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Reading Classics: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I read this book as part of the Classics Club Challenge – I challenged myself to read fifty classics picked by me in the next three years. To find out more, you can see my list or visit the Classics Club website. Title: A Tale of Two Cities Author: Charles Dickens First Publication: 1859 A […]

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Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Series: Standalone Rating: 3 Stars 496 pages Published January 3rd by Phoenix Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Gone Girl. The book that had everyone talking. A dark, twisted psychological thriller about a man whose wife is missing – but all signs are pointing towards him. Yet he […]

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Fantasy Books You Might Not Have Read Yet

Lately I’ve been feeling like reading more fantasy – not the paranormal crossovers that dominate large portions of the market, but the good old epic variety of fantasy. I started to browse Goodreads, but I discovered that it’s actually not that easy to come by decent fantasy recommendations. The names that pop up over and […]

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Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

Title: Midnight Crossroad Author: Charlaine Harris Series: Midnight, Texas #1 Rating: 3 Stars 305 pages Published May 6th 2014 by Ace Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository The last few books I read by Charlaine Harris have been subpar. The final books in the Sookie Stackhouse series showed the […]

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Black Dagger Brotherhood Series (#4-6) Mini Reviews

Title: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4) Author: J.R. Ward Published March 6th 2007 by Onyx Butch and Marissa’s story. I love how Marissa develops as a character and goes from a sheltered member of the aristocracy to an independent individual. Butch goes through many transformations himself, and I was glad for the fact that […]

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Review: Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

Title: Dreamcatcher Author: Stephen King Series: Standalone Rating: 3.5 Stars 694 pages Published October 4th 2007 by Hodder Gifted Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Dreamcatcher is kind of an odd little ducky. At seven-hundred pages, it can hardly be called little, but in the oeuvre of Stephen King it hardly registers as a small […]

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Review: Monster in My Closet by R.L. Naquin

Title: Monster in My Closet Author: R.L. Naquin Series: Monster Haven Rating: 3 Stars 209 pages Published July 30th 2012 by Carina Press Bought Goodreads | Amazon Monster in My Closet is the first book in the Monster Haven series, which centers around our eccentric main character Zoey. Zoey gets the fright of her life […]

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Reading Classics: Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

I read this book as part of the Classics Club Challenge – I challenged myself to read fifty classics picked by me in the next three years. To find out more, you can see my list or visit the Classics Club website. Title: Journey to the Centre of the Earth Author: Jules Verne First Publication: […]

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Review: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

Title: Deadlocked Author: Charlaine Harris Series: Sookie Stackhouse #12 Rating: 2 Stars 327 pages Published May 1st 2012 Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository We are nearing the end. Deadlocked is the 12th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In the 11th book, Dead Reckoning, I had already noticed that all of the character […]

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Review: Symbiont by Mira Grant

Title: Symbiont Author: Mira Grant Series: Parasitology #2 Rating: 5 Stars 518 pages Published November 25th 2014 by Orbit Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Symbiont is the long-awaited sequel to Parasite, and the second book of the Parasitology trilogy. After the revelations in Parasite, things get increasingly worse in this world where parasitic […]

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