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Review: Tricked

March 25, 2007 by guest

Title: Tricked Author: Alex Robinson Year of Publication: 2005 Genre: Drama (graphic novel) Length: 349 pages, large book. It’s a fairly text-heavy graphic novel. Rating: 3/5 buy second-hand It sounds like a commercial for the latest Thursday night drama on Global; six adults, three men and three women, pushed together into an absurd and dangerous […]

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Review: The Mists of Avalon

March 11, 2007 by guest

Title: The Mists of Avalon Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley Year of Publication: 1982 Genre: Fantasy Length: 912 pages in the soft-cover edition Rating: 4.5/5 – Worth paying full price Review: There are few classic tales that can be told over and over again without boring the reader. One trick that many authors use – and […]

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Review: Thief of Time

February 25, 2007 by guest

Title: Thief of Time Author: Terry Pratchett Year of Publication: 2002 Genre: Fantasy/Fiction Length: 384 pages in the hardcover version Rating: 3.5/5 – Worth buying second-hand. Review: Thief of Time is one of the many Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. Although this one doesn’t spend all of it’s time in the “charming” city of Anhk-Morpork, […]

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Review: Son of a Witch

February 11, 2007 by guest

Title: Son of a Witch (Sequel to previously reviewed Wicked) Author: Gregory Maguire Year of Publication: 2006 Genre: Fantasy/Fiction Length: 329 pages; small font, large book, not a quick read. Rating: 4/5 – Worth paying full price. Review: Warning: There are spoilers for Wicked in this review. Son of a Witch is the sequel to […]

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Review: To Say Nothing of the Dog

January 28, 2007 by guest

Title: To Say Nothing of the Dog Year of Publication: 1998 Genre: Science-Fiction/Humour Length: 493 pages Rating: 4.5/5 – Worth paying full price Review: To Say Nothing of the Dog starts off in the 1940s, in a rather unsafe version of the 21st century’s Coventry Cathedral. There, a bunch of historians, one of which is […]

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Review: Feet of Clay

January 7, 2007 by guest

Title: Feet of Clay Author: Terry Pratchett Year of Publication: 1996 Genre: Fantasy Length: 288 pages (hardcover version) Rating: 4/5 – Worth paying full price Review: Feet of Clay takes place on Discworld, a world in which Pratchett has written at least 35 novels. This particular book is part of the City Watch group (there […]

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Review: The Time Traveler's Wife

December 26, 2006 by guest

Title: The Time Traveler’s Wife Author: Audrey Niffenegger Year of Publication: 2004 Genre: Science Fiction Length: 536 pages Rating: 4/5 – Worth paying full price Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife is hard to describe in so many words. When you break it down to it’s basic parts, it’s not much more than a tragic love […]

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Review: Eragon

December 10, 2006 by guest

Title: Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) Author: Christopher Paolini Year of Publication: 2004 Genre: Fantasy Length: (I sold my copy, so I don’t have anything to check. Probably at least 300 pages) Rating: 2/5 – Good practice for focusing the eyes on letters* Review: A generic tale of a boy and his dragon. I could really […]

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Review: His Dark Materials (a trilogy)

November 26, 2006 by guest

Title: His Dark Materials – Book One: The Golden Compass, Book Two: The Subtle Knife, Book Three: The Amber Spyglass Author: Philip Pullman Year of Publication: 1995 Genre: Fantasy Length: Each paperback book has between 335 and 465 pages. Rating: 4.5/5 – Worth paying full price. Review: His Dark Materials is a trilogy that should […]

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Review: Oryx and Crake

November 12, 2006 by guest

Title: Oryx and Crake Author: Margaret Atwood Year of Publication: 2003 Genre: Science Fiction/Fiction Length: The paperback version has 443 pages. Rating: 4/5 – Worth paying full price. Review: Oryx and Crake is one of two novels that I have read by Margaret Atwood that are about a utopian future turned to dystopia, the other […]

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