2017
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Book Beginnings and The Friday 56
On Fridays I will share excerpts from whatever I am reading that day. First, Book Beginnings hosted by Rose City Reader then The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice. First share the opening lines of your novel, then turn to page 56 (or 56%) and share a few lines! ~~~ This week’s novel is The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose. Beginning: “To make your way to the DePaul Aquarium and Museum of Natural History, on Petty Island in the middle of the Delaware River, you can drive through New Jersey and over the only bridge.” 56%: “Lee spent her time upstairs poking through the Caldwells’ bedroom, rifling through drawers and closets, opening boxes…
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Book Review- Third Stone
Title: Third Stone Author: Rob Badcock Published: 12th Nov 2016 Series: Rib Meskitoe Trilogy #3 Rating: 3/5 stars It is the year 2044. In a ramshackle hut at the far end of Cabbage Beach, Rib Meskitoe awakens from a nightmare to find two huge ravens sitting at the foot of his bed. One surreal laserflight later, Rib is admitted to Bletchley Intelligence Park, a secret training camp where elite Protectorate cadets are put through their paces on a strictly controlled diet of candyfloss and toffee apples. A chilling message from a mysterious set of song lyrics sends Rib on a helter-skelter dash in search of the Third Stone. The final…
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Book Review- Kid Normal
Title: Kid Normal Author: Greg James and Chris Smith Published: 13th July 2017 Pages: 400 Genre: Children’s fiction Rating: 4.5/5 The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from popular radio personalities Greg James and Chris Smith. When Murph Cooper rocks up to his new school several weeks into the beginning of term, he can’t help but feel a bit out of his depth. And it’s not because he’s worried about where to sit, and making friends, and fitting in, or not knowing where the loos are. It’s because his mum has enrolled him at a school for superheroes by mistake. And unlike his fellow students,…
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Book Review- The Late Show
Title: The Late Show Author: Michael Connelly Published: 18th July 2017 Pages: 400 Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Series: Renee Ballard #1 Rating: 3/5 stars From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she’s been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn’t want to part with: the brutal beating…
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Book Review- Waste of Space
Title: Waste of Space Author: Gina Damico Published: 11th July 2017 Pages: 400 Genre: YA, Sci-Fi Rating: 4/5 stars Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that’s the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama—and nothing about the fact that the production is fake. Hidden in a desert warehouse, their spaceship replica is equipped with state-of-the-art special effects dreamed up by the scientists partnering with the shady cable network airing the show. And it’s a hit! Millions of viewers are transfixed. But then, suddenly, all communication is severed. Trapped and paranoid, the kids must figure out…