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The Last Colony: John Perry is back

The Last Colony by John Scalzi The Last Colony, the third book in John Scalzi’s OLD MAN’S WAR series, returns us to the perspective of John Perry, the “old man” hero of the first novel in the series, Old Man’s War. John Perry is only mentioned in the second novel, The Ghost Brigades, which told […]

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The Forgotten Sisters: A wonderful story for girls AND BOYS

The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale I just adore Shannon Hale’s PRINCESS ACADEMY books for young readers. The Forgotten Sisters, released earlier this week, is the third and final installment. This review will contain spoilers for the previous books. In book one, Princess Academy, the first school was built in Mount Eskel, an uneducated rural […]

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The Escapement: Fascinating and provocative

The Escapement by K.J. Parker The Escapement picks up where Evil for Evil left off. It’s shorter than the previous two books in The Engineer Trilogy, but for all its brevity, it’s still packed with surprises. After reading two books without fully knowing what is being manipulated and planned, readers are presented with nearly constant […]

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The Twilight Lord: Leave it on the shelf!

The Twilight Lord by Bertrice Small Lara, Domina of Terah has been extremely happy caring for her family and husband. She has been reunited with her other children in Terah and they are learning to love their mother again. Nothing could be better. But over in the Dark Lands, the Twilight Lord is planning her […]

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The Trouble With Witches: A lot of fun

The Trouble With Witches by Shirley Damsgaard After reading Witch Way to Murder, I found myself craving another Ophelia and Abby mystery and went to the library for my “fix.” They didn’t have book two, Charmed to Death, but they did have book three, The Trouble With Witches. I decided, what the heck, you can […]

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The Titan’s Curse: The humor is the real selling point

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan To briefly bring you up to date: the five-part Percy Jackson series revolves around updated versions of the Greek gods and their half-blood children. With Olympus currently situated in New York, many of the gods’ children (who often don’t know who their godly parent is, having been raised by […]

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The New World: Lots of action

The New World by Michael A. Stackpole Retaining the suspense and excitement of the previous book, The New World brings to a close the epic The Age of Discovery series. Michael A. Stackpole’s characterization and sense of timing remain his strengths, as well as his ability to deliver the unexpected to readers. The New World […]

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Dragon Outcast: Action and adventure

Dragon Outcast by E.E. Knight As always, E.E. Knight brings us an action/adventure story filled with everybody’s favorite fantasy creature: dragons. One thing I have especially enjoyed about The Age of Fire is that you can pick up any of the novels and completely enjoy it as a stand-alone novel. Each of the books begins at […]

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Physik: Sophisticated plot, intriguing resolution

Physik by Angie Sage I gave this book’s predecessors rather lukewarm reviews, finding them a little too simplistic and reliant on the success of Harry Potter, with rather weak villains and too many periphery characters to keep track of. However, all that changes with the third installment in the series, which has a sophisticated plot […]

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Specials: Read it to satisfy your curiosity

Specials by Scott Westerfeld Tally has changed since she was caught by Special Circumstances. She has become one of them: a Special. Her body and mind have been altered and she is now an elite fighting machine with super-fast reflexes and a hardened body that can withstand almost anything…but none of this can really make […]

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