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The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold is a political fantasy novel that should please a lot of readers looking for something more slower paced. This is my third try at reading this book with the first two attempts having failed due to lack of interest in the beginning. Well, third time’s a charm…
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Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots is a novel set in a world where superheroes and villains collide with one another vying for control and to, well, duke it out because that’s what they are expected to do. However, in the busy world of villainy, someone must still perform the mundane day to day tasks of…
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Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson is an authoritative book on The Civil War between the years of 1861-1865. It is in fact one of the books listed in the Oxford History of the United States. I really felt that we are living in a politically unstable period and that the upcoming 2020 election…
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The Wrath of Darth Maul by Ryder Windham details the life of Darth Maul from when he was just a kid up to the point of his demise in the Phantom Menace. If you’re looking to get a bit more background into this infamous Star Wars character and how he became to be how he…
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WARNING: I’ve managed to complete about 40% of this novel before quitting. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini is a new science fiction epic novel. I’ve read that the author is responsible for some really amazing fantasy works written previously for the YA crowd and that this would be his first…
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Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint by Donald Spoto tells the story of Joan of Arc in great details. If you are looking for one book on this subject and have no use for further research, as is the case for many readers, then this book should fit right in.…
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The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull is a speculative science fiction novel revolving an alien race “arriving” and setting up shop on the US Virgin Islands. If someone had told me that this novel was actually the debut novel from the author, I would never have guessed. The writing here is fantastic and read like an…
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The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez is a science fiction debut novel that revolves around the meaning of time and space travel. We follow a very small ship whose crew’s main job is to collect a special type of seed that is locally grown on a planet and to deliver them to other planet destinations.…
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The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty is the third and final installment in The Daevabad trilogy. I just want to know just what the heck happened here?! How can this be such a far cry from the first two books? Was a co-author involved? Was the story altered due to publisher concerns? The Empire…
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Lifemarked by David Estes is the fifth and final book in his Fatemarked epic fantasy series. After having read thousands of pages, we are finally here at the end. The fate of the Four Kingdoms rests in the final battle with the Horde. I’m just going to come flat out and say it: I consider…
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