The Memory Theater
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From the award-winning fantasy author of Amatka and Jagannath --a fantastical tour-de-force about...
Merissa (11825 KP) rated A Theory of Crystal: A Paladins of Crystal Novella in Books
Oct 18, 2023
This was a great read, and I love the world it is set in. Each of the characters has a distinct voice, making it easy to know who is speaking. Some of the comments they came out with were just brilliant. And I loved their reactions to Yelena, both as a boy and as a woman.
Without giving anything away, I loved the surprise cameo at the end, giving this book the perfect ending for Yelena and her men.
A brilliant addition that I just wanted to be longer as I love the world... and the author's writing! Definitely recommended by me.
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Oct 16, 2023
Around 1945: Literature, Citizenship, Rights
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Near the end of the Second World War, new ideas about citizenship, national identity, belonging, and...
Heroes of the Frontier
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From the bestselling author of The Circle, a hilarious and heart-warming misadventure through modern...
Principles of International Taxation
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Principles of International Taxation, Sixth Edition is a highly accessible text which provides a...
Dreams and Deception: Sports Lure, Racism, and Young Black Males' Struggles in Sports and Education
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This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested...
The Storm Before the Calm
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Something happened in early 2011 that hasn't happened in decades, perhaps centuries - and we didn't...
Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Last One at the Party in Books
Jan 12, 2023
The book is a series of diary entries and a couple of transcripts from a woman who tells us about a new pandemic, only a few years after the covid-19 pandemic, there is a new one called 6DM, and it has a 0% survival rate. Everyone is terrified and can do nothing to stop it ripping through the population of each country. Pharmacies end up giving out pills that will help people to end it before the symptoms of 6DM get too bad for people to cope with.
The person writing the diary entries never introduces us to her so we never find out her name, but we know all about her life and her family. She goes between writing what is currently happening and how she is coping in a world where she seems to be the only survivor and going back in time to the years leading up to the 6DM pandemic.
Although she doesn’t exactly do what most people would do when thinking they’re the only person alive (trying to survive by finding somewhere safe to stay with food, water and any other essentials) she instead goes on a little bit of a drink and drug bender until she is shocked back into reality. She becomes mostly desensitised to everything around her including the many dead bodies that she stumbles across. But in the end she does realise that she needs to make some attempt to survive and make a life for herself, even if it is going to be a lonely life.
The story ends on a cliffhanger, and I really do hope that this means that Bethany Clift will write a sequel as I’m dying to know what happened to our unnamed diarist after the last transcript! Thank you to Bethany Clift and the Pigeonhole for the chance to read this incredible story.
Teens: What We're Really Thinking (When We're Not Saying Anything)
Paul Buhre and David Shaw
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Open the Cage, Murphy!
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"Top pick of this year's celeb memoirs". (Daily Mail). To describe Open the Cage, Murphy as...