[amazon_link id=”0670023663″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Thinking woman’s Guide to Real Magic Author : Emily Croy Barker Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books Publish Date : August 1st 2013 Pages : 563 Source : Publisher Rating : 3/5 Nora Fischer is working on her dissertation for graduate school. Life isn’t going […]
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Book Review : The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker
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Book Review : The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag
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[amazon_link id=”067078463X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The House at the End of Hope Street Author : Menna van Praag Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher Arc Rating 2.5/5 Unhappy Alba Ashby is drawn toward a house on the street. At the doorstep, she is […]
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, fantasy, netgalley, new books, review, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765331802″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : In a Fix (Ciel Hannigan Series) Author : Linda Grimes Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Ciel Halligan is an “aura adaptor”, a person with the very special ability to morph into someone else. She uses this to […]
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Posted in 2012, 3_star_rating, arc, books, fantasy, netgalley, new books, review, steampunk, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765330598″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Ironskin Author : Tina Connolly Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Ironskin is of the Victorian-steampunk genre, so it is situated in a time where motor-cars and cameras do exist, but are referenced to as though they were […]
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Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, dystopian, fantasy, hachette, imaginative, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi |
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[amazon_link id=”1455503061″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Pure Author : Julianna Baggott Genre : Dystopian/Horror Pages : 448 Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Pure is not your ordinary dystopian novel, it treads into the horror category. It is a story of a bleak future, one where the […]
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Title : The Unincorporated manAuthor : Dani and Eytan KollinGenre : Science fictionPublisher : Tor BooksPages : 496Rating : 3/5 A futuristic society in which people are incorporated just like other assets, cars fly and walls are permeable. Sound intriguing? I thought so, which is why I picked up this book. And just like the […]
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Title : The SparrowAuthor : Mary Doria RussellGenre : Science fiction/Religion and spiritualityPages : 408Publisher : Ballantine BooksRating : 4/5 You have an earth-ful of people. Yet, it is tantalizing to believe that there is life out there, intelligent aliens who will want to meet others like themselves and forge bonds of friendship and world […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Angelology
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Title : AngelologyAuthor : Danielle TrussoniGenre : (Mythological) FantasyPages : 452Publisher : Viking PenguinRating : 3.5/5 You might say “don’t judge a book by its cover”, but I did. It looked so intriguing – a large “angel” wing attached to a human (?) body. Yes, this is fantasy, and I was under no impressions that […]
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Book : The Eyre AffairAuthor : Jasper FfordeGenre : Fantasy/Sci-fiRating : 3.85/5 Oooh, here’s a mystery for, by and of book-lovers. Yes, really ! It is set in the future where book are priceless so much so that there are special agents devoted to literary crimes. Not quite the crème-de-la-crème of the police force, the […]
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Title : VenusAuthor : Ben BovaGenre : Science fictionPages : 382Rating : 3.85/5 One of the books in the “Grand Tour” series by Hugo award winner Ben Bova, Venus is a novel about space travel and exploring new worlds. It is also a classic “underdog” tale with a bit of the “coming-of-age” genre mixed in. […]
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