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Archer's Goon

Diana Wynne Jones | 2015 | Children, Humor & Comedy, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy

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"She was the best writer of magical children’s fiction of our generation. I don’t know if this is the best of her novels, but it’s my favourite."

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im a know it all couch potato that just had my leg cut off below the knee, and i have type one...

Kimmic (814 KP) rated The Nightingale in Books

Sep 3, 2021

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.9

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Fabulous book about 2 amazing sisters on France during the war.
Well written, loved the characters and the story. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys historical fiction

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Mar 8, 2024

"How far can innocence stretch before it snaps?"

Tour: Covered in Flour by Charles Presti - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #CoveredInFlourJourney, #Biographical, #Historical, #ComingOfAge, #Fiction

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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt in Books

Feb 22, 2018

Fiction purporting to be non-fiction (0 more)

This was a big DNF from me. I had many problems with this book. Yes, Cooney did disclaim that a lot of this book was conjecture, but it was worse than I was expecting. This book reminded me of James Patterson's book on King Tut that claimed to be non-fiction.
I quit 1/3rd into this book. I got tired of the maybe, likely, probably, it should have just been a fiction novel.
I'm also not a fan of the feminist theory of history, which was exactly what this was. Of that whole third of the book I got through, there was zero information presented that I didn't already know.
I think I'm so irritated by this book because I've been wanting to read it since it came out in 2015. I wait three years for this?!? Woof.

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Octavia E. Butler

Gerry Canavan

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I began writing about power because I had so little, Octavia E. Butler once said. Butler's life as...

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Oct 2, 2017

This year, Black History Month brings the release of several new non-fiction books that delve into the past, present and future of African-Americans in the country.

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Black History Month Reading List 2017

At the start of the month dedicated to African American history, here’s The Guardian's rundown of what to read, including Paul Beatty and Octavia Butler.