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Today’s book is one that was both hilarious and heartwarming with a rather nice side note of slightly heartbreaking as well. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie was an incredible read. It tells the story of Junior, a teenage boy on the Spokane Indian reservation as he deals with the…
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White Mulberry is the debut novel of Rosa Kwon Easton. It tells the story of Miyoung, a young Korean woman born in the 1920’s who lived under Japanese occupation. Starting when she was a child it covers her move to adulthood and the challenges she faces in doing so. At the same time it also…
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The Demon Awakens by R. A. Salvatore is the first book in his Demonwars saga. It focuses on three young, soon-to-be, heroes. Elbryan, his close friend Jilseponie, and Avelyn who is unfamiliar to the other two when the story starts. Elbryan and Jilseponie are both from the small village of Dundalis and are barely into…
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Once again, a month is over and it is time for me to provide my monthly overview of my recent reading. In January I had read a total of 23 books but unfortunately I only managed 15 books for February 2025 which adds up to a total of 38 books for the year. This means…
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Dragons of Spring Dawning is the third and final book in the Dragonlance chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It chronicles the trials of the adventurers as they work on gearing up for the, hopefully, final thrust against the armies of evil dragons and their draconian allies. Laurana works with the remnants of the…
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I know many, if not all, of my readers are probably familiar with the hugely popular series, The Hunger Games. This series helped make the author, Suzanne Collins, a household name. How many of you would be surprised to hear that I was a fan of her before the published The Hunger Games. Her previous…
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This next book is actually a prequel to a series I’ve already discussed with my previous reviews of A Column Of Fire and The Armor of Light. In between writing these two books the author, Ken Follett, traveled further back and wrote The Evening and The Morning which serves as a prequel to the entire…
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The Burning Maze is the third book in the Trials of Apollo series by celebrated author Rick Riordan. It continues the story of Apollo’s quest to restore the various sources of prophecy in order to regain his godhood. Having acquired a guide in the form of Grover, Apollo and Meg work on finding their way…
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Time to go over a new series that I recently found. A Cast of Stones by Patrick W. Carr is the first book in The Staff & The Sword series. It is the story of Errol Stone, a young man who is a drunk that it willing to do just about anything for coin to…
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