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Title: The Lost QueenAuthor: Signe PikeGenre: FantasyYear Published: 2018 The Lost Queen by Signe Pike is a novel written through the eyes of Languoreth, the daughter of Morken, a high chieftain in the Kingdom of Strathclyde. We follow Languoreth from ten-years-old until her mid-thirties. The story takes place in 550 AD (6th century) in what... Continue Reading →
Title: Fake Like MeAuthor: Barbara BourlandGenre: Fiction, ThrillerYear Published: 2019 Fake Like Me is a thriller by Barbara Bourland. The story is written in first person point-of-view through a no-name narrator who starts out as an art student and moves her way upward. While in art school, the narrator becomes obsessed with a particular art... Continue Reading →
Title: Selected Stories of Philip K. DickAuthor: Philip K. DickGenre: Fiction, Sci-fi, FantasyYear Published: 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick is a collection of short stories in sci-fi and fantasy by Philip K. Dick. I would say it’s some of his best works. There are 21 stories and they were all enjoyable, but my... Continue Reading →
Title: Jesus and MagdaleneAuthor: João CerqueiraGenre: Fiction, Literary, Satire, ContemporaryYear Published: 2015, 2016 Jesus and Magdalene by João Cerqueira is a contemporary fiction with satire and thought-provoking points. The story follows Jesus and Mary Magdalene as they try to figure out how to stop environmental damage, greed, and racism. In the story, Magdalene is an... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
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 →
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