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Nov 8, 2017
The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 – 1992
Book
The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in...
biography
Oathbringer: The Stormlight Archive Book Three
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From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series comes a new,...
The City of Brass: Daevabad Trilogy
Book
Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18-century Cairo,...
fantasy
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies
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Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon—the legacy of P. T....
history politics social issues
Artemis
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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon,...
Science fiction
and 5 other items
TheHEALady (1 KP) rated Amazon Kindle in Apps
Mar 3, 2019
Julia Chandler (0 KP) rated The Red Notebook in Books
Mar 11, 2018
Gabrielle Chanel recommended Elevator to the Gallows (1958) in Movies (curated)
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Paper and Fire (The Great Library #2) in Books
May 31, 2020
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Paper and fire ( Great Library book 2)
By Rachel Caine
LET THE WORLD BURN . . .
With an iron fist, the Great Library ruthlessly controls the knowledge of the world, forbidding the personal ownership of books in the name of the greater good. Jess Brightwell has survived his introduction to the sinister, seductive world of the Library, but his life and the lives of those he cares for have been altered for ever. Embarking on a mission to save one of their own, Jess and his band of allies suddenly find themselves hunted by the Library’s deadly automata and forced to flee Alexandria.
But Jess’s home isn’t safe any more. The Welsh army is coming, London is burning, and soon Jess must choose between his friends, his family, or a Library willing to sacrifice anything and anyone in the search for ultimate control . . .
A really good follow up from the first book. Full of action! Such an intricate world Rachel has created, I can’t imagine a world where I’m told what I can and can’t read it’s my worst nightmare. It’s good to see the gang free Thomas and all come together looking forward to seeing how they get out of their new drama!!
Amanda (30 KP) rated Goodreads: Book Reviews in Apps
Jun 18, 2018
Shane Crick (5 KP) rated The Presence in Books
Dec 10, 2018
I really wanted to like this book, but found myself dredging on and couldn't wait to finish. For me, I found It was quite slow at arriving upon any action that started to make the book more Interesting. I generally enjoy mystery, supernatural books, but this one was a tough cookie overall. I truly wished the Author added a bit more drama within the first chapters to keep It Interesting, Instead of slowly, Increasing to a dismal climax, to be drug back down the hill to reach another one. There are some good plots within the book that kept me reading and wanting to find out what the final outcome would be. However, predictable most times, I persevered on to the finish line.
I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book and In return, this Is my personal, unbiased review of this particular book.
Michel Gondry recommended Kes (1969) in Movies (curated)
Sarah (126 KP) rated Scarsdale Crematorium (The Haunted #4) in Books
Feb 18, 2019
For me, the series isn't living up to the promise of the first book, which is a real shame. I really hoped for a more "haunted" vibe, given the name of the series, with unresolved matters being settled in the manner of the very first book, but the direction the story has taken isn't as appealing to me - purely a matter of personal taste, and I'm clearly very much in the minority given reviews I've read on other sites.
In all honesty, this isn't a series I would have persevered with if I was buying the books, but borrowing them as part of my Kindle Unlimited subscription (akin to borrowing from a local library, but more convenient!), I will finish the series.
Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Red Clocks in Books
Jul 31, 2018
I think the cover description oversells the book a little. I wouldn't call Gin's trial "frenzied" nor the drama exactly "riveting" but it did keep my attention throughout the book. I really enjoyed the relationships between the characters, and the point that none of them really know what is going on in each other's personal lives. One moment I particularly liked is slightly spoilery, but I loved how Ro was able to put her personal feelings aside to help Mattie, her student. That was really, really hard for her, but she recognized how much damage it would do to Mattie to not help her.
I think I found Gin the most interesting - given all the reading I've been doing lately about autism, her entire personality screams autism to me, but she was never labeled as autistic. So I'm marking her as a possibly autistic character. (I'd love if any of my autistic readers could weigh in on that, if you've read the book!) Between preferring to live in the woods with animals and NOT around people, specifically, and the way she reacts to the textures and smells in the jail when she's arrested (shoving the bleach-scented blankets as far away in the cell as possible, and refusing to eat the food), and how she stumbles over her answers in the courtroom when she's interrogated - it seems likely.
My only actual complaint about this book had nothing to do with the writing or plot! But it refers to the ghost pepper as "the hottest pepper known to man" which the Carolina Reaper growing in my backyard would have an issue with!
Other than that very minor quibble, I thought this dystopia was pretty good. I'm always interested in Reproductive Rights-related dystopias. This isn't as good as The Handmaid's Tale, but it's MILES better than Future Home of the Living God. It's good at showing the lengths women will go to, to ensure their own reproductive freedom. Outlawing abortion doesn't eliminate abortion. It just makes it less safe.
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