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Alex Ellermann
@alexellermann.bsky.social
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Husband, father, veteran, airline pilot, fitness nerd, and avid reader. My perfect vacation involves coffee, rain, and books.

I'm not interested in recreational anger.

Oh, and I only DM with people I know IRL.
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If you haven't read a 'Reckless' book before, 'Follow Me Down' is a great place to start. And trust me: you really want to start.
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#Reckless
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Alex's review of Follow Me Down (Reckless, #5)
5/5: 'Follow Me Down' ranks among the best in the series. The fifth Ethan Reckless adventure, this volume reads like a terrific ne0-noir film. Reading it even takes roughly the same amount of time i...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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@adamgrant.bsky.social's 'Think Again' presents a clear and compelling argument for intellectual flexibility. This is a worthwhile book.
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Alex's review of Think Again
3/5: With 'Think Again,' Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant argues for the value of mental flexibility. Prof. Grant isn't saying that we'd be better off if we turned into wafflers, but he ...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Spending a chilly Veterans Day curled up with a Harry Bosch novel? That's my kind of holiday.
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#Bosch
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Alex's review of A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
4/5: 'A Darkness More Than Night' delivers everything I'm looking for when I crack open a Harry Bosch novel. This contemporary L.A. noir features an evil plot, a little Hollywood glamour, a little Ho...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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They call it Rhode Island Comic Con. I call it RI Indie Fiction Con.

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November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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If you haven't read any books in the series "Dungeon Crawler Carl," don't start here. If you're caught up, you'll find that "The Butcher's Masquerade" ranks among the series's best outings.
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#DCC
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#PrincessPosse
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Alex's review of The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
5/5: Oh, man. I tore through this 700-page book in just four days. I couldn't put it down. Good thing I have the week off! This is the fifth book of the 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' series. Unlike many boo...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Happy N7 Day, BlueSky!
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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I plodded through much of 'Song of Solomon,' only to be dazzled by the brilliance of some of its passages.
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Alex's review of Song of Solomon
3/5: It's hard to slap a star rating on a book like 'Song of Solomon.' There I'd be, trudging along and eyeing the page number, when one of Toni Morrison's paragraphs would strike like a thunderbolt. ...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Here's something neat: I'm in my town's Library Building Plan! The planners included a snippet from a letter to the editor I wrote a couple of years ago. I feel honored.

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#Libraries
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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October was a great month for reading. The best of the bunch? Heat 2.

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November 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Me: Sometimes, when I'm alone in a hotel room late at night, I get on the internet and surf the ads for used Lincoln Continentals.

Her: That confession did not go where I thought it was going to go.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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When two of your library holds show up on the same day, and they're both enormous. That's November sorted.

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Photo of two books, "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Butcher's Masquerade." Both are very thick.
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I didn't choose this as a Halloween read, but 'Make Me' happens to be the scariest book I've read this year. Lee Child could have made it as a horror writer.

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#Reacher

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Alex's review of Make Me (Jack Reacher, #20)
4/5: Huh. This is new. A Reacher novel gave me a nightmare. 'Make Me' is like most Reacher novels. Jack Reacher comes to town. Stumbles across wrongdoing. Rights wrongs. Beds someone. Kills a lot of ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I found this book to be more interesting than many MCU films and shows I’ve seen.

#BookSky
#MCU

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Alex's review of MCU
4/5: BLUF: Residents of the Nerdisphere will love this book. Those with an interest in the business aspect of the entertainment business will enjoy this book. Everyone else will last a chapter; maybe ...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Well, all right. V0.7 done and off to the editor.

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October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I loved loved loved Heat 2. I'm ready for Heat 3!
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#Heat
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Alex's review of Heat 2
5/5: Oh, yeah. This is the stuff. 'Heat 2' is exciting and satisfying. It's the kind of novel you read in line instead of checking the headlines; the kind of audiobook that inspires you to take the l...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Days like today are why I love riding bikes. 🚲
A paved bike path in the autumn woods.
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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'Terms of Enlistment' is all plot, no character.
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#Frontlines

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Alex's review of Terms of Enlistment (Frontlines, #1)
3/5: 'Terms of Enlistment' is all plot, no character. That's not to say there aren't characters. I mean that its protagonist is fundamentally the same guy as he was on Page 1. Sure, he enlists in the...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The Murmer of Bees is a lovely novel about a ranching family in early 20th Century Northern Mexico. It was a little slow for my taste, but I understand why it's so highly regarded.

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Alex's review of The Murmur of Bees
3/5: 'The Murmur of Bees' is a lovely novel. This is a family novel. Set in a ranchera in the Northern Mexico of the early 20th Century, it gives us births and deaths, hope and despair, selflessness ...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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'Not Till We Are Lost' marks a return to form for Dennis E. Taylor's Bobiverse. I look forward to the next book's publication.

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#Bobiverse
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Alex's review of Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)
3/5: [NOTE: Much of this review may read like gibberish to the new reader. I understand. "Not Till We Are Lost" is not meant to serve as a jumping-on point for this series. Go on back to "We Are Many,...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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‘The Night Watchman’ is a beautifully written novel about universal themes. It’s well worth your time.

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October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I liked, but didn't love, "Heaven's River." Nevertheless, I'll stick around for the concluding volume in this series.
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Alex's review of Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)
3/5: This outing in the Bobiverse series could serve as a soft reboot. It provides enough information to bring new readers up to speed, without requiring the detailed knowledge that would come from re...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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There's nothing in the world like a great bike ride on a beautiful autumn day.
October 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Writing is easy. Revising is hard.
October 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This place will be jam packed come January. Get fit now and avoid the rush!
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I expected 'The Gate of the Feral Gods' to be entertaining. I didn't expect existentialist insight. These books aren't just staying good. They're growing rich with depth.
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Alex's review of The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
4/5: This is another gleefully entertaining book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. To recap, Earth has been conquered. Humans, and the occasional pet, are forced to compete in a fantasy-themed dung...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM