I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Geomagician, Mary has grown up fascinated by paleontology, and has always wanted to become a geomagician—someone who uses …
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Book Review | How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days
I admit it, sometimes, I decide to read a book based mostly on the title. This is one of those times. (Okay, I did read the description too, but the title is what won me over first and foremost.) How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva tells the story of Pansy, …
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Book Review | The Vanished Birds
Simon Jimenez is criminally underrated and I’m annoyed about it! The Vanished Birds, Simon Jimenez’s debut novel, is set many centuries from now, when humanity has established life on various planets and on different bases, traveling the stars. Many planet-bound people simply provide resources for the rest of the universe, companies buying and selling what …
Book Review | The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan by Jasmine Warga. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan, author Jasmine Warga tells the story of …
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Book Review | Snake-Eater
The fact that I live in a part of the world where there are both deer and roadrunners is rather terrifying, and it’s all T. Kingfisher’s fault. Anyway, Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher follows Selena, who flees from a toxic relationship to Quartz Creek, a tiny town in the desert. She’s seeking her aunt, but finds …
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