Published: January 1, 2012 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer ISBN: 1503946606 Pages: 309 (paperback) Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved... Continue Reading →
Currently Reading: 11/18/15
Wednesdays are the days that I like to try out different kinds of posts. Its a lot of fun for me and breaks up the monotony of only posting reviews AND I get to see what my readers seem to enjoy the most. As I imagine you guessed by the title, I'm going to tell... Continue Reading →
The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley – Review
Published: January 14, 2014 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 0765336405 Author Info: Blog • Twitter Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Book one in an epic fantasy of intrigue and empire, for fans of George R. R. Martin and Douglas Hulick. The circle is closing. The stakes are high. And old truths will live again . . . The... Continue Reading →
Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen – Review
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Published: Nov. 11, 2015 Publisher: Full Fathom Five Digital Format: eBook ISBN: 9781633700871 Synopsis: From the moment Laura Rivers steps foot into Englewood High, she notices the stares—and they aren’t the typical once-overs every pretty new girl endures. The students seem confused and…spooked. Whispers echoing through the halls confirm that something is seriously... Continue Reading →
GIVEAWAY- Robot Universe by Ana Matronic
Robot Universe: Legendary Automatons and Androids from the Ancient World to the Distant Future By Ana Matronic Sterling ISBN: 978-1-4549-1821-9 Hardcover • 224 pages Explore the Robot Universe, and discover the hundred most epic androids and automatons from myth, through popular culture, to modern-day machines. Robot aficionado Ana Matronic—vocalist with world-famous band Scissor Sisters—explores their creation, design, purpose,... Continue Reading →
The Rose and the Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan – Review
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, the two thieves return to Medford but receive a very different reception --- Gwen refuses to see them.... Continue Reading →
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson – Review
Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Centuries after the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is on the verge of modernity - railroads, electric street lights, and skyscrapers. Waxillium Ladrian can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After 20 years in the dusty Roughs, in the city of Elendel, the new... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday: Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
First off, let me just express my love for all of Brandon Sanderson's books- they're amazing and he puts so much care into each of them that you can almost feel it. I've just finished up Shadows of Self, which was wonderful and really kind of sad at the same time, but the coolest part... Continue Reading →
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke – Review
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England--until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight. Soon,... Continue Reading →
