I’ve heard wonderful things about Max Porter’s last novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. It wasn’t a story that appealed to me, but I was curious about Porter’s writing because all the rave reviews talked about his linguistic ability. Lanny has started to generate similar praise, bolstered now by the book’s inclusion on
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS – M.R. CAREY
I read this book as a buddy read with Katie and Shaina, which was actually a really good thing, because I don’t think I would have stuck with it if I hadn’t been accountable to two other people. Which would have been my loss, because once I got past the initial world-building and slow beginning, it
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RELEASE DAY REVIEW: LANDLINE – RAINBOW ROWELL
Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems besides the point now. Maybe that was always besides the point. Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in
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THE RISING – Kelley Armstrong
Things are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by the powerful St. Clouds and now a rival Cabal as well, they’re quickly running out of places to hide. And with the whole world thinking they died in a helicopter crash, it’s not like they can just go to the authorities for help. All
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THE CALLING – Kelley Armstrong
Maya Delaney’s paw-print birthmark is the mark of what she truly is -a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it’s only a matter of time before she’s able to Shift and become
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THE GATHERING – Kelley Armstrong
An ordinary town…full of deadly secrets Strange things have been happening in sixteen-year-old Maya’s small Vancouver Island community – from the mountain lions that have been constantly approaching her to her best friend’s hidden talent for “feeling” out people and situations. There’s also a sexy new bad boy who makes Maya feel . . .
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THE SUMMONING – Kelley Armstrong
After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, and meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more
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BOOK REVIEW | ONYX – JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
Being connected to Daemon Black sucks… Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems. Something worse than the
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BOOK REVIEW | RIVERS OF LONDON – BEN AARONOVITCH
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he’ll face is a paper cut. But Peter’s prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an
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BOOK REVIEW | CUPCAKES, TRINKETS, AND OTHER DEADLY MAGIC – MEGHAN CIANA DOIDGE
If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it.
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BOOK REVIEW | BEAUTIFUL CREATURES – KAMI GARCIA AND MARGARET STOHL
Lately I’m finding myself embroiled in a lot of stories that take place in the Southern US, an area of the world known only to me through books and movies. In my mind I can feel the oppressive humidity, the mercurial weather, the misleadingly murky swamps that mask hidden dangers with sharp teeth. In my
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REVIEW | THE MADNESS UNDERNEATH – MAUREEN JOHNSON
WARNING: Do not read this is you haven’t read The Name of the Star!!! Trust me. You’ll regret it. Part two in Maureen Johnson’s Shades of London series (find my review of the first book in the series, The Name of the Star, here), the book picks up where the last one left off.
