Tag: book review
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Certain Dark Things Book Review
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that lovers of vampire fiction, must be in want of more vampire fiction. In futuristic Mexico City, vampires aren’t welcome and neither are their family fueds and rivalries—cue hot vampire girl on the run needing a safe place to lay low…
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What Moves the Dead Book Review
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher is a reimagining of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher… All the elements are technically there, but I feel nothing.
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The King in Yellow Book Review
“song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.”
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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels Book Review
If Sir Terry Pratchett and Jane Austen had a baby, India Holton is it. If that isn’t enough to make you want to go pick up this book allow me to gush about this wonderfully fresh and side-splittingly hilarious work of art. #bookreview #bookblog #bookstagram
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The Leviathan Book Review
Synopsis She is awake… Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison,…
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Her Majesty’s Royal Coven Book Review
A Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this the first installment of this epic fantasy trilogy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches.
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Tales from the Cafe Book Review
Kawaguchi reminds us that despite our hardships and our flaws and our griefs, there is still hope and happiness to be had in our lives.
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The Guest Cat Book Review
Hiraide perfectly captures the gentle way cats (and pets in general) can have such a deep impact on people’s happiness and lives through modest everday examples.
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Piranesi Book Review
Synopsis Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid;…
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STARSIGHT Book Review
Synopsis All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she’s a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. Spensa is sure there’s more to the story. And she’s sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship…
Emily Morrison 