! The epic conclusion to The Academy Journals trilogy by Garrett Robinson: The Firemage’s Vengeance.

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My Re-Read of Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind
Musings Jim Wilbourne 12/19/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 12/19/21

My Re-Read of Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

For various reasons, many readers found this novel to be the one they enjoyed the least, but I remember enjoying it more than the previous two installments. Why was that?

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A Review: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Musings Jim Wilbourne 11/14/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 11/14/21

A Review: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

When I decided to re-read The Wheel of Time series, I worried that The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan would slip off of the pedestal I’d set it on.

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My Experience with Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Musings Jim Wilbourne 6/6/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 6/6/21

My Experience with Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

This well-received, sci-fi story caught my attention some time ago, and after the first novella, I was curious where Wells would take the story.

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My Experience with The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
Musings Jim Wilbourne 5/23/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 5/23/21

My Experience with The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

My time to revisit Earthsea has come, and I had the privilege to read The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin this time around.

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A Review: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Musings Jim Wilbourne 5/9/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 5/9/21

A Review: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson

And I’m inclined to say that perhaps this book is more of a must-read than his previous Stormlight novella, Edgedancer.

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A Review: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Musings Jim Wilbourne 4/25/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 4/25/21

A Review: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

Jumping back into Chamber’s Wayfarer’s series is like reuniting with a friend with who you can be truly vulnerable.

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My Experience with All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Musings Jim Wilbourne 4/11/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 4/11/21

My Experience with All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Underneath the layers of hooks that this series uses to draw you in is the beginnings of an AI story of self-discovery.

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My Experience with The Mindmage's Wrath by Garrett Robinson
Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/21/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/21/21

My Experience with The Mindmage's Wrath by Garrett Robinson

The story pushes the boundary of what I thought could be done in a YA book.

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My Experience with Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore
Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/7/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 3/7/21

My Experience with Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore

Epic fantasy heavy-weight champion, R. A. Salvatore, returns!

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My Experience with Blood Charged by Lindsay Buroker
Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/21/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/21/21

My Experience with Blood Charged by Lindsay Buroker

The first two novels of the series were comparatively intimate in scope, and in this story, we expand the world and branch more into epic storytelling.

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A Review: Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal
Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/7/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 2/7/21

A Review: Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal

An exploration of a facet of magic in this universe that we haven’t explored prior.

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A Review: Stone Heart by Garrett Robinson
Musings Jim Wilbourne 1/24/21 Musings Jim Wilbourne 1/24/21

A Review: Stone Heart by Garrett Robinson

How do you create tension when you have the Uncut Lady on your team?

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My Experience with The Alchemist's Touch by Garrett Robinson
Musings Jim Wilbourne 11/22/20 Musings Jim Wilbourne 11/22/20

My Experience with The Alchemist's Touch by Garrett Robinson

It really sparked my imagination and had me wondering which type of mage I’d prefer to be.

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A Review: The Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Musings Jim Wilbourne 11/8/20 Musings Jim Wilbourne 11/8/20

A Review: The Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta

The Vision, a 12 issue, self-contained story, is the first time I’ve genuinely loved a comic.

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