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Title: The Sunflower HouseAuthor: Adriana AllegriGenre: Historical Fiction, WW2, HolocaustBook Length: NovelFormat Read: eBook (ARC)Year Published: November 12, 2024 Date Started: August 29, 2024Date finished: September 6, 2024 This story takes place in Germany, where a woman named Allina is taken to work as an aide at a reproductive facility. There, she learns that the... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat topics do you like to discuss?View all responses I love discussing books, especially genre books. I'd enjoy sitting with another reader and we could talk about all the "worlds" we've visited while we drink our coffee or tea. I also enjoy talking about movies and tv shows. I have an eye for... Continue Reading →
I’m not ready for 2022 to end yet, but it is coming to an end, and it’s time to share my list of books read and favorite books of the year. I didn’t do this last year or the year before but figured I should start doing this just as a way to keep track... Continue Reading →
If you enjoy literary fiction with strong moral themes and a bit of satire and dark humor, Mark Lages is the guy for you. He also writes science fiction, so if you're like me, you'll probably be tempted to choose Mr. Booker's Summer Vacation. I received this book for free as a subscriber to his... Continue Reading →
Title: Gold SpunAuthor: Brandie JuneGenre: Fantasy, Young AdultPublished: June 8th, 2021 Date finished: September 17, 2021 Gold Spun by Brandie June is a Rumpelstiltskin retell about a 17-year-old girl named Nora who finds herself in a mess after rescuing a fae. The fae gifts her with a golden thread and promises to return to her... Continue Reading →
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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: 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: The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesAuthor: Suzanne CollinsGenre: Sci-fi, YA, DystopianYear Published: 2020 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian sci-fi about a young Coriolanus Snow before he became President Snow. The story takes place many years earlier, before The Hunger Games trilogy, when Coriolanus was seventeen and climbing... 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 →
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