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Review: Matched by Ally Condie
Released: November 30, 2010 Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Hardcover, 366 pages ISBN13: 9780525423645 Literary award: Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s Books of the Year for Fiction (2010) Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander’s face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham’s face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it’s a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she’s destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can’t stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society’s infallibility … Read entire article »
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Review: Death’s Excellent Vacation
Hardback 235 x 159mm352 pagesISBN 978044101868003 Aug 2010Ace trade paper18 – AND UP The editors of Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns deliver a new collection-including a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story. New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost-plus Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, and more-send postcards from the edge of the paranormal world to fans who devoured Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns. With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque. Learn why it really can be an endless summer-for immortals. To date, I’ve had a bit of a … Read entire article »
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Review: Guardian of the Gate by Michelle Zink
Punlisher: Little Brown for Young ReadersFormat: HardcoverSubformat: Young AdultEdition: Book II in The Prophecy of the Sisters TrilogyPublish Date:8/1/2010US/Can Price:$17.99/$21.99ISBN:9780316034470 The ultimate battle between sisters is nearing, and its outcome could have catastrophic consequences. As sixteen year-old Lia Milthorpe searches for a way to end the prophecy, her twin sister Alice hones the skills she’ll need to defeat Lia. Alice will stop at nothing to reclaim her sister’s role in the prophecy, and that’s not the only thing she wants: There’s also Lia’s boyfriend James. Lia and Alice always knew the Prophecy would turn those closest to them against them. But they didn’t know what betrayal could lead them to do. In the end, only one sister will be left standing. This is the second book in a series of three, the first … Read entire article »
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Review: Sea by Heidi R. Kling
Hardback 235 x 159mm 336 pages ISBN 9780399251634 15 Jun 2010 Putnam Juvenile 12 – AND UP years Still haunted by nightmares of her mother’s death, fifteen-year-old Sienna Jones reluctantly travels to Indonesia with her father’s relief team to help tsunami orphans with their post traumatic stress disorder—something Sienna knows a lot about. Since her mother’s plane went missing over the Indian Ocean three years before, Sienna doesn’t do anything if it involves the ocean or planes, so this trip is a big step forward. But the last thing she expects is to fall for Deni, a brooding Indonesian boy who lives at the orphanage, and just so happens to be HOT. When Deni hears a rumor that his father may be alive, Sienna doesn’t think twice about running away with him … Read entire article »
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Review: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Reading level: Young AdultHardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (June 5, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 031612558X ISBN-13: 978-0316125581 Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion. Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood… life before she became a vampire. All … Read entire article »
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Review: Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale
published May 4th 2010 by Sourcebooks Casablanca (first published March 2nd 1987) detailsPaperback, 512 pages isbn13: 9781402237027 Rumors of ruined maidens, coldblooded duels, swindles, and murder swirl around the impoverished ‘Devil Earl.’ But Faelan Savigar hides an even darker secret. Roderica Delamore longs for a normal life but fears she’ll end up mad or suicidal like the forebears from whom she inherited her “gift” of sensing others thoughts and emotions. As the two find their way to each other against all odds, Roddy’s growing love for Faelen may end up saving him or destroying her… A breathtaking historical romance filled with poignancy, darkness, love, and an unexpected twist of Gaelic magic… Earlier this year, I reviewed Laura Kinsale‘s Lessons in French, so I had a bit of an idea of what to … Read entire article »
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Review: White Cat by Holly Black
Margaret K. McElderry, May 2010Hardcover, 320 pagesISBN-10: 1416963960ISBN-13: 9781416963967Ages: 14 and upGrades: 9 and up Cassel comes from a family of curse workers — people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn’t got the magic touch, so he’s an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail — he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago. Ever since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he starts sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to … Read entire article »
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Review: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
published June 1st 1991 by Dover Publications (first published -429BCE) details Paperback, 54 pages isbn 0486268772 (isbn13: 9780486268774) Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex is Sophocles’ finest play and a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Aristotle considered it a masterpiece of dramatic construction and refers to it frequently in the Poetics. I’m currently doing an online course that requires a bit of reading, so I thought it might be fun to share what I’ve discovered while doing research into the first play I was assigned, Oedipus Rex, and offer up my personal (mostly parodied) review of this classic Greek tragedy. Oedipus is a well known, unfortunate, figure in literature, but here are a few things that have irked me or made me go “Hmmm?” as I … Read entire article »
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Review: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Hardback 235 x 159mm 320 pages ISBN 9780441018642 04 May 2010 Ace trade paper 18 – AND UP After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she’s angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he’s under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie’s connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate. Worst of all, though the door to Faery has been closed, there are still some Fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry… So, I … Read entire article »
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Review: Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (Mar 23 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0061779725 ISBN-13: 978-0061779725 While some young lovers were born to run, Jody and Tommy were born to bite. Well, reborn, that is, now that they’re vampires. Good thing theirs is an undying love since their Goth Gal Friday, Abby Normal, imprisoned them in a bronze statue in her living room. Abby still wants to be a bloodsucking fiend, but right now she’s really busy trying to break in a pair of red vinyl thigh-high Skankenstein platform boots and wrangle her manga-love monkey Foo Dog (a.k.a. Steve the bio-chem Ph.D. candidate). And then there’s Chet, the shaved vampire cat (and his recently turned meowing minions) stalking the streets of San Francisco. Abby thought she and Steve could … Read entire article »
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