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David McK (3576 KP) rated Dragon's Child (King Arthur, #1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Dragon's Child (King Arthur, #1)
M.K. Hume | 2009
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
First in a trilogy of novels based on the legend of King Arthur, this is a fictional retelling of the early years of the life of the man behind the legend, from his early years as a foster son to the one of last of the Romans in Britain, up to his coronation as High King.

By taking the tack of telling the story of the man behind the legend, the novel loses much of the splendour and grandeur of that legend, replacing it instead with more mundane events that would become exagerrated over time.

While I may read the next two novels out of curiosity, I'm afraid to say that, based on this work, I wouldn't be going out of my way to look for any further of MK Hume's novels.
  
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Sheridan (209 KP) rated Skulduggery Pleasant in Books

Jul 9, 2017  
Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy | 2007 | Children
10
8.9 (15 Ratings)
Book Rating
What's not to Love Honestly? (0 more)
Easily My Favourite Novels Ever
This is one of my favourite books. It's got action, magic and just the greatest sense of dry humour. Highly recommend, it's a fun read :)
  
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Stephen (188 KP) rated Relic (Pendergast, #1) in Books

Sep 4, 2018 (Updated Sep 6, 2018)  
Relic (Pendergast, #1)
Relic (Pendergast, #1)
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child | 2005
10
8.6 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the first book I ever read cover to cover without putting it down. Preston and Child have had me hooked ever since. Just the first in a long series of wonderful Pendergast novels.
  
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Katey Bassett (610 KP) rated Far Far Away in Books

Dec 10, 2018  
Far Far Away
Far Far Away
Tom McNeal | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Definitely not what I expected from this novel at all, I'm interested in exploring his novels for adults now. I loved that this was a book about the brothers Grimm and didn't see it coming.
  
    Dragonlance Canticle

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Sarah Waters recommended Great Expectations in Books (curated)

 
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, Keith Carabine, John Bowen, Marcus Stone | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
6.6 (19 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I admire all of Dickens's novels, but this story of class, guilt, shame and desire is the one that's affected me most. It often pops up in my own writing, in ways I never expect."

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Jamie Lee Curtis recommended Coffee, Tea or Me in Books (curated)

 
Coffee, Tea or Me
Coffee, Tea or Me
Trudy Baker | 2020
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"This was this beginning of the sexy, soft porn comedy novels that formed my early youth. There was just something really silly, slightly dirty and exciting for a young teen to read in this series."

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Marlon James recommended Shame in Books (curated)

 
Shame
Shame
Salman Rushdie | 1995 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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"What Kafka gave Marquez —permission to write — Shame did for me. And like all electrifying experiences, at first it was just the shock that such things could be done with novels, that got to me."

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Ibram X. Kendi recommended The Blacker The Berry in Books (curated)

 
The Blacker The Berry
The Blacker The Berry
Wallace Thurman | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Beautiful and hard-working black people come in all shades. If dark people have less it is not because they are less, a moral eloquently conveyed in these two classic novels, stirring explorations of colorism."

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