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The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness #BookReview

Title: The Rest of Us Just Live Here Author: Patrick NessRelease Date: October 6, 2015Publisher: HarperTeenSource: Edelweiss A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a bold and irreverent novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable. What if you aren’t the Chosen …

Book Review: Trapped by Kevin Hearne

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Trapped by Kevin Hearne After twelve years of secret training, Atticus O’Sullivan is finally ready to bind apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth and double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that he’s still alive, and they would much rather he return to the grave. Having no other choice, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to …

Book Review: What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang

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What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else – two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren’t they settling? Why isn’t one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for …

Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi

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Redshirts by John Scalzi Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, …

Review: The Immortal Rules

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The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa In the dark days since the insidious Red Lung virus decimated the human population, vampires have risen to rule the crumbling cities and suburbs. Uncontested Princes hold sway over diminished ranks of humans: their “pets.” In exchange for their labor, loyalty and of course, their blood, these pets are registered, given food and shelter, permitted to survive. Unregistered humans cling to fringes, scavenging for survival. Allison Sekemoto and her …

Book Review: Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep

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Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep I’ve seen so many freaky things since I started attending Mythos Academy last fall. I know I’m supposed to be a fearless warrior, but most of the time, I feel like I’m just waiting for the next Bad, Bad Thing to happen. Like someone trying to kill me – again. My Thoughts: Love, love, loved this book! Have been reading so-so books lately. They’re not bad books, just not great. So …

Review: The Future of Us

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The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler It’s 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They’ve been best friends almost as long – at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh’s family gets a free AOL CD in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install …

Book Review: When She Woke

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When She Woke by Hillary Jordan Source: ARC provided by the Amazon Vine Program Rating: 5/5 When She Woke is, in its simplest terms, a futuristic retelling of The Scarlet Letter. This sophomore novel from Mudbound author Hillary Jordan takes Hawthorne’s classic several steps further, turning it into a pointed, blunt warning about the consequences of an America run by the church, not the state. Hannah Payne is sentenced to sixteen years of melachroming for …

Book Review: The Leftovers

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The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta Source: BEA 2011 Rating: 5/5 What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Or what if it wasn’t the Rapture at all, but something murkier, a burst of mysterious, apparently random disappearances that shattered the world in a single moment, dividing history into Before and After, leaving no one unscathed? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event? This is the question confronting …

Book Review: Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

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Pale Demon by Kim Harrison Source: Review copy provided by publisher Rating: 5/5 Condemned to death for black magic and shunned, Rachel Morgan has three days to somehow get to the annual witches convention in San Francisco and clear her name. If she fails, the only way she can escape death is to live in the demonic ever after . . . for ever after. Banned from the flight lists, Rachel teams up with elven …

Review: As Lie the Dead

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As Lie the Dead by Kelly Meding Source: my nook Rating: 5/5 Evangeline Stone, a rogue bounty hunter, never asked for a world divided between darkness and light . . .. . . or the power to die and live again in someone else’s borrowed body. After a murder plot meant to take her out leaves an entire race of shapeshifters nearly extinct, Evy is gnawed by guilt. So when one of the few survivors …

Review: XVI by Julia Karr

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XVI by Julia Karr Source: Personal library Rating: 5/5 Nina Oberon’s life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend, Sandy, and their crew, goes to school, plays with her little sister, Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls she’ll receive a Governing Council-ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist, announcing to all the world – even the most predatory of men …