Tag: Book Suggestions

Book Review: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Title: To Sleep in a Sea of StarsAuthor: Christopher PaoliniPublication Date: 2020Publishing House: Tor Books Eragon was published when I was in middle school and that book along with Inkheart and a few Tamora Pierce books really got me into reading as a kid. As a adult when I found out that Paolini had an

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Book Review: Legends of the North Cascades

Title: Legends of the North CascadesAuthor: Jonathan EvisonPublication Date: 2021Publishing House: Algonquin Books I’m always looking for my next book and I’ve been trying to expand what I read over the last coupe of years. One way that I do that is to find regional literature. While visiting Olympic National Park I found a book

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Book Review: The Lost Apothecary

Funny thing, I don’t know where my copy of The Lost Apothecary is at the moment. I’ve misplaced this book more times than I want to admit. I got this book from Book of the Month, which is a great way to find new books. Synopsis from Goodreads: A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to

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Book Review: The Night Circus

Title: The Night CircusAuthor: Erin MorgensternPublication Date: 2011Publishing House: Doubleday After having stumbled upon and loving Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea I had to read her first book. I listened to this book as an audiobook from the local library. The version they have is narrated by Jim Dale, the same narrator for the Harry Potter

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Book Review: Sword of Destiny

Title: Sword of DestinyAuthor: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator)Publication Date: 1992, 2015Publishing House: Orbit This book falls after The Last Wish. The Witcher Saga does end oddly but I couldn’t leave a book unread especially one of the early ones. Beside I borrowed this book from the library and that is always worth it. Synopsis

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Book Review: City of Ghosts

Title: City of GhostsAuthor: Victoria SchwabPublication Date: 2018Publishing House: Scholastic Fun fact the third book in this series was just released this year, perfect timing on my part to start this series. If you haven’t read much or any of Victoria/V.E. Schwab’s work she writes both young adult and adult novels. YA are published under

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Book Review: Dragon Blood

Title: Dragon BloodAuthor: Patricia BriggsPublication Date: 2003Publishing House: Berkley Publishing Group Sometimes between heavy books you need something a bit lighter and easier to read. After finishing learning about the life of George Washington I decided my brain needed a break. This is a book that has sat on my to-read shelf for a couple

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Backroads: Guidebooks

For a long time I had mixed feelings about travel guidebooks because I didn’t want to visit anywhere that was too popular and crowed but I didn’t want to miss anything either. Now after having travelled considerably more I have grown to appreciate them. The one main drawback from guidebooks is that they can be

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Book Review: Axiom’s End

Title: Axiom’s EndAuthor: Lindsay EllisPublication Date: 2020Publishing House: St. Martin’s Press This is a book I had actually forgotten about. Keltin first read it when it came out in July of 2020 and I wanted to read it but there was a lot going on and other books to read. Recently as I was searching

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