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Title: AftershocksAuthor: Marko KloosGenre: Sci-fi, Military Sci-fi, Space OperaYear Published: 2019 Aftershocks by Marko Kloos is a military sci-fi novel following four characters. The main character, Aden, a POW on a foreign planet, is freed and makes his trek to a new home. Things don’t go as planned and he ends up working for another... Continue Reading →
Title: The Burning WhiteAuthor: Brent WeeksGenre: Fantasy, High FantasyYear Published: 2019 The Burning White by Brent Weeks is the fifth and final book in the Lightbringer series. I’m not sure how to review this book because it was a whole lot of everything. The plot basically was to defeat the enemy but there were assassins... Continue Reading →
I started watching The Last Kingdom earlier this month with husband. A friend recommended it a couple weeks earlier but I had forgotten and then husband pulled it up on Netflix and we got into it. I'm so glad. This is one great series. I didn't know this until I started doing some research after... Continue Reading →
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 →
Title: CaravalAuthor: Stephanie GarberGenre: YA Fantasy I first read Caraval in 2017. Last month, my 13-year-old daughter wanted to read this together so we read it at bedtime. She loved it! I really enjoyed it the first time I read it and enjoyed it again this time. The great thing with rereading is you always... Continue Reading →
Robinson's Dream is about a couple who thought they did everything right raising their teenage son only to find out that their efforts really didn’t pay off as expected. Their son found himself in a mess and they weren’t sure how to approach the situation. The husband (Robinson) and wife decide to sleep on it,... Continue Reading →
The Whispers of War by Julia Kelley is a historical fiction about three friends during WWII in London. It is a story of unrelenting friendship during one of the hardest times in history. Hazel, Nora, and Marie were roommates in school as young girls and continued their friendship into adulthood. Due to the war, Marie... 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 →
This book was sent to me to review. I'm really excited to get started. Right now I'm reading The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton and hope to finish within the next day or so. I'll get started on The Whispers of War next and then Robinson's Dream after that. With all this time home and... Continue Reading →
I went to the Barnes & Noble Book Club meetup yesterday to go over the selected book, American Dirt. You can read my review here. It was interesting because I felt like I had to defend the Mexicans (and to think I was bullied by them growing up), not the ones in the story, but... Continue Reading →
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