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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 Sorcerer’s House by Gene Wolfe “The Sorcerer’s House” was super-fun; now “pure fun” and Gene Wolfe is something that is usually incongruous since his books like the awesome three Sun series are dark and demanding, but this one is just a zany novel end to end. A holder of 2 PhD’s – for reasons
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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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Shadow Prowler by Alexey Pehov The basic summary of the book is as follows: Shadow Prowler is the opener for an epic fantasy trilogy called The Chronicles of Siala. It features a casting central Sauron type, with a motley crew led by the erstwhile master thief Harold attempting to find a magic horn that will
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The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova To start with the good points: Holy cow, can Kostova write some gorgeous descriptive prose! Describing painting has to be second only to describing music in terms of difficulty, but Kostova is so good at describing the various artworks that she mentions that even I, with my extremely limited
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The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting Derting’s debut novel is a gripping page turner full of romance, mystery, and suspense. Violet’s ability to sense the dead has plagued her since she was little. She had to constantly cope with being drawn to the echoes left behind by the dead. The torment that ensued after her
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So many books are published each week that is often hard to decide which books to read. If you are like me, I read about 500 books a year (yes I said 500). You may already have a number of authors that you follow and they may or may not put out enough material for you to keep up with. I follow about 43 authors and they cannot keep up with me.
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Beautiful Dead Book 1: Jonas by Eden Maguire Beautiful Dead is the first book in a series created by Eden Maguire. The premise of the series is the fact that four teenagers have been killed, from Ellerton High, within a year. Two girls and two boys – all of whom were well liked. In this
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Too often a non-fiction ready-to-go book manuscript really isn’t ready to go–yet. Whether it’s self-published, going through ancillary publishing, or a “big house” has given it the “go-ahead,” it needs one last no-nonsense review (and maybe some adjustment) before it’s launched. Here, a veteran book editor and publisher tells where to look before investing lots of money or time in a “masterpiece” that still needs help.
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There’s nothing more important to writing a successful novel than identifying the key problem of the story. Find out how easy it is.
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Writing a Great Novel – The Secret Every Writer Needs to Know
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There’s nothing more important to writing a successful novel than identifying the key problem of the story. Find out how easy it is.