The Salt Path
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Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is...
Syren (Septimus Heap #5)
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In this fifth book in the Magykal series, Septimus ends up on a captivatingly beautiful island, one...
The Mermaid
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From the author of Lost Boy comes a beautiful historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the...
Emily (1430 KP) rated Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth in Video Games
Feb 18, 2020
Uses the hex grid of the other newer versions of the game and also has indigenous alien life on land and in the sea. This can be quite tough to deal with early in the game, particularly the worms (think Dune-style enormous things) and the sea life, but is easily dealt with later on. It alternatively you can try and work with it so you kind of become allies, although it's not easy to achieve.
The best thing about the game is the tech tree. Every other version of Civ has a branched linear progression, this one has a web. The first few moves are relatively common to all play styles but then you can just go anywhere and what you pick changes what type of faction you end up as (which ends up like a combination of religion and ideology of the other versions of Civ).
If you're getting bored with normal Civ, this is definitely a fun alternative.
The Lonely Life of Biddy Weir
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Abandoned by her mother as a baby, and with a father who's not quite equipped for the challenges of...
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Violeta tells the story of a woman’s life over 100 years. It starts during the Spanish flu and it’s terrible repercussions, and goes on through both tumultuous political times and Violeta’s own turbulent past - her life and her country’s history pretty much mirroring one another.
I felt consumed by this story and I’d come up for air, wondering why on Earth I hadn’t heard of Allende before A Long Petal?!
This, I believe, is the history of Chile and there are a fair few autobiographical bits of Allende’s own life thrown in for good measure. What a life the fictional Violeta and her family experience - and what a force Violeta is. She needs to be as well.
I can’t believe that 100 years could be fit into such a relatively short book without it feeling rushed.
It really is a wonderful read.
Ross (3284 KP) rated Escape from Atlantis in Tabletop Games
Apr 4, 2018
Under Earth, Under Water
Daniel Mizielinski and Aleksandra Mizielinski
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Hundreds of fascinating facts are waiting to be unearthed in this latest book from Aleksandra...
A Paul Temple and the Madison Case
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Paul and Steve plan to relax and take in some fresh sea air on board a luxurious trans-Atlantic...