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Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1) by Scott Westerfeld
Uglies is about a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is changed to a pretty when they turn sixteen. The purpose is if you make everyone pretty then nobody can be judged on their appearance alone – everyone is on equal ground. The rest of the world, our present world [...]
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The Stormcaller: Book One of the Twilight Reign by Tom Lloyd
The story shows you things which seems familiar on first sight but you discover soon that they are different. Gods, immortals, vampires, elves, trolls and human beings are an unusual mix.
But it works fine and none of these beings appear as you are used to [...]
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It is very common to have students give a book report. There isn’t any faster way to bore your class than to have each student stand up and share the summary of a story.What can you do to improve student attention and reading fluency all at once? Create some podcasts to share! By adding the [...]
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Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
The story itself is a rather interesting tale of murder and mystery. It has similarities to modern serial killer tales, but the setting makes it very fresh and interesting.
McCammon does a good turn in describing the world of the American Colonies before the French and Indian war. People are just people, [...]
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
The best way to look at online book marketing is to think about creating relationships. This is an integral part of authoring books of any type and it is not really enough to be simply an expert writer.
Marketing of books is all about creating attention to them, to try and convince prospective readers to [...]
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Lamentation (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes
Lamentation takes place in a possible future on Earth. More than two thousand years after the so called end of the Old World. It was the Androfrancine order who saved the remaining knowledge by building the Great Library in the city of Windwir. Iron ships and mechoservitors are [...]
about 4 weeks ago - 1 comment
Monster Republic by Ben Horton
As a relatively short read, Monster Republic doesn’t stop from the opening chapter. What is enjoyable is the fact that it gives character development along the way while also building the story and background effectively. Not only that, but Horton puts the characters in the situation we would be in and [...]
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WE by John Dickinson
The characters are also great and help bring the story to life. Munro is our main character and it's through his eyes that we see what Earth is like before heading into the outer reaches of the solar system. It is his struggle to adjust that pushes the story forward and his [...]
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Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan
Broken Angels takes place in a future where the concept of “re-sleeving” your consciousness means that lifetimes stretch on for centuries, and bodies can be manufactured to accommodate any function. Kovacs has been around a long time – as an Envoy he was part of a particularly brutal special military [...]
about 4 weeks ago - 1 comment
The Midnight Guardian: A Millennial Novel by Sarah Jane Stratford
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Alternate history vampires infiltrate Germany to stop The Third Reich.
MY REVIEW:
PROS: Stratford’s lush voice brings weight to a fantastical and potentially over-the-top alternate history story.
CONS: Stratford’s lush voice might be too much work for some readers who expect a lighter treatment.
BOTTOM LINE: The Midnight [...]
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