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Category Archives: Books
Book Review: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Overall Rating: 5 Stars (Loved It!) Coraline is bored by the rain, and tries to fill her hours by exploring the large house her parents recently moved into. She soon finds that beyond a door is another version of her … Continue reading
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Book Review: Variant by Robison Wells
Overall Rating: 5 stars Variant begins with Benson, a teen boy jaded by the foster system, as he pulls up his new school – an exciting program which he hopes will launch him into a new life. The moment he … Continue reading
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Tagged lord of the flies, review, rob wells, robison wells, sam loveland, samuel loveland, variant
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Book Review: Hard Magic by Larry Correia
Overall Rating: 5 stars (Loved It!) This book blew me away. In a world that suddenly got magic in the mid-1800s, we follow a group of magical heroes led by General Pershing against the Immortal Emperor Tokugawa. We follow Jake … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, grimnoir chronicles, hard magic, larry correia, sam loveland, samuel loveland
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Book Review: Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Overall Rating: 3 stars (Liked It) When I first saw this on the shelf and read the summary on the back, I couldn’t help but think, “Ooooh! Vampires meets Scott Pilgrim!” And so, naturally, I picked it up. Cal is … Continue reading
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Book Review: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Overall Rating: 5 stars (Loved It!) Behemoth is Book 2 of the Leviathan Trilogy. Behemoth picks up on a cheerful front with Aleksandyr giving Daryn his (her) first fencing lesson. I liked that the book had me laughing from page … Continue reading
Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Overall Rating: 5 stars (Loved It!) Hands down, one of the very best books I’ve read… not just this year, but ever! The Graveyard Book is gripping from the first moment, and sends chills down your spine. At the same … Continue reading
Book Review: Servant of a Dark God by John Brown
Overall Rating: 4 stars (Really Liked It!) I’m coming to the party kind of late on this one. Servant of a Dark God made its debut two years ago. The sequel, Curse of a Dark God, is in the works. … Continue reading
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Book Review: Going Postal and Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Overall Rating: 4 Stars (Really Liked It!) These two books, starting with Going Postal (Discworld #33), are now my all-time favorites when it comes to books that make you laugh. Terry Pratchett is high satire at its best, writing Moist … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, discworld, going postal, making money, sam loveland, samuel loveland, satire, terry pratchett
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Book Reviews: The Gathering Storm and Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Overall Rating: 4 stars (Really Liked It!) Anyone who is interested in the Wheel of Time has probably done their own research on Brandon Sanderson, but let me wrap up some of the facts here; Brandon didn’t ask for this. … Continue reading
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