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SICK CITY by Tony O’Neill

Sick City by Tony O’Neill Publisher: Harper Perennial Pages: 384 Buy on Amazon SICK CITY by Tony O’Neil Review (3.5 out of 5 Stars) The first thing that caught my eye about the latest Tony O’Neill novel, Sick City, was a quote on the cover. “I loved the whole F**ked-up journey”-Slash Now, you know Slash has seen some stuff. So for him to say this was a messed up book was enough to get me intrigued. Well folks, Slash was at least partially right. It is in fact a f**ked-up journey. Did I love it? I don’t think so. I mean it was a good book, but its not something I’d ever want to read again. In fact, I’d really like to have some of the contents erased entirely from my memory. You’re probably asking yourself what this book is about. Well the plot is fairly simple. Two guys, Jeffrey [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Sep 1

2010

COMMENTS: 3

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THE SWORD Vol 1 FIRE Comic Book Review

The Sword by The Luna Brothers Publisher: Image Comics Pages: 152 Buy on Amazon THE SWORD by The Luna Brothers (5 out of 5 Stars) So recently I was introduced to the world of comic books by Eric and Sandie (click here to learn more). Since I liked their first recommendation, Fables, so much I decided to check out another one from their list. I went with The Sword because the name appealed to the fantasy geek in me. The Sword is about a young paraplegic girl named Dara Brighton. She has a blissfully normal life: she goes to college, has a best friend, loving parents and a supportive sister. All this changes one night when three strangers show up at her house and murder her whole family right before her eyes. From this moment you instantly become hooked and you’ll spend the rest of the volume searching for answers. [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 31

2010

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EARTH’S ULTIMATE CONFLICT by Kathy Porter

Earth’s Ultimate Conflict by Kathy Porter Publisher: Woods N Water Inc. Pages: 448 Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon   EARTH’S ULTIMATE CONFLICT by Kathy Porter Review (3 out of 5 Stars) The world is going to end soon, as the damage done to the environment by humans has sealed its fate. People are coming down with crazy diseases. Oh, and aliens are coming. Those stories about alien abduction? All true. With all these crazy events happening, families are being torn apart and ordinary people must make impossible decisions. When a chance at salvation presents itself, it’s up to the President of the United States to decide whom we can trust or else the world will perish. This is the basis of Earth’s Ultimate Conflict, the first book in the Gray Guardians Series, written by Kathy Porter. I enjoyed reading Earth’s Ultimate Conflict because I thought Porter did a great job [...]

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AUTHOR: Jose

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Aug 30

2010

COMMENTS: 2

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MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 400 Source: Purchased Buy on Amazon   MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins Review (5 out of 5 Stars) SPOILER ALERT: This review contains minor spoilers for Mockingjay and major spoilers for The Hunger Games and Catching Fire since I assume you’ve already read the first two books in the trilogy. If you haven’t, start by reading my review of The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games may be over, but in Mockingjay Katniss is still fighting for her life and the lives of her loved ones. Now that District 12 has been destroyed, she and a group of survivors, including her and Gale’s families, have taken refuge in District 13. Peeta wasn’t so lucky and was captured by the Capitol, leaving Katniss feeling grief-stricken and guilty. As the war against the Capitol rages on, the rebel leaders look to her to become the Mockingjay, [...]

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AUTHOR: Jose

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Aug 26

2010

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FABLES Vol 1: LEGENDS IN EXILE Comic Book Review

Fables Vol 1: Legends In Exile by Bill Willingham Publisher: Vertigo Pages: 128 Buy on Amazon FABLES: LEGENDS IN EXILE by Bill Willingham Review (5 out of 5 Stars) I’ve always looked at comic book fans the same way I look at people who enjoy playing team sports or gourmet cooking – their hobbies are a respectable way to pass the time but something I’m not really interested in trying myself. However, recently Sandie and Eric lent me a stack of comics that they claim are every bit as good as the books I read, so I figured I would give comic book reading the old college try. Here’s what I was given: Fables: Volume 1 Legends in Exile By Bill Willingham and Lan Medina Secret Identity Volume 1 by Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen Y The Last Man: Volume 1 Unmanned by Brian Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

POSTED ON:

Aug 25

2010

COMMENTS: 6

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EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

Book Title by Elizabeth Gilbert Publisher: Penguin Pages: 352 Buy on Amazon EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert Review (3.5 out of 5 Stars) Excited by the interesting looking movie trailer for Eat Pray Love I decided to first read the book, adhering to the old rule that the book tends to be better than the movie. Eat Pray Love:One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia is a true story that chronicles Gilbert’s recovery from a very nasty and drawn out divorce. One night, while she’s still married, Elizabeth hits rock bottom. She doesn’t want to be married anymore and she doesn’t know where to turn. She ends up on her bathroom floor praying to God. This brings her some comfort and becomes sort of a nightly ritual. After Gilbert finally separates from her husband she decides what she needs is to get away from her life [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 24

2010

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ALL I EVER WANTED by Kristan Higgins

All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins Publisher: Harlequin Pages: 384 Source: Purchased Buy on Amazon   ALL I EVER WANTED by Kristan Higgins Review (4 out of 5 Stars) If you are looking for a cute romance, look no further than All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins. As hard as Callie Grey tries to create the perfect life for herself, she has to face the facts: she’s just turned thirty and the man she’s been crushing on for years, Mark, is dating someone else. She needs to let him go, but she can’t resist the idea of making him jealous by dating the new veterinarian in town, Ian. Unfortunately, Ian is frosty, standoffish, and not at all receptive to Callie’s advances. He might, however, be interested in hiring her to promote his practice since he doesn’t really know anybody in Georgebury, Vermont and Callie, the former prom queen, [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Aug 23

2010

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I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 448 Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon   I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore Review (3.5 out of 5 Stars) If you haven’t already noticed all the buzz surrounding the latest YA book-to-movie adaptation, I Am Number Four, you probably will soon. The book only came out last week, but filming on the movie, which is being produced by Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg through DreamWorks Studios, is already underway. I Am Number Four is written by Pittacus Lore, a pseudonym for authors James Frey and Jobie Hughes, and is the first book in their Lorien Legacies series. In a departure from all the vampires, werewolves, and wizards that have dominated YA books lately, I Am Number Four is about a group of teenage aliens who have come to Earth to escape the enemy who destroyed their home planet of [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Aug 15

2010

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LINGER by Maggie Stiefvater

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 368 Source: Purchased Buy on Amazon   LINGER by Maggie Stiefvater Review (4.5 out of 5 Stars) Linger is the follow-up to Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, and it is the second book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. If, like me, you have only recently discovered Shiver and Linger, don’t worry, this is going to be a spoiler-free review. In Shiver (read my full review here), we meet Grace, a normal human girl, and Sam, a member of the local werewolf pack. In this mythology, the weres involuntarily transform into wolves when temperatures are cold, so they spend their winters as wolves and their summers as people. Sam desperately wants to stay human and have the opportunity to live a normal life with Grace, but the werewolf curse seems to keep getting in their way. Linger picks up where Shiver left off [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Aug 11

2010

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SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks Pages: 400 Source: Purchased Buy on Amazon SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater Review (4 out of 5 Stars) Maggie Stiefvater puts a mature spin on YA paranormal romance in Shiver, the first book in The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. It’s told from the alternating viewpoints of Sam and Grace, star crossed lovers separated by the fact that Sam isn’t entirely human. He spends the cold Minnesota winters as a wolf, and is only a boy in the warm summer months. He loves Grace from afar, hanging around outside of her house in wolf form, watching her from a distance. Likewise, Grace has been obsessed with the wolves that roam the woods behind her house for years, particularly with the wolf with the yellow eyes, only recently realizing that they were anything more than wolves. Sam has never had the courage to talk to [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

POSTED ON:

Aug 9

2010

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