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The 5th Wave
The 5th Wave, #1 A review The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 457 pages. Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers in 2013. Science Fiction – Fantasy – Dystopian Synopsis: After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the…
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Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
Millennial Contest, #1 A review Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Robert Zelazny & Robert Sheckley 329 pages. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Ltd. in 1992. Fantasy – Humor – Science Fiction Synopsis: A riotous new fantasy series that will challenge the funniest the field has to offer–from the creator of…
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Tender is the Flesh
review Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica 209 pages. Published by Scribner in 2020. Horror- Dystopian – Science Fiction Synopsis: Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans–though no one calls them that anymore.His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not…
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At the Mountains of Madness
A review At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft 194 pages. Published by The Modern Library in 2005. Classics – Horror- Science Fiction Synopsis: The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition’s uncanny discoveries-and their encounter with untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization. My thoughts: Technically I…
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Gideon the Ninth
The Locked Tomb, #1 A review Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 496 pages. Published by Tor in 2020. Fantasy- Science Fiction – Horror Synopsis: The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns,…
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Sister, Maiden, Monster
A review Sister, Maiden , Monster by Lucy A. Snyder 265 pages. Published by tor Nightfire in 2023. Science Fiction – Horror – Fantasy Synopsis: Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transformation and told through the eyes of three women trying to survive the nightmare.A virus tears…
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Dark Matter
A review Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 342 pages. Published by Crown Publishers/SFBC in 2016. Science Fiction – Thriller – Mystery Synopsis: “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by…
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The Last Ship
A review The Last Ship by William Brinkley 614 pages. Published by Plume in 2014. Science Fiction – Post Apocalyptic – War Synopsis: The unimaginable has happened. The world has been plunged into all-out nuclear war. Sailing near the Arctic Circle, the U.S.S. Nathan James is relatively unscathed, but the future is grim and Captain…
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The Themis Files
A series review The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel Sleeping Giants Waking Gods Only Human All read by audio by Random House Audio, 2016-2018. Science Fiction – Fantasy – Aliens Synopsis: My thoughts: I read the second and third books both physically and audibly. I would definitely recommend the audiobooks for this series, the full…
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Sleeping Giants
A review Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Audiobook by Random House Audio in 2016. Science Fiction – Fantasy – Mystery Synopsis: A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls…
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