What a pleasant surprise! I loved Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles and liked Heartless a lot too, but I was less than impressed with the first two in this series (Renegades and Archenemies). They just didn't strike me as all that original. The superhero thing has been done into the ground at this ...
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The Tuscan Child bounces back and forth in time between father (in the 1940s during WWII) and daughter (in the 1970s just after her father's death, trying to piece together his history.) The father, Sir Hugo Langley, is shot down over a tiny village in Italy called San Salvatore, which is ...
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I was so excited about the release of this book, because I absolutely LOVED Scythe and Thunderhead. I had high expectations, which might be part of the reason for my disappointment. But I was disappointed, for several reasons. First, while Scythe followed Rowan and Citra almost exclusively, and ...
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I absolutely loved this! Such a unique voice, and a whimsical story! From the very beginning, the narrative voice makes it clear that this story is set in a fantasy world. Clara, the main character, finds that her sister Maren is developing scales on her body, turning into a mermaid. Their auntie ...
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This is one of the most unique and insightful self-help books I think I've ever read... and it's not at all what I assumed it would be based upon the title. I thought it would just essentially expand upon the truism that optimal experience is to be found in getting so immersed in an activity that ...
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This is a fun and fluffy chick lit story about a single mom whose husband abandoned her and her kids three years earlier, only to return in a fit of conscience and give her the summer off. It's the first time Amy has been free to tend to her own needs and make her own choices since her early 20s, ...
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