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You Were Wrong by Matthew Sharpe
Published: August 31, 2010 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Genre: Literary Fiction Format: Paperback Pages: 192 You Were Wrong is a short book, but manages to wear out its welcome in no time at all. I was...
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Across The Universe by Beth Revis
Published: January 11, 2011 Publisher: Razorbill Genre(s): Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance Format: Hardcover Pages: 416 Across the Universe is a mash-up of scifi, mystery, and young-adult...
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The Fire Inside: Heroine Complex
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn Published: July 5th 2016 Publisher: DAW Genre(s): Fantasy, Adventure, Superheroes Format: E-Book Length: 378 pages I love stories about people with mundane jobs who exist...
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My Favorite Reads of 2017
I read a lot of books in 2017, but most of them were graphic novels. That does feel a bit like cheating, but I made up for it by reading them in high volumes and by tackling a few massive books over...
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That Which Unravels: The Readymade Thief
The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose Published: August 1st, 2017 Publisher: Viking Genre(s): Adventure, Thriller, Mystery Format: Hardcover Length: 384 pages I originally picked up The Readymade Thief...
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Devil Music: We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix Published: September 18th 2018 Publisher: Quirk Books Genre(s): Horror, Rock and Roll Format: E-Book Length: 336 pages We Sold Our Souls is sort of like a heavy metal...
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Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski
Published: June 20, 2011 Publisher: Mulholland Books Genre(s): Crime, Thriller Format: Paperback Pages: 283 Duane Swierczynski is a name I’ve come across several times before. It’s a hard one to...
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Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
Published: October 28, 2010 Publisher: Orbit Genre(s): Science Fiction, Space Opera Format: Audiobook Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins Surface Detail is the ninth book in Iain M. Banks’s Culture series, and...
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One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde
Published: March 8, 2011 Publisher: Viking Adult Genre(s): Fantasy, Mystery, Satire Format: Hardcover Length: 384 pages If you happen to be a book nerd who likes fantasy, mystery, satire and a healthy...
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The God Engines by John Scalzi
Published: December 31, 2009 Publisher: Subterranean Genre(s): Dark Fantasy Format: Hardcover Length: 136 pages John Scalzi is commonly known as an author, a prolific and long-established blogger, a...
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Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich
Published: May 25, 2010 Publisher: Random House Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Humor Format: Hardcover Length: 240 pages I read Elliot Allagash in one three-hour sitting. It was mildly entertaining, and I...
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Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Published: April 26, 2011 Publisher: Spectra Genre(s): Science Fiction, Steampunk Format: Paperback Length: 480 pages At first glance, Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding sounded like a sure bet. Sky...
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Every Day by David Levithan
Published: August 28th, 2012 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy Format: Hardcover Length: 336 pages Note: The narrator of Every Day is essentially genderless, but...
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Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Published: March 6, 2012 Publisher: DAW Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Format: eBook Length: 368 pages Discount Armageddon is the story of Verity Price, a blonde twenty-something cryptozoologist and recent...
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My Most Anticipated Books of 2013
The Human Division by John Scalzi, January 15th to April 9th, 2013 – The first two installments of John Scalzi’s episodic novel set in the Old Man’s War universe have already been released, but there...
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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Published: September 27th 2011 Publisher: Walker Books Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy, Horror Format: Hardcover Length: 215 pages A Monster Calls is a young adult book with a deceptively simple plot –...
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The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
Published: January 11th 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Genre(s): Fantasy, Spy Thriller, Comedy Format: Hardcover Length: 486 pages When the heroine of The Rook wakes up, she finds herself...
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Raylan by Elmore Leonard
Published: January 17th, 2012 Publisher: Harper Audio Genre(s): Crime, Thriller Format: Audiobook Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins When I was in high school, I watched Out of Sight and Get Shorty and became...
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Bandits by Elmore Leonard
Published: April 10th, 2012 (Audio version) Publisher: Harper Audio Genre(s): Crime, Thriller Format: Audiobook Length: 8 hours and 35 minutes Reading Raylan got me in the mood for more Elmore Leonard,...
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Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
Published: October 11th, 2011 Publisher: Ember Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance Format: Paperback Length: 272 Pages One day, while browsing in the Strand bookstore in New York City, Dash finds a red...
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Sex, Death and Teleportation: The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
Published: February 26, 2013 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Genre(s): Fiction, Comedy Format: eBook Length: 369 pages Egon Loeser, protagonist of Ned Beauman’s The Teleportation Accident, is an asshole....
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Bright, Bloody and Intense: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Published: June 4th, 2013 Publisher: Mulholland Books Genre(s): Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction Format: eBook Length: 384 pages Lauren Beukes first came to my attention thanks to William Gibson or...
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The Long, Slow End of the World: Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey
Published: March 26th, 2013 Publisher: Angry Robot Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Post-Apocalypse Format: eBook Length: 496 Pages Joseph D’Lacey’s Black Feathers is an interesting anomaly in the world of...
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Reincarnation on Repeat: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Published: April 2nd, 2013 Publisher: Hachette Audio Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy Format: Audiobook Length: 15 hours, 34 minutes Life After Life opens with its main character, Ursula Todd, dying as an...
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An Epic of Love, String Theory and Donuts: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Published: January 11th, 2011 Publisher: Audible, Inc. Genre(s): Fiction, Comedy Format: Audiobook Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins As you might imagine, Skippy Dies opens with the death of the titular...
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When is it time to give up on finishing a book?
People who read for fun (or read at all) each have their own individual way of dealing with a book they can’t quite manage to finish. Some folks stubbornly insist on finishing every book they start,...
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Ancillary Justice: I Am Beside Myself and Myself
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Published: October 1, 2013 Publisher: Orbit Genre(s): Science Fiction, Space Opera Format: Paperback/eBook Length: 410 pages Ancillary Justice is science fiction crammed...
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Did Not Finish: California by Edan Lepucki
California Author: Edan Lepucki Published: July 8, 2014 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Genre(s): Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic Format: Audiobook Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins I wouldn’t normally post...
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First Impressions of The Library at Mount Char
Scott Hawkins’ The Library at Mount Char is dark, weird and funny. It’s basically the perfect book for me. I knew I was going to love it within a few sentences, and so far it hasn’t disappointed. The...
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My Favorite Reads of 2016
I love reading Best Of the Year lists even if I don’t always agree with what they’ve picked. After all, a really great list might introduce me to some awesome book, album or movie that I wouldn’t have...
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Lincoln in the Bardo: A Tumult of Hauntings
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Published: February 14th, 2017 Publisher: Random House Audio Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Ghost Story Format: Audiobook Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins George...
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We Regret to Love You: The Regrets
The Regrets by Amy Bonnaffons Published: February 4th, 2020Publisher: Little, Brown and CompanyGenre(s): Fiction, SurrealFormat: E-BookLength: 305 pages The Regrets by Amy Bonnaffons is a book that...
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