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Reading is FUNdamental: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
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Thursday, September 22, 2011. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost. Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Format: Unabridged - Audible Audio / 11 hours 17 min. Amazon: 4.4 out of 5 Stars (332 reviews). GoodReads: 4.3 out of 5 Stars (14,203 Ratings; 1,932 Reviews). Note- Ratings and statistics current at the time review was written. This was my first Jeaniene Frost book, and it certainly won't be my last. Original characters? Nope Twisty turny plot line? Uh uh High tension story telling? I would have liked ...
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Reading is FUNdamental: Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep
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Sunday, October 2, 2011. Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep. Format: Unabridged - 11 hrs 59 min. Amazon: 4.2 out of 5 Stars (103 reviews). GoodReads: 3.95 out of 5 Stars (2,683 Ratings; 463 Reviews). Note- Ratings and statistics current at the time of writing. Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide. «. Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide. «. The book's pacing is a little strange, particularly near the end where it continued for a good bit after the storyline had resolved itself. This isn't ...
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Reading is FUNdamental: September 2011
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Friday, September 23, 2011. Dhampir by Barb and J.C. Hendee. Amazon: 4.0 out of 5 Stars (110 reviews). GoodReads: 3.75 out of 5 Stars (1,952 Ratings; 187 Reviews). Note- Ratings and statistics current at the time review was written. Chris' rating. Not necessarily the rating other members of the club might give. Dhampir #2) and she had already read. Sister of the Dead. Christine also enjoyed the book but she too found it pretty average, giving it three stars. I intended to get ratings from all of them...
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Reading is FUNdamental: October 2011
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Friday, October 21, 2011. Horton Hears a Who. Alas, they have dared me, double dog too. They want me to write a poem review. Iambic pentameter would you not know? They ask. I deliver. So, here we go. The doctor is funny, he rhymes quite well. Don't think its iambic but hard to tell. The meter shifts sometimes but that's all good. He rhymes where he's s'posed too. rhymes where he should. Developing characters is hard to do,. But Seuss is a master, using but few. People near us can be kind and/or mean.
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Reading is FUNdamental: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
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Sunday, August 28, 2011. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater. This is the second book in what is purported to be a three book series. As such, it's in a bit of a rough place. Often the middle book feels like filler caught between the exposition of the first and the climax of the third. To some degree,. Suffers from its position. On the whole tho, I think this one is a little stronger than. Wolves of Mercy Falls #1). As I mentioned in my review of Shiver. For me the problem is that I bond differently with each ch...
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Reading is FUNdamental: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. Remember when I took umbrage with the USA Today blurb on the cover of. That read, "Will appeal to fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight" (if not you can check it out here. Well, THIS is the book it actually belongs on. The parallels between. Are pretty numerous, sooooooo, if you are a fan of. You're going to like. If you aren't a fan, there is still a chance that you will like this book, but that chance is probably pretty small. Sympathies." Below th...
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Reading is FUNdamental: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. My First Review for the Blog: Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts. Okay, let me just start off by saying that I am an unapologetic fan of Nora Roberts. Those of you that read her know that she writes formulaic fluff. You know what else? Her latest is a book called. That being said, it might be a bit much for the target audience (romance aficionados). Case-in-point, there was some comparison to her previous book,. With regard to this technical material (. Involved training rescue dogs)....
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Reading is FUNdamental: August 2011
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Firelight by Sophie Jordan. I can't stress enough how fabulous the beginning of this book was. Particularly, the first chapter. Sophie introduces an original mythos and embarks on some fabulous world buidling. Firelight is decidely paranormal / urban fantasy, but unlike anything else I have read in the genre so far. To me, that alone was impressive, but the world that Sophie begins to construct in. Rather than read the obligatory synopsis, have a look at this! Moves away from it...
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Reading is FUNdamental: Horton Hears a Who
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Friday, October 21, 2011. Horton Hears a Who. Alas, they have dared me, double dog too. They want me to write a poem review. Iambic pentameter would you not know? They ask. I deliver. So, here we go. The doctor is funny, he rhymes quite well. Don't think its iambic but hard to tell. The meter shifts sometimes but that's all good. He rhymes where he's s'posed too. rhymes where he should. Developing characters is hard to do,. But Seuss is a master, using but few. People near us can be kind and/or mean.
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Reading is FUNdamental: May 2012
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Saturday, May 19, 2012. By Orson Scott Card. 1 Zero G training with Ender. War games. All the boys are organized into armies. Day after day, in zero gravity, there are mock battles. Nobody gets hurt, but winning and losing matter.". Run a marathon through the mines of Moria with Gandalf and company. The Fellowship of the Ring. By JRR. Tolkein. By Karen Marie Moning. 3 Dawn a MacHalo and do a happy dance with Mac. A Game of Thrones. By George R. R. Martin. 6 Create a tulpa construct with Rachel at Dallian...