The Templar's Last Secret by Martin Walker - the 10th Chief of Police Bruno book starts with a dead woman at the bottom of a cliff and evolves into a hunt for terrorists. There's almost too much in this story. Bruno has a political observer shadowing him, there's a wedding, new discoveries in the famous Lascaux caves, and an old girlfriend shows up. And of course lots of cooking and eating, with the cooking portion very detailed. I found this a little disappointing.
2 stars
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Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book by Jomny Sun - a lonely alien visits earth to learn about humans and meets many creatures (but no humans) with different perspectives on love, loneliness, and art. It's like a picture book for adults. Based on a Twitter account. I think I'm too old to "get" it.
2 stars
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Borne by Jeff VanderMeer - Rachel is a scavenger in some kind of post apocalyptic world dominated by a giant flying bear. The Company's biotech has gone horribly wrong and all sorts of creatures and humans(?) roam the city. When she finds a strange, plant type creature, she brings it home and that changes everything. What is Borne? Plant, animal? Rachel begins to care for him like a child but he is anything but. Graphic and disturbing sometimes as a world without hope would be.
4 stars
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