Category Archives: Books

Reading Report for July/August 2024 from Jeff Baker (August 21st, 2024)

Posted on August 22, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report for July/August 2024 Did a LOT more reading than writing this last 30+ days. Finished Dr. Who novelization “The Romans.” Amusing but not as funny as “I Claudius.” Nonetheless fun. Best line: “Quo Vadus TARDIS affair.” Perfect idea … Continue reading →

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Reading Report; June/July 2024 from Jeff Baker. (July 19th, 2024)

Posted on July 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report June/July 2024 from Jeff Baker Not a lot of actual reading done this period. Maybe I was coming down from the long car trip. Read my usual online delights: Kaje Harper’s weekly story and J. Scott Coatsworth’s serial … Continue reading →

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Travelling Reading Report, May/June 2024 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on June 21, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report May/June, 2024 from Jeff Baker For Arthur Conan Doyle’s May 22nd birthday, I head his “The Mystery Of Sasassa Valley.” One of Doyle’s first published stories (from 1879!) and still fun! Also read Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard story “How … Continue reading →

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“Three Kings.” A Blog Post (and Some Nostalgia) From Jeff Baker

Posted on May 29, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Three Kings by Jeff Baker I’ve told this story before. Sometime around the fall semester of 1981 when I was in College, one weekend when I had no homework and didn’t have to go work at my job I grabbed … Continue reading →

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Reading Report For April/May 2024, From Jeff Baker. (May 20th, 2024)

Posted on May 21, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report April/May 2024 I actually think I did more reading than writing this time around! Started reading some of the stories in the Crippen and Landru collection of Frances and Richard Lockridge’s “Flair For Murder.” It includes all of … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets! J. Scott Coatsworth’s “River City Chronicles.” (Jeff Baker, May 18, 2024)

Posted on May 18, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Friday May, 17th, 2024. Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 My friend … Continue reading →

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The Poe Project: A Reading Report Addenda From Jeff Baker (April 25, 2024)

Posted on April 25, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Poe Project A Reading Report Addenda, by Jeff Baker April 25th, 2024. Finally got back to reading some Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on reading some stories beyond the often-anthologized, constantly-adapted favorites on a list I made. I intend to … Continue reading →

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Reading Report; April 20th, 2024, from Jeff Baker.

Posted on April 20, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report: March/April 2024 from Jeff Baker Okay, I didn’t read Poe this time around! Didn’t read a lot of any fiction this month. Except for the usual; the Kaje Harper stories and the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge stories (not … Continue reading →

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“The Hencha Queen.” J. Scott Coatsworth’s New Book Is Out Today! (March 14th, 2024.)

Posted on March 14, 2024 by jeffbaker307

My friend J. Scott Coatsworth is releasing Book Three in his Tharassas Cycle: “The Hencha Queen” blends science fiction, fantasy, epic worldbuilding and LGBT characters. Scott’s work has led to comparisons to Tolkien and Heinlein. But I should let him … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: December 2023/January 2024, from Jeff Baker. (January 19, 2024)

Posted on January 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report for January 2024 (!!!!) Starting off with the last week in December, 2023, I finished reading James Moran’s story “A Canadian Ghost In London,” from his collection “Fear itself.” I THINK I’ve read all the stories in the … Continue reading →

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