Alex Ellermann

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I haven’t, but I will. Thanks for the recommendation.

Bow down to anti-vaxxers? Senator (or, more probably, Senator's Communications Aide), he *is* an anti-vaxxer.

Alex's review of Friend of the Devil (Reckless, #2) 5/5: I loved 'Friend of the Devil.' Volume 2 of the "Reckless" series puts Ethan Reckless in the middle of another mystery, and there's no one better to tell the story than the current masters of the ...

'Friend of the Devil' is the acme of hard-boiled detective comix. If that sounds like your thing, you won't be disappointed. 💙📚

#Comics
#HardBoiled

@seanphillips.bsky.social
@thatjacobphillips.bsky.social

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Well, all right.

My beta readers have given me their input. My wife has given me the thumbs up. Time to send this manuscript to my actual, professional editor. After her cut, the next steps will be interior illustration (cute sketches at the top of each chapter) and jacket design. Fun!

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I’m conflicted about StoryGraph’s personalized AI recommendations. On the one hand, I don’t want some robot telling me what to read. On the other, they’re on the money.

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Oh, yeah. It’s going to hit differently this side of life.

Alex's review of The Winter of Our Discontent 5/5: 'The Winter of Our Discontent' is a towering masterpiece by one of America's greatest novelists. 1960. Long Island. Ethan Allen Hawley: family man, war veteran, grocery store clerk, scion of a f...

I read this last month. "Towering Masterpiece" about sums it up.

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Alex's review of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) 5/5: Oh, this is a good spy novel. 'Slow Horses' introduces us to a band of misfit underdogs operating out of MI5's Slough House: where careers go to die. The novel then offers us manifestly hateable...

The more you think about it, the better 'Slow Horses' becomes.

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#SpySky

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I didn’t expect to find a passage as beautiful as this in a spy novel.

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Alex's review of Phantom Orbit 2/5: 'Phantom Orbit' is a rare miss from David Ignatius. Ignatius, a respected editorialist from The Washington Post, has built a sideline as a writer of exquisitely researched spy novels. To read an...

Normally, I love David Ignatius's thrillers. Phantom Orbit, however, didn't work for me.

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#SpySky

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July was the month I finally finished that Hellboy humble bundle.

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@mikemignola.bsky.social
#ComicSky

Presidential speechgiver. I have no interest in actually being president, but I’m great at giving speeches.

Stage set of the Kit Kat Club, from the musical Cabaret.

Cabaret. In Berlin. Welcome!

A vintage-style digital illustration with a beige background features bold text reading "National Paperback Book Day" in retro serif font, with "Paperback" highlighted in burnt orange. Below the text is a closed, slightly curved paperback book with a soft cover and visible pages. Four decorative stars in orange and dark brown surround the design, adding a celebratory feel.

Hardcovers are pretty, sure. But paperbacks?
They go to the beach, the bath, the bottom of a backpack.
They live.
Happy #NationalPaperbackBookDay!
#BookSky 💙📚

I saw this poster in Berlin today. Cool.

Guten Abend, Goldelse!

Alex's review of Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2) 4/5: Jack Reacher novels are like movie theater popcorn. They have zero nutritional value. They're delicious. You can consume an entire bucket and barely even notice it. In other words, they're terri...

I always feel a little guilty after inhaling a Jack Reacher novel. Much as I feel after inhaling a tub of movie theater popcorn.

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@leechild58.bsky.social

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Bill Bryson's African Diary In the early fall of 2002, famed travel Writer Bill Bry…

’m thirty pages into ‘Die Trying,’ a Jack Reacher novel. Our pal Jack has yet to slay a villain. What the heck, @leechild58.bsky.social? Let’s get slayin’!

Jokes aside, this one’s off to a fast start. It’ll entertain me from BOS—>BER.

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#Reacher

Alex's review of In the Hall of the Martian King (Jak Jinnaka Book 3) 2/5: I don't enjoy slagging off on lesser-known books from small publishers. These publishers are signing average Joes, not superstars. They live one wrong choice away from bankruptcy. And yet ... '...

I get no pleasure from telling you that In the Hall of the Martian King isn't very good.
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#SciFiSky

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Alex's review of Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) 4/5: You probably know that Walter Mosley is the most important writer of mysteries working today. If not, I'm telling you: Walter Mosley is the most important writer of mysteries working today. [Plea...

If Walter Mosley has ever written a bad novel, I have yet to read it.

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#MysterySky

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Alex's review of Starter Villain 4/5: 'Starter Villain' is so much fun. In this fish out of water comedy, sad sack Charlie Fitzer inherits his uncle's Evil Empire - complete with underground volcano lair. How does a substitute teach...

I blew through Starter Villain in a couple of days. What a hoot. 💙📚

@scalzi.com

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I’ve just finished @scalzi.com’s Starter Villain.

I think Jack Quaid would be perfect for an adaptation. Is there any movement in that direction? 💙📚

Alex's review of Ikigai 2/5: This book could've been a magazine article. A bad magazine article. The authors visited an old folks' colony in Okinawa, interviewed a few residents, and pulled some nuggets of wisdom from the e...

An exquisitely accomplished friend recommended 'Ikigai' to me. And by recommended, asked several times whether I'd yet read it.

I love and respect my friend, but I think the book is hokum.

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I'm at the Stater Brothers checkout at 9:30 on a Saturday night. I'm buying two pies, a half gallon of ice cream, and a bag of decaf.

The guy behind me is buying a 12-pack of Bud Light.

I think we’re going to two very different afterparties.

Alex's review of Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) 3/5: Your appreciation for Children of Memory will depend upon your appetite for confusion. This is a mystery box of a novel, with the reader joining its characters in trying to comprehend a disjointe...

Children of Memory may not be an easy read, but it is a rewarding one. 💙📚 🪐📚

@aptshadow.bsky.social

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Alex's review of Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) 4/5:

My doctor recommended 'Dungeon Crawler Carl.'

Best. Prescription. Ever.

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#SciFiSky
#FantaSky
#LitRPG

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You're in for a treat with Dungeon Crawler Carl!

The Hubble telescope zooms in on the galaxy next door. Explore it like never before. A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda galaxy. Zoom in and explore.

We live in an age of wonders. (Gift Article)

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I love a little word play. Best of luck!