Doric was abandoned by her parents in the woods when she was just a little girl. Luckily the wood elves found her and took her in. Since then, Doric has done everything she can to be useful. She figures this is the best way to assure that the elves don’t get rid of her as her parents did. When her guardian
Read MoreStar Wars Jedi: Battle Scars is the latest novel straight from the Star Wars universe. It tells the story of Cal Kestis and the crew of the Stinger Mantis between the events of the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor games. While you don’t have to read the book to play Jedi: Survivor, is it still worth
Read MoreEvery researcher dreams of getting as close as possible to their subject. But what happens when the researcher gets too close? Under the best of circumstances, it clouds their objectivity and calls their research into question. But if a subject is sufficiently dangerous it can be a deadly mistake. This is exactly what happens to Emily Wilde in Heather Fawcett’s Emily
Read MoreThe Amber Spyglass is the thrilling conclusion to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. Our young heroes, Lyra and Will, have been separated and need to find each other. Once they do it’s a grueling trip to literal Hell and back for them. Elsewhere mortals and angels fight Heaven for true free will. [Warning: Spoilers from The Amber Spyglass are below!
Read MoreThe story of Lyra that began in The Golden Compass (Northern Lights outside the US) continues and expands in Philip Pullman’s The Subtle Knife. At the end of The Golden Compass, Lyra leaves her world and enters an entirely new universe and that is where we start in The Subtle Knife. For a quick recap of the first entry in Pullman’s
Read MoreThe Golden Compass (Northern Lights outside the US) by Philip Pullman has been a favorite book of mine for literally twenty-seven years. I bought my copy from a book order in the third grade and I have read it… more than twenty-seven times! Something about this fantasy world where people have daemons and polar bears can talk caught my eight-year-old imagination
Read MoreRemember being a kid and thinking how cool it would be if there were no grown-ups telling you what to do? Well for four lucky kids their wish came true In The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress. Max Brallier writes about Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk as they live through a monster/zombie apocalypse. All the grown-ups have vanished…
Read MoreRory Morris has a perfect life. She is the youngest VP at her company ever, she has flings every week with a different D-list celebrity, and most importantly, she escaped her tiny little backwoods town. Until her twin sister, Scarlett begs her to come back. Scarlett is pregnant and the daddy seems to have split. Being a good sister Rory packs
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