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Beth Kendrick’s chick lit novels are always light, fun and easy to read (my reviews of The Pre-Nup and Nearlyweds), and Second Time Around was no exception. I love how Kendrick can develop solid and sympathetic characters in a short amount of time. It’s easy to fall in love with the four women in this
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King You ever find that you like a book more and more the longer you think about it? I didn’t overly love The Gunslinger (1982) [US] [UK] when I finished it, but the more I keep thinking about it, the more I really like what King
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Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce 12-year-old Liam is tall for his age, and is often mistaken for an adult. He has a fascination with thrill rides and theme parks, so Liam jumps at the chance to try out a new one involving a rocket. But the problem is that Liam enters the Greatest Dad Ever
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Dragon Haven: Volume Two of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb Expelled from the Cassarik area by the fear of the locals of the new dragon hatchlings, the beasts and their mutated human keepers continue their journey to find the fabled lost city of Kelingra with danger and starvation every step along the deadly
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The simplest answer is that it is a book which is intended to show the reader how to do something. But to really understand how to books, you need to understand some of the other terms that are used for similar books.
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In novels, both characterization and setting are extremely important. These items are often treated separately by those who like to tell us how we should write. However, the characters must fit into the setting in one of two ways: The character was born and raised in the setting or the character was imported into the setting (by the writer).
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Volumes I through IV now available with Amazon.com
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Nyphron Rising: The Riyria Revelations (Volume 3) by Michael J. Sullivan With the third book in the Riyria Revelations series, Nyphron Rising, Michael J. Sullivan has done it again. He has managed to write a story with a momentum that keeps the pages turning and the heart racing, keeping you itching to know what happens
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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 Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, Book 1 (The Inheritance Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin Firstly, our main character Yeine is by all counts not spectacularly beautiful or vastly talented in magic or anything we’d have become used to in the normal fantasy fare. She’s small, has brown skin and dark hair, cut short to her scalp. Her
Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick
about 1 year ago
This one sounds mildly interesting, will have to look out for it.