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Terry Reviews: DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor My rating: 5 of 5 stars This month I am recommending the entire Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy which includes the aforementioned, Days of Blood and Starlight and Dreams of Gods and Monsters. Been reading these books since they first started publishing. Laini Taylor is the…
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Terry Reviews: ELEANOR & PARK
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am tempted to suggest John Greene, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Looking For Alaska, two really wonderful YA books, but I am going to recommend Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, instead. This YA story of two very different…
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Terry Reviews: Railsea
Railsea by China Miéville My rating: 5 of 5 stars This month’s book recommendation: RAILSEA by China Mieville. Here is a truly original writer, someone who takes sentences and reinvents them. I love how he says things. You have to focus because if you don’t pay attention you will miss what he is getting at.…
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Terry Reviews: The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir My rating: 5 of 5 stars This month’s book recommendation is The Martian by Andy Weir. We read this book for our old booksellers and authors book club, and Judine and I were unable to attend. This is the astronaut stranded on Mars story, a familiar concept to those of…
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Terry Reviews: Annihilation
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer My rating: 5 of 5 stars My recommendation this month goes to Jeff Vandermeer’s “Annihilation.” This is a book about a doomed expedition following on the heels of other expeditions into country that has proven to be all but impenetrable and which appears to change those who go into it. The…
