Category: Good Reads
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Book Report: 13 Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
13 Days to Midnight Released: April 2010 Publisher: Little, Brown Books Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: You are indestructible. Three whispered words transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding that changes everything. At first, Jacob is hesitant to use the power, unsure of its implications. But there’s something addictive about testing the limits of fear.…
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Book Report: Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel Released: October 2011 Publisher: Del Ray Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s…
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Book Report: Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
Hollowland by Amanda Hocking (The Hollows #1) Released: October 2010 Publisher: Self Published Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: “This is the way the world ends – not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.” Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of…
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Book Report: Wings by Aprilynn Pike
Wings by Aprilynne Pike (Laurel #1) Released: May 2009 Publisher: Harper Teen Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost…
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Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
I’ve put off writing this review for so long because I haven’t figured out what to say about this book. Still. Really! I went into Never Knowing prepared to dislike it. It’s not my preferred genre, and on top of that I started reading this book at work; these days, work turns me into such a curmudgeon. But, about…
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The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Let me be honest here. The reason why I picked up this book in the first place is that the book is about Nicholas Flamel, and Nicholas Flamel is mentioned in the first Harry Potter book. Does anyone else pick out books like that? Silly reasons aside, I enjoyed this book! The story is about…
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The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
I started reading The Fairytale Detectives on a particularly rainy day while sipping on a mug of hot Earl Grey tea. By the first few pages and the first crack of thunder from outside, I was sucked into the book. I only wish I could mean that literally. Ferryport Landing may seem like just a quaint New…
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Lure by Deborah Kerbel
After reading the synopsis for Lure by Deborah Kerbel, I was eager to read this book. I used to read ghost stories often when I was younger, but I haven’t read too many in recent years. Instead, I’ve been hooked on shows like Ghost Hunters or Ghost Adventurers. So, it seemed this book would be…
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Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
Paranormal romance books are still flooding the market thanks to the Twilight series. It’s not my genre of choice mostly because of clichés and overdone love triangles with the main character always falling for the total creep. But, these are not the things that describe Yvonne Woon’s Dead Beautiful. Of all the paranormal romance books…
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By Golly, Ollie! 