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Title: The Pale DreamerAuthor: Samantha ShannonGenre: Sci-fi, paranormal, new adultYear Published: 2016 The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon is a prequel novella to The Bone Season series. It gives us a taste of Paige Mahoney’s first job with mime-lord, Jaxon Hall. The story takes place when Paige is sixteen, three years before The Bone Season.... Continue Reading →
The Last Man by Mary Shelley is about a plague that killed everyone in the world but one man. The story is through the eyes of a man named, Lionel. It is uniquely done with just mostly telling, but it's done quite well. Shelley is a beautiful writer. When I first started the story, I... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I picked up the book, The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood at Barnes & Noble. It was B&N’s book club pick and I’ve never gone to a book club before so I figured I’d give this one a go. The book club experience was really enjoyable. I was super nervous but... Continue Reading →
The Song Rising Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Fiction, Sci-fi, Paranormal, Post-apocalyptic “We like to think we’re brave, but in the end, we’re only human.” The Song Rising is the third book in The Bone Season series. It begins right after The Mime Order ends. If you haven’t read the first two books, the third book... Continue Reading →
A goal this year is to only read about 12 books. One book per month or around there. I've really reduced it because I want to focus more on writing than reading. I know I'll probably end up reading more than 12 books but if I do, that's okay. I don't want to stress out... Continue Reading →
I finished 5 books within the last half of the month: Title: Drop Dead Gorgeous Author: Elizabeth Lenhard Genre: Children, fantasy, paranormal This book is about a girl, Rachel, who becomes friends with a girl who just moved into her town. The girl who moved in is a zombie. Rachel learns to accept the zombie... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood Memory Author: Perrin Briar Genre: Post-apocalyptic, paranormal This book is about a group of people out at sea who’ve survived a zombie apocalypse but realize that they are running out of food and need a new alternator for their boat. They see a ferry in the distance and decide to see if they... Continue Reading →
Title: The Infinite Sea (2nd book in The 5th Wave Trilogy) Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Sci-fi, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal, YA [Side note] Today is the opening of the movie, The 5th Wave, and I wish I could go see it today but I've got a busy schedule. I hope to get my chance sometime next... Continue Reading →
Title: The 5th Wave Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Sci-fi, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal, YA I came upon this book because I saw the preview to the movie when I went to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens (great movie, btw, and watched it twice!) and did a search for the book to see if there was... Continue Reading →
This year, my goal was to read 25 books. I ended up reading 51 books. I thought reading 101 books in 2014 was going to burn me out this year but it didn't. Here are my top 3 favorite reads this year: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. I read all 5 books... Continue Reading →
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