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Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
War is fracturing a once-unified people, darkness looms on the world's horizon beyond the sight of most, and the Knights Radiant—an...
nikiflorica
Oct 17, 20202 min read
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Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Review
On the planet of Laterre, the oppressed Third Estate lives to provide for the privileged higher classes beneath a sky that never clears....
nikiflorica
Aug 1, 20202 min read
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Wonder, by R.J. Palacio: Review
Fifth grade is a challenge for any normal kid, but ask Auggie Pullman and he would tell you that he is far from normal. Born with a...
nikiflorica
Jul 18, 20202 min read
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Counted With the Stars, by Connilyn Cosette: Review
Sold into servitude to cover her family's financial disgrace, Kiya's life of Egyptian luxury is replaced by enslaved humiliation. When...
nikiflorica
Jul 4, 20202 min read
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A Darkling Plain, by Philip Reeve: Review
London has been a ruin for decades, but when Tom and Wren Natsworthy discover rumours of stirrings in the wreckage, they can't resist an...
nikiflorica
Jun 27, 20202 min read
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The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review
Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable hobbit: he lives in a fine, cozy hobbit-hole and never does anything unexpected. So when the wizard...
nikiflorica
Apr 11, 20202 min read
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Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve: Review
London is on the hunt—one of the great Traction Cities that prowls the desolate Hunting Grounds in search of towns to devour. To young...
nikiflorica
Mar 21, 20202 min read
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The Forgetting, by Sharon Cameron: Review
In the city of Canaan, seemingly peaceful life is overshadowed by the Forgetting—the terrifying phenomenon every twelve years in which...
nikiflorica
Mar 14, 20202 min read
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Kyrian is at The Bookshelf!
I have lots of hopes and dreams for the year 2020, many of them (or rather, most of them) pertaining to The Heir of Ariad, The Ariad...
nikiflorica
Feb 1, 20201 min read
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Forest Born, by Shannon Hale: Review
Rin used to feel at home with the trees—as if they understood her, the way no one else could. But something has changed in the way the...
nikiflorica
Nov 9, 20192 min read
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Winter (#4 of The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer
Princess Winter, stepdaughter of the ruthless Lunar Queen Levana, is as beautiful as she is crazy. Well-beloved for her kindness and...
nikiflorica
Oct 5, 20192 min read
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David Copperfield: (official) Review
I know what you're thinking. I did a Saturday Spotlight on Davy Copperfield a little while back, but having only read the first two...
nikiflorica
Sep 14, 20192 min read
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