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Clockwork Angel
Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare | 2010 | Children
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9.0 (37 Ratings)
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Fast paced, fun read (0 more)
Confusing if you haven't read the mortal instruments series. (0 more)
I love this book. It it's fast paced, entertaining, and has great characters. Cassandra Clare's writing gets better with each consecutive novel. However, I would definitely recommend reading at least the first book in the Mortal Instruments series first otherwise the world the book is set in may be confusing.
  
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.3 (6 Ratings)
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Lincoln in the Bardo is an incredible first novel from a master of the short fiction format. The shared narration is reminiscent of a Greek chorus or a conversation, rendered on the page like the script of a play.
Critic- Melissa Ward
Original Score- 5 out of 5

Read Review: http://balletbookworm.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/lincoln-in-bardo-by-george-saunders.html
  
Stardust
Stardust
Neil Gaiman | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (35 Ratings)
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Clever use of language to engage a reader (0 more)
The film really doesn't do the book justice yet sadly is more well known (0 more)
Young adult and above fairytale for the imaginative
Neil Gaiman knows how to weave words in an elaborate pattern so that within a few lines you are no longer reading the novel but are part of the story
  
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The Two O'Clock Boy (DI Ray Drake, #1)
Mark Hill | 2016
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This is the debut novel for Mark Hill and, I think, a successful one and I want to thank the publisher, Little, Brown Book Group UK, and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest review which can be found on my blog ... <a href="https://readingstuffnthings.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-two-oclock-boy-by-mark-hill_4.html">Reading Stuff 'n' Things</a>.
  
I loved the concept of [Arlo's Epiphany] by [Jane Oldaker] but it could have been so much more. It was a cute story about a secret agent barncat and the lesson he learns about friendship. I would have liked this to be expanded to a novel because there is so much that can be done with the ideas and characters.
  
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The Cat Who Spied On Me
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This is the second [Arlo the Barncat] story I have read and although I enjoyed the first one [Arlo's Epiphany] I really enjoyed [The Cat Who Spied On Me]. As a cat lady I have a soft spot for cats ans [Jane Oldaker] creates very lovable characters. I just hope someday she will put them in a full length novel.
  
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Jan 13, 2018  
Sunsett Song
Sunsett Song
Lewis Grassic Gibbon | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.3 (3 Ratings)
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The narrator style of this novel is everything, it’s exactly what makes it difficult but once a person is aware of what’s goiyon it is really easy to fall in love with it. (0 more)
Not exactly bad however the story is rather sad right till the end, the main character Chris Guthrie doesn’t lead a very easy life. (0 more)
Understand to Love It
  
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker
Rosalie Ham | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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A dark novel of love and revenge from the 1950's
An easy read that has you smiling one minute and frowning the next. Capturing the small town mentality from that era. Many personalities, a lot that would not easily nbe accepted. The child who is shunned and sent away has returned to ger her revenge on a vengeful town.
  
Stranger in a Strange Land
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9.1 (7 Ratings)
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Far Ahead of its Time
While some of it is quite dated, by today's standards, the concepts in this novel were far ahead of its time that make it a relevant and enjoyable read decades later. I just got my copy back from my son, a graduating senior and fellow bookworm, who rated it one of his top 3 novels ever read.
  
Sif: Journey Into Mystery: The Complete Collection
Sif: Journey Into Mystery: The Complete Collection
Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kathryn Immonen | 2017 | Comics & Graphic Novels
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9.0 (2 Ratings)
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I'm so glad that the entire run of Sif's Journey into Mystery was compiled into one graphic novel. Thor is gone for some of the issues, so she deals with problems that normally Thor would take care of. Sif becomes a berserker to become a better warrior, but the catch is the rage associated with it.
Overall, a good and quick read.