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Almost Home by Pam Jenoff I read Pam Jenoff’s debut novel The Kommandant’s Girl a long time ago and really enjoyed it, so I’ve kept an eye out for the novels she’s released since then, though I haven’t picked any up until now. I had heard good things about Almost Home, but was unsure about
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan I’ll admit, I have been disappointed with the paranormal YA novels I’ve read lately. I’ve read some great novels, but many of the hyped, popular novels that everyone else has loved have fell flat for me. I knew I wanted to read The Forest of Hands
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Makers by Cory Doctorow Many science fiction novels ask, “What is the next big thing?” This is hardly a surprising trend. Within our own lifetimes, we have seen a succession of these next big things. It’s a theme as old as the genre itself. Makers, the extraordinary new novel by Cory Doctorow instead concerns two
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Farlander by Col Buchanan Farlander’ is a manic romp that takes in politics affecting nations at war as well as bringing the people who shape these nations into sharp focus. There’s a little something here for everyone and Buchanan shows that he’s not afraid to throw everything up on the air and see how it
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NUM8ERS by Rachel Ward Jem is a 15 year old girl living in London. She has had misfortune in her short life. Her mother died of an overdose when she was young and she has been living in foster care ever since. Shuffled from here to there, Jem has become withdrawn and really doesn’t have
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Under the Dome by Stephen King Let me point out, before continuing, that I am apologetically a fan of Stephen King. Even so, Under the Dome more clearly shows King’s age and small town peculiarities as a fault rather than a gift to the storytelling. Outdated slang, references to culture and technology that are recent
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Horns by Joe Hill Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with one hell of a hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples. Once, Ig lived the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son
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Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie With Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie returns to the unpretentious fantasy world he mined so memorably in the three books of The First Law, but it seems the myriad threads and perspectives of that subversive narrative are old news to the filthiest, most bloody-minded writer Britain has spat out
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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
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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
A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre