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I’ve met a lot of older siblings but I don’t think any of them would go as far as Cyra Griffin did in Serial Killer Support Group by Saratoga Schaefer. When Cyra’s younger sister Mira is killed she is rather desperate to find out who killed her. Mira’s friend Eli who works as a clerk…
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Time to return to the world of Ancient Egypt with The Quest, the third book in the Ancient Egypt series by Wilbur Smith. Taita is visiting a remote sanctuary where he is getting his second sight ability unlocked when he first starts hearing rumblings and rumors of a highly evil sorceress that serves the Lie…
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This particular book happens to be a long-time favorite of mine but one that I recently re-read and felt like sharing. Petey by Ben Mikaelsen tells the story of Petey Corbin, a man who has severe cerebral palsy. The book opens when Petey is just a child, only a year or two old, during the…
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I wasn’t really sure what to make of this next book and to be honest I am still not sure what to make of it. In Don’t Let Me Drown by Andy Siege we explore being a photojournalist in a country being torn apart by civil war as the protagonist Aaron visits Miberia. However, we…
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Have you ever read a book and just ended up seriously confused? This doesn’t typically happen for me but with Terratron – Gods of Mars by Nathaniel Bernadau that did. The book opens with humanity contemplating ways to colonize space which leads to the creation of semi-sentient self-replicating terraforming robots. This leads to the formation…
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I have finally finished the DemonWars Saga by R. A. Salvatore having read the last book, Immortalis. This book brings together the two previous books, Ascendance and Transcendence, to continue in a joint storyline. It opens just after Aydrian has been crowned King and Brynn has secured the freedom of the To-Gai-Ru. As Aydrian works…
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This next book is the penultimate book in the series Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. The Conference of the Birds chronicles the continuing adventures of Jacob Portman and his friends. It opens with Jacob and Noor dealing with the aftermath of the attack on H as they try to figure out what is…
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I want to preface this by stating that I know next to nothing about art or art history but I really thought this book sounded interesting. Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is about the creation of the painting Girl With A Pearl Earring by Vermeer. It tells the story of young Griet,…
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Reliquary is the second book in the Agent Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It picks up about eighteen months after the end of the previous book Relic. After some remains with unusual wounds are found by police divers D’Agosta calls in some outside help by convincing Margo Green and Dr. Frock to…
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