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From: Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com>
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Subject: Re: "Long past dues" by James J. Butcher
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:47:11 -0700
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On 9/24/24 13:12, BCFD 36 wrote:
> On 9/21/24 23:03, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> Here I am again with some notes
>>
>> -- "Long past dues" by James J. Butcher. This is a gripping tale of a 
>> young barely trained witch named Grimsby, who is working for the 
>> Bureau of Unorthodox Affairs but fells neglected as all he is assigned 
>> to do is routine matters like reminding shape-shifters to report to 
>> the Asylum in time to avoid the Full Moon's effects. His partner is a 
>> a older man named Mayflower aka the The Huntsman. He kills the bad 
>> unorthodox aka non-human and it has worn him down. He is missing work 
>> which is one reason Grimsby is only assigned the lowest level work. 
>> Grimsby manages to get Mayflower moving again and gets involved with a 
>> case involving an unknown ritual. It all gets unsatisfactorially 
>> resolved as Grimsby future happiness is threatened. But it is resolved 
>> and Grimsby saves a life.  I see I have left out Woozle the goblin 
>> like creature who wants
>> to get back to his own world and who causes Grimsby some problems.
>>
>>      bliss
>>
>> b l i s s - S F 4 e v e r at D S L E x t r e m e dot com
> 
> This doesn't answer the question, "Is it any good?"
> 

	Oh I think that whether it is good or not depends on the
audience. As for me I enjoyed it very much.

	bliss
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b l i s s - S F 4 e v e r at D S L E x t r e m e dot com