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Just an academic librarian. Avid reader, book blogger, reviewer. Student of #Tarot, oracle cards, and cartomancy.

"Knowledge is Power. Guard it well."

Feel free to check out my blogs:

My book blog: itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/

My cartomancy and commonplace blog: itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.com/

My professional/librarianship/LIS blog:

simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/

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Adam Szetela: That book is dangerous! (Hardcover, english language, 2025, MIT Press)

An alarming exposé of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social …

Quick impressions of "That book is dangerous!"

In the end, I would consider this book to be optional for libraries. It does provide a counterbalance to the usual banned and challenged books narrative.

(Full review on my blog soon.)

reviewed Eerie Archives Volume 4 by Various (Eerie Archives, #4)

Various: Eerie Archives Volume 4 (Paperback, Dark Horse Books)

Follow your Cousin Eerie on a funeral march through the haunted halls of comics history …

Quick impressions of "Eerie Archives Volume 4"

Quick impressions: The quality of the tales overall in this volume is a bit inconsistent compared to previous volumes, but there are still plenty of good tales to keep you reading.

(Full review on my blog soon.)

Garry J. Shaw: Cryptic (2025, Yale University Press)

Quick impressions of 'Cryptic'

As a whole, this is an interesting book. The author looks at a text, and then we get to look at the text writer's life followed by a look at the context of the time and history around a document or book. By looking at the historical context we can better understand the books discussed.

(full review with additional reading notes available on my blog soon)

Becky Siegel Spratford: Why I Love Horror (Hardcover, Saga Press)

A love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling …

Quick impressions of 'Why I love horror'

Quick impressions: If you are a horror fan, this is a must-read book. If you are curious about horror, this is a good book to learn about the genre and what motivates some of its current writers to keep on writing it. The book is truly a great sampling of modern voices in contemporary horror.

A detailed full review with additional reading notes will be available on my blog soon.