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Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Published: 2012 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Pages: 432 From: Barnes and Noble “Marriage can be a real killer.” This first sentence to the inside cover summary of Gillian Flynn’s most popular novel Gone Girl describes the novel, and marriage within the novel, to a T. Nick Dunne and his […]
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Book Review: The Likeness by Tana French
Title: The Likeness Author: Tana French Published: 2008 Publisher: Viking Penguin Pages: 512 From: Barnes and Noble One of my favorite mysteries is In the Woods by Tana French, so I bought her second novel, The Likeness. I wanted to like the second one as much as the first, since she had some experience under […]
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Book Review: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Title: Dark Places Author: Gillian Flynn Published: 2009 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Pages: 368 From: Walmart Ever since reading Gillian Flynn’s debut novel, Sharp Objects, I’ve loved the way her mind works. I read more murder mysteries, and eventually found her second novel, Dark Places. It was just as dark and mysterious as her first, […]
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Top Ten Mysteries
Here are some mysteries for you to check out, if you dig murder and other crimes. They are not in any particular order. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012) In the Woods by Tana French (2007) The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1901-1902) And Then There Were None or Ten Little […]
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Top Ten Young Adult novels
Here are the top ten young adult novels/series I recommend. They are in no particular order, and some are very popular, while others should be. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (1997-2007) My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (2003) Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray (2003-2007) Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer (2001-2012) Hunger Games […]
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Top Ten Classics
If you’re interested in reading classics, written in dying English form where the author is less focused on making money, here are some books that might interest you. Please, check them out and comment on your favorites! (They are in no particular order.) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, […]
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Book Review: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Title: Sunshine Author: Robin McKinley Published: 2003 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pages: 416 From: Barnes and Noble “I had no idea that blood and dessert could go together so well,” said Amber Benson. Benson was referring to Robin McKinley’s novel Sunshine. Sunshine is my favorite book, ever. No lie. It’s not the best novel ever […]
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Book Review: The Wave by Todd Strasser
Title: The Wave Author: Todd Strasser Published: 1981 Publisher: Dell Pages: 144 From: Barnes and Noble Rating: 7/10 In the 1960s, a teacher in California experimented with his high school history class to explain how the mob mentality worked during World War II and the Nazi rule. The experiment succeeded, in more ways than one. […]
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New, crazy ideas
I’ve been thinking. I understand that I haven’t been keeping up with book reviews like I should, and therefore I want to add some things to make this site more exciting and enjoyable to read. My main idea is mini-blogging. I have several things coming up, and want to document these events so […]
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Book Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Title: Sharp Objects Author: Gillian Flynn Published: 2006 Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books Pages: 272 From: Walmart Rating: 9/10 I was watching TV and someone in the show mentioned Agatha Christie. Right then I had the urge to read a mystery novel, preferably something Christie wrote like And Then There Were None. I ran to the […]
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