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nikiflorica
Jun 26, 20212 min read
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel: Review
"A boy. A tiger. And the vast Pacific Ocean." Ah, where to begin? I recently read this book after watching the film and fell in love with...
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nikiflorica
May 7, 20212 min read
Rhythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
True to its predecessors, Rhythm of War is vast, all-consuming, and brimming with characters that seize the heart and pull, pull, pull...
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nikiflorica
Apr 23, 20212 min read
The Queen's Rising, by Rebecca Ross: Review
"Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in Valenia at the renowned Magnalia...
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nikiflorica
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Anelthalien, by H.A. Pruitt: Review
Kindle is sick of being unexceptional—that is, until a mysterious necklace transports her to the world of Anelthalien, where suddenly,...
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nikiflorica
Feb 5, 20212 min read
The Gospel Truth, by Caroline Pignat: Review
Born a house slave on Whitehaven Plantation, Pheobe knows how to watch and listen and hide secrets away where no one will find...
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nikiflorica
Dec 26, 20202 min read
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen: Review
The five Bennet daughters of Longbourne Estate have their life's goal laid out by society and their meddling mother, in equal parts—to...
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nikiflorica
Nov 21, 20202 min read
Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review
Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is, until...
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nikiflorica
Nov 6, 20202 min read
Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
The Knights Radiant have returned—just in time for the end of the world. (Read full description here.) There's no question that I had...
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nikiflorica
Oct 17, 20202 min read
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...
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nikiflorica
Sep 26, 20202 min read
The Blood Spell, by C.J. Redwine: Review
Blue de la Cour, alchemist's daughter, sees life in absolutes. From conducting dangerous alchemy experiments for street urchins in need...
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nikiflorica
Sep 18, 20202 min read
The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
The Way of Kings had me squealing, shrieking, gasping, moaning, bellowing, clutching my heart, forgetting to breathe, and reading past one o
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nikiflorica
Aug 22, 20202 min read
Between Burning Worlds, by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Review
Laterre is a planet on the brink of explosion. Unrest is mounting in the impoverished Third Estate, the Patriarche's attempts to smother...
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nikiflorica
Aug 1, 20202 min read
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....
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nikiflorica
Jul 18, 20202 min read
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...
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nikiflorica
Jul 4, 20202 min read
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...
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nikiflorica
Jun 5, 20202 min read
Romanov, by Nadine Brandes: Review
Ex-princess Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov is the last hope for her family. As the Russian Revolution drives the royals into Siberian exile,...
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nikiflorica
May 22, 20202 min read
Infernal Devices, by Philip Reeve: Review
Fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy has grown up in Anchorage, the Traction City-turned-static on the dead North American continent. Her...
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nikiflorica
May 8, 20201 min read
A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes: Review
Parvin Blackwater's Clock gives her little more than eighteen years to live, and at the last year mark, she knows she's wasted them....
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nikiflorica
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Predator's Gold, by Philip Reeve: Review
Since the Traction City of London fell, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw have lived happily for two years, flying the Bird Roads in their...
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nikiflorica
Apr 11, 20202 min read
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...
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