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Title: Artificial TruthAuthor: J.M. LeeGenre: Sci-fiBook Length: Novel; 220 PagesFormat Read: eBookYear Published: December 1, 2025 Date Started: November 19, 2025Date finished: November 29, 2025 This story offers a unique take on artificial intelligence. There are four main characters: KC, Minju, Allen, and Junmo. KC is the intelligence behind the AI. He becomes ill and... Continue Reading →
Title: People Like ThemAuthor: Minka KentGenre: Psychological ThrillerBook Length: Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: July 25, 2023 Date Started: November 20, 2025Date finished: November 20, 2025 This story is told from multiple perspectives. A neighborhood HOA group gathers for dinner parties, and at every one of them, they secretly observe and gossip about the neighbors... Continue Reading →
Title: BuriedAuthor: Jeffery DeaverGenre: Murder MysteryBook Length: Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: July 30, 2020 Date Started: October 28, 2025Date finished: October 29, 2025 Edward Fitzhugh (aka Fitz) is an old-school reporter with a passion for words and grammar. When a serial killer known as the Gravedigger begins terrorizing the city, Fitz is on the... Continue Reading →
Title: Klara and the SunAuthor: Kazuo IshiguroGenre: Sci-fi; DystopianBook Length: 320 PagesFormat Read: eBookYear Published: March 1, 2022 Date Started: November 12, 2025Date finished: November 18, 2025 My daughter read this book in her English IB course and recommended I read it because she knows how much I enjoy sci-fi and dystopian stories. She was... Continue Reading →
Title: The Enternal Pact of the Obsidian LullabyAuthor: Ahmed Mohammad AlsallumGenre: High FantasyBook Length: NovelFormat Read: ePubYear Published: September 2, 2025 Date Started: September 5, 2025Date finished: September 21, 2025 In this novel, a young boy named Eldric Thornshade is the chosen one and must stop evil from corrupting their world. This story is a... Continue Reading →
Title: A Light in the House (Book 1)Author: Liam JamesGenre: Fiction; EroticaBook Length: Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: August 25, 2022 Date Started: October 1, 2025Date finished: October 2, 2025 This is the first book in the A Light in the House short story trilogy. The story opens with the main character, Joe, who marries... Continue Reading →
Title: Sheine Lende (A Prequel to Elatsoe)Author: Darcie Little BadgerGenre: Middle Grade FrantasyBook Length: 400 Pages; NovelFormat Read: PDFYear Published: September 9, 2025 Date Started: June 9, 2025Date finished: June 15, 2025 This story was an absolute delight to read! Sheine comes from a family line gifted with the ability to sense unusual activities. When... Continue Reading →
If you're into romance with a futuristic twist, this one will have you falling in love. Here's the blurb: Crystal Springs Manor was the only home Amira had ever known, but it was going to be taken away by the unyielding and cold-hearted Colin Boumont, a man whose only goal seemed to be ruining her... Continue Reading →
Title: Second ShiftAuthor: KitAndersonGenre: Sci-fiBook Length: Graphic Novel; 160 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: June 26, 2025 Date Started: May 29, 2025Date finished: May 30, 2025 This is a story about Birdie Doran, a scientist at an outpost. She has a holographic system available to her to keep her busy during downtime. There are two humans... Continue Reading →
Title: The Ruins in Which We BleedAuthor: Steve N. LeeGenre: Historical Fiction, Young AdultBook Length: NovelFormat Read: ePubYear Published: June 12, 2025 Date Started: May 31, 2025Date finished: June 5, 2025 This story follows a sixteen-year-old girl named Helena as she and her family fight to survive in war-torn Poland. Helena is an intelligent and... Continue Reading →
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