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2017 has been a huge year for science fiction and fantasy literature as a whole. The Verge has compiled some great reads from debut authors, and the best names in the business closing out trilogies.


Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

James S.A. Corey

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In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their...


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Barbary Station

Barbary Station

R.E. Stearns

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Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates—only to discover the pirates are...


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The Stone in the Skull: The Lotus Kingdoms

The Stone in the Skull: The Lotus Kingdoms

Elizabeth Bear

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This first volume of a new Eternal Sky trilogy takes readers over the dangerous mountain passes of...


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Provenance

Provenance

Ann Leckie

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Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C....


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Autonomous: A Novel

Autonomous: A Novel

Annalee Newitz

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When anything can be owned, how can we be free Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist...


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Fall fiction is here and ready to entertain you, as new novels by Nicole Krauss, Salman Rushdie and Nathan Englander can attest.


The Golden House

The Golden House

Salman Rushdie

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When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious...


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Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A Novel

Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A Novel

Nathan Englander

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The best work yet from the Pulitzer finalist and best-selling author of For the Relief of Unbearable...


Fiction thriller
Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

Inara Verzemnieks

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"It's long been assumed of the region where my grandmother was born...that at some point each year...


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A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

James Reston Jr.

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A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Vietnam Vet Revisits the Culture War that Raged around...


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This season is going to be awesome for book lovers. Entertainment Weekly has put together some irresistible new books from some of our favourite authors.


Artemis

Artemis

Andy Weir

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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon,...


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After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

Sarah Perry

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A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and...


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Renegades

Renegades

Marissa Meyer

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From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure,...


Fantasy Young Adult
Ali: A Life

Ali: A Life

Jonathan Eig

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When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV...

A Loving, Faithful Animal

A Loving, Faithful Animal

Josephine Rowe

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It is New Year’s Eve 1990, in a small town in southeast Australia. Ru's father, Jack, one of...


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The Sun is Also a Star
The Sun is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon | 2016 | Children
8
8.5 (16 Ratings)
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Surprisingly bittersweet, well crafted
I was initially apprehensive with this book as I assumed it was for young adults, however I was surprised to find how well written and intricately constructed it was.

The narrative shifts between a young undocumented woman, originally from Jamaica but brought up in the U.S., and an American-born Korean, who find each other on her last day before she is deported. In between are segways of an unknown voice who delves into the different characters and their backgrounds. The book explores fate and free will and whether there is an overarching hand that shapes this.

Their romance resembles that of 'Before Sunset', which was enjoyable but obviously the dialogue in this novel is not as intelligent. It's bittersweet, coming-of-age, and takes you back to young love.
  
Curveball (Barlow Sisters #1)
Curveball (Barlow Sisters #1)
Jordan Ford | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Curveball (Barlow Sisters #1) by Jordan Ford
Curveball is the first book in a new series called Barlow Sisters. As you might gather, this trilogy involves three sisters - not triplets like they get mistaken for. Instead, Max and Maddie are twins, with Chloe being a bit younger. They have been uprooted and driven across the country, but they are still there for each other. Their relationship is as close as you could want - sisters before misters. However, a spanner gets thrown in the works in the shape of Holden Carter. Not only does Chloe fall instantly in love with him, but he infuriates Maddie to the nth degree. She has a few words to say to him, which hurt him. So he decides to show her he isn't what she accused him of being. Throw in some robberies, a bit of sport, friendship, sisterhood, and you've got yourself another winner by Jordan Ford.

I love reading Jordan Ford books because I am always surprised by something that is going on within those pages. The characters, and situations, leap off the page before you, drawing you into their world, so you feel all their pain, their heartache, their joy. One part that really got me, was when Holden took Maddie to Cresthill, and she spent time with his grandpa. Lump, meet throat - you're going to become very acquainted with each other right now. I thought I had the bad guy figured out, and I did (yey me!), but somehow I still ended up feeling sorry for him. Every character in this book was believable, and therefore relate-able.

With no editing or grammatical errors that disrupted my reading flow, this book flowed from start to finish. It was completely engrossing, and I can't wait to read the other sisters' stories, especially as I have them paired up already! Highly recommended by me.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and my comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
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Their Brazen Bride
Their Brazen Bride
Vanessa Vale | 2016 | Erotica, Romance
9
6.7 (3 Ratings)
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Another great addition to the Bridgewater Menage Series
  
Inception (2010)
Inception (2010)
2010 | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
This is my favorite Christopher Nolan film. The visuals are stunning, and the cast is amazing. JGL, Leo, Tom Hardy, Michael Cane, Cillian Murphy, it's stacked. The soundtrack works really well within the movie, as well as outside of it. I listen to it to focus when I'm typing reports for work.
  
The Night Before (2015)
The Night Before (2015)
2015 | Comedy
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7.6 (8 Ratings)
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The Night Before was hilarious, with a tinge of sadness. My favorite scene was with Seth Rogan, wearing a sweater with the Star of David, in a Catholic mass; I could not stop laughing. Great cast, I love anything with JGL in it.