Book #29 of 2015: Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen I know Carl Hiaasen is supposed to be this great comedy writer, and his stuff is mostly set in my home state of Florida, so I should be predisposed to like — or at least relate to — the jokes. But I really didn’t enjoy any …
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Book Review: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Book Review: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #2) This Stormlight Archive sequel is much better and more eventful than the first one, which could seem like just a massive prologue in a lot of ways. (The Way of Kings does have great writing, worldbuilding, and character work, but so very little …
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Book Review: Shade’s Children by Garth Nix
Book #36 of 2020: Shade’s Children by Garth Nix Shade’s Children is really not that similar to The Hunger Games, but they both feature young people being forced to fight for their lives in a dystopian future, and I think anyone who enjoyed the one story would probably like the other as well. (A studio …
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Book Review: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Book #33 of 2011: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine I reread this childhood favorite for the first time in years, and was amazed at how good it still was. Its protagonist is clever and headstrong, its villains are fun to despise, and its love story is understated and touching. The main character even has a …
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Book Review: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Book #13 of 2011: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski I feel like this is an easy novel to appreciate but a tough one to cherish. Yes, it’s different than anything else I’ve ever read. Yes, it was startlingly original. Yes, parts of it were very well-written, and yes, several of my friends love …
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Book Review: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Book #12 of 2011: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster An old favorite. It’s just so delightfully heartfelt and punny, and it definitely helped shape my love of language at an early age. Milo, a bored and boring young child, gets whisked away to a magical land where he must rescue the princesses Rhyme and …
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Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Book #2 of 2011: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #1) Very similar to the novel Battle Royale, which I love, except there’s much more of a focus on the kind of dystopian society that would make children fight to the death in the first place – which is definitely a rich topic …
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