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DNA Tests – Ultimate Spoiler

Out of curiosity, I took a DNA test to see what I had inherited – and there were absolutely no surprises.

I am privileged in the fact that my family history is well documented going back to at least the mid-19th century for every branch – and as far back as the early American Colonial era for some.  Everything in my DNA results matched up perfectly with all the paperwork and Punnett square projecti

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A thoughtful reexamination of the fairy tale 'Diamonds and Toads' set in 1860's Paris, questioning notions of 'bad' and 'good'.

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Editor Todd Sanders put together this anthology of 24 sci-fi and fantasy retellings of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, all playing with the archetypes found in the original play.

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When I saw this book I knew I would have to check it out from the library, because, honestly, how on earth can one write a whole book - even a short one - about the hyphen?

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A delightful YA fantasy that - pardon the pun - dives beneath the surface on a lot of things, as Jane goes on a quest to save the pretty boy from the evil mermaid and has quite the adventure along the way. I loved how well Acts I and III tied togethe
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A (very) post-colonial, queer retelling of Le Petit Prince, but instead of all the navel gazing about how terrible adulthood is and the dangerous romanticization of childhood, instead we get a much more relatable coming-of-age story about the limited
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A wonderful adventure of warriors, proving oneself, dealing with all types of demons, and more, set in a tale set in 17th century Japan but with some irreverent 21st century touches. Tokuda-Hall is here to entertain, not produce a TED talk on the Edo
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I was wondering when thruples were going to be the hot new subgenre of Romance, and, lo and behold, this book pops up! (Take note authors - grab the '3' themed titles while you can! 'Triple Threat, 3rd Wheel, Third Time Lucky, Three's a Crowd, etc.)
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A perfect mash up of the Little Red Riding Hood fairly tale with classic superhero adventures, giving Red and her grandmother much more agency than in the original, and playfully tweaking the usual superhero tale.
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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy!

A biography of Elizabeth I through the lens of all the candidates for her hand in marriage and the people who pushed for those marriages - and how hard Elizabeth had to work to stay single.

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