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Published: July 1, 2014 Publisher: Roc ISBN: 9780451418067 Pages: 500 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The ailing King of the Vordan lies on his deathbed. When he dies, his daughter, Raesinia Orboan, will become the first Queen Regnant in centuries—and a ripe target for the ambitious men who seek to control her. The most dangerous... Continue Reading →
Published: February 24, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765376459 Pages: 398 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty... Continue Reading →
This is kind of a slow week for me in books because of the impending holidays, but here it goes! Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley - I just started this on Tuesday, but it's good so far! I really loved the Emperor's Blades, and I have high expectations for the rest of the series... Continue Reading →
Published: June 24, 2014 Publisher: Harper Voyager ISBN: 9780062286727 Pages: 352 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: They call us things with teeth. These words from Lily Rose Sullivan the night of her death haunts her seventeen-year-old sister, Finn, who has moved with her widowed father to his hometown of Fair Hollow, New York. After befriending a... Continue Reading →
Published: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company ISBN: 9781627792127 Pages: 465 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could... Continue Reading →
Published: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765378552 Pages: 383 (Hardcover) Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Shadows of Self shows Mistborn’s society evolving as technology and magic mix, the economy grows, democracy contends with corruption, and religion becomes a growing cultural force, with four faiths competing for converts. This bustling, optimistic, but still shaky society now... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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