fiction
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This is probably something I shouldn’t be saying ever, much less a month and a half before it’s released, but The Slayer Saga: Soulless is not a great book, not by a long shot. Nor will it be. It would take years of editing and revamping and revisions before it even gets close to greatness,…
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“‘Planeswalkers, tornadoes, plagues,’ counted Jodah, ‘all are natural phenomena. You can no more avoid them, or blame them, than you can blame an avalanche or a storm.’” “Magic: The Gathering: The Shattered Alliance, Ice Age Cycle Book III” by Jeff Grubb You may have noticed in my reviews of the first two books of the…
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“We are all overdressed in our little flashy frocks, our slasher heels, and we all eat small plates of food bites that are as decorative and unsubstantial as we are.” “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn I went into Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl with the unfortunate bias I have going into anything particularly popular or raved…
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“The viewpoint of a historian is that of a surveyor on a hillside, overlooking a river. He can see the flow of the river and has no doubt about how it runs and why. The participants of history view that same river as would a fish, unsure of where it is taking them.” “Magic: the…
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“Ah, said a nasty little voice in his brain, but the Sorting Hat wanted to put you in Slytherin, don’t you remember?“ “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling One thing about a series featuring main characters through several years is that you can always chalk things up to growing pains. Many…
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“And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky It has been a very, very long time (too long?) since a book has affected me in the way that The Perks of Being a Wallflower has. I’m talking…
L.S. Engler 