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REVIEW: The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson The Adoration of Jenna Fox Square Fish; Reprint edition ISBN-10: 9780312594411 ISBN-13: 978-0312594411 Young adult speculative fiction September 1, 2009 Blurb via Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox has just awoken from a year-long coma — so she’s been told — and she is still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. But [...]

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Giveapalooza: Lurv Gives Thanks

Who’s ready for Thanksgiving? I did my grocery trip this past Saturday for our feast and that store almost defeated me. Not only was it so crowded you couldn’t see what was on the shelves – they seemed to have become moving columns of people instead of shelves of food – but my cart was [...]

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REVIEW: Killbox

Ann Aguirre Killbox (Sirantha Jax #4) ACE ISBN-10: 0441019412 ISBN-13: 978-0441019410 Science fiction August 31, 2010 Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. With no tolerance for political diplomacy, she quits her ambassador post so she can get back to [...]

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REVIEW: Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go Vintage ISBN-10: 1400078776 ISBN-13: 978-1400078776 Literary fiction/speculative fiction March 14, 2006 Description via Goodreads: As a child, Kathy—now thirty-one years old—lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and [...]

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Cover Makeovers: Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan Series

Before: After: The newest Leviathan (with the figure on it) cover is for the paperback release, and they obviously decided to follow suit style-wise for the sequel, Behemoth (hardcover, October 5, 2010). I do not immediately like. Like some of the folks commenting on Westerfeld’s blog post, I’m not a fan of the people on [...]

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