Overall, I’m glad I got a chance to read this and to hear the author speak at a local event.
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A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
What’s not to love?
Continue readingWe Are Pirates by Daniel Handler
I can’t in good conscience recommend this book at all.
Continue readingAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I’m just not quite sure how to offer a recommendation or a rating for this one.
Continue readingMy True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
This is truly a sweet little collection of stories.
Continue readingThe Barefoot Queen by Ildefonso Falcones
Even in paperback it is much thicker than I expected. This little beauty clocks in at over 650 pages.
Continue readingTess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
This story is about oppression, double standards, and the cruelty of pitting strict social rules against the realities of nature. Tess Durbeyfield is essentially a sacrifice to the small god of Victorian values and progress.
Continue readingClariel by Garth Nix
Clariel is a prequel of sorts to Garth Nix’s popular Abhorsen series. I first read Sabriel, the first book in this series, about a decade and a half ago.
Continue readingEmpire of Sin by Gary Krist
All in all, this is definitely a book I’d recommend to anyone who is used to reading fast-paced thrillers and mysteries but is looking for a little nonfiction for some balance in their reading diet.
Continue readingDragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
I love, love, love all the thought that went into building the world of Pern. It’s not just a nice map and a complicated political system — although those things are certainly important. The entire world has its own backstory that invites the reader’s curiosity.
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