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Month: June 2018

Review: Harrison Squared

by Daryl Gregory Harrison Squared Audio books are tough. First, they’re expensive so I often take a chance on the Audible Daily Deal just because they are such a good deal. After all, I go through dozens of books a year in audio format and I can’t afford to spend…

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Becky June 21, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads One Star 0

Review: Out of Spite, Out of Mind

by Scott Meyer Out of Spite, Out of Mind Even in a series where everything that can go wrong will go wrong, this is the one where the crap really hits the fan. Brit the Elder notices a glitch in the code that is making her memories go out of…

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Becky June 21, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Science Fiction Five Stars 0

Review: Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet

by Charlie N. Holmberg Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet Why do I keep doing this to myself? I am positive that Charlie Holmberg is a delightful person. She’s probably very kind and loves her family and is nice to puppies and all of that. I have no beef with her, I…

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Becky June 20, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Three Stars 0

Review: Dreadnought

by April Daniels Dreadnought Danny Tozer is transgender. That’s cool, but I wouldn’t have read this book if that had been the focus. I was drawn in by the superhero plot and I appreciated that the gender issues were only part of the character development. As I told a coworker,…

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Becky June 20, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Four Stars 0

Review: The Hero and the Crown

 by Robin McKinley The Hero and the Crown Aerin is mentioned over and over again in The Blue Sword as Harry learns to wield her predecessor’s weapon. This is Aerin’s tale, set many years before the happenings in The Blue Sword to which it is a prequel. Aerin is the…

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Becky June 20, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Four Stars 0

Review: The Blue Sword

 by Robin McKinley The Blue Sword This was the second Robin McKinley book I read, including Beauty, and I had forgotten how good it was. It is set on a earth-like world with many parallels but with a bit of magic. Harry is from Homeland, a thinly-disguised Great Britain, and…

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Becky June 20, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Four Stars 0

Review: Sweet Tea and Sympathy

by Molly Harper Sweet Tea & Sympathy By all rights this should be called bittersweet tea because it’s coarser and less refined than I expected it to be. The main character, Molly, has a career-ending experience involving shrimp and flamingos and has to retreat to her father’s family compound to…

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Becky June 14, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Chick Lit, Goodreads Four Stars 0

Review: The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

by Douglas Preston The Lost City of the Monkey God I don’t know why I always feel compelled to tell you why I read a book before I tell you what I think of it, but the trend continues. I went to the library a while back, trying to find…

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Becky June 14, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Writing Four Stars 0

Review: All Through the Night

by Connie Brockway All Through the Night This sounded so good! A Regency romance starring a cat burglar who steals from the rich to give to the poor while a shadowy figure tries to capture her – how could it go wrong? Oh so many ways. Let’s start with the…

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Becky June 11, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Goodreads, Romance Three Stars 0

Review: When

by Victoria Laurie When One of the best things about Audible is that I am exposed to books I would have never found without it. When is one of those books and I’m so glad it came up on a Daily Deal. It is about a girl, Maddie, who sees…

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Becky June 11, 2018 February 19, 2020Book Review, Fantasy, Goodreads Five Stars 0
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