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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 14 by Kanehito Yamada

Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.

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The Silver Bullet, and Other American Witch Stories by Hubert J. Davis

A selection of folktales gathered in the 1930s. A number of people claimed to have been the actual victims, others to know the people involved. A number are just told without a connection. Two are recognizable fairy tales.

It has sections about how to become a witch, how they worked, how to counter them, and tales of their witchery for money or mischief. Many references to witch doctors (or white witches).

Bones rules

Feb. 8th, 2026 11:07 am
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Bones rules; or, Skeleton of English grammar by John B. Tabb

Turn-of-the-last-century grammar lessons. Basic, sound grammar, with some additional interest in his choices of sentences to analyze. Many from poems, and with some interesting placing of the parts of a sentence.

He does note that any word can be used as a verb, even then.
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Scourge of the Spaceways by John C. Wright

Starquest book 5. And it is seriously a running story. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.

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No Man's Land: Volume 3 by Sarah A. Hoyt

The tale concludes! Spoilers ahead for the earlier two.

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No Man's Land: Volume 2 by Sarah A. Hoyt

The second of three volumes. This is not a trilogy of separate stories, but dictated by the limits of modern-day binding technology. Spoilers ahead for the first volume. Also, do not read this one first because you will be baffled.

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No Man's Land: Volume 1 by Sarah A. Hoyt

The first of three volumes. This is not a trilogy of separate stories, but dictated by the limits of modern-day technology.

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Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 8 by SUOL

The story is approaching the conclusion. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes

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The Emperor's Caretaker 01 by Haruki Yoshimura

The first in a series, mostly set-up apparently.

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Milk Run

Dec. 10th, 2025 10:48 pm
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Milk Run by Nathan Lowell

Adventures in space!

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The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 14 by Nekokurage

The tales continue. Spoilers for the earlier ones ahead.

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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's Vol. 6 by Matsuri Akai

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The Perks of Being an S-Class Heroine, Vol. 6 by Grrr

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Kill the Villainess, Vol. 4 by Haegi

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I Picked Up This World's Strategy Guide, Vol. 2 by atchi ai

Spoiler ahead for volume 1.

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I Picked Up This World's Strategy Guide, Vol. 1 by atchi ai

A frolic with a somewhat different approach. A girl works in her mother's item shop, and one day while gathering herbs, she finds a book. A strange book.

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Orange

Nov. 24th, 2025 11:14 am
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Orange by Ichigo Takano

This is available in five volumes, and also in two omnibus editions (the second included a backstory which I didn't get into), but it reads as one story.

It opens with Naho receiving a letter. It says it's from her future self, that a new boy will arrive in class and sit beside her, and she must not ask him to walk home, because he's no longer with them in the future.

Not knowing what to believe, she joins with her friends in asking

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Mirror Mirror by Sarah Mlynowski

The adventures conclude! Spoilers for the earlier ones ahead!

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Boy Scouts Handbook - First Edition

The first edition. A hodgepodge perhaps chiefly of interest in what is included. Games. Short history and civics lessons. Discussions of wildlife and tracking. First aid. How to earn badges.

Some articles show that science has marched on from the day.

Sayings from Indians are invariably in crude English, but also invariably are to teach wise things to the boys.

I noted that in the fire section, they discussed the danger of wildfires, but didn't mention that first of all, you ensure you build your fire on bare earth. Anything burnable will carry the fire away, and roots are particularly dangerous. So, health and safety information may also be out of date.
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Something of Myself by Rudyard Kipling

An autobiographical account.

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