Category Archives: Paranormal

Blameless by Gail Carriger (The Parasol Protectorate #3)
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Posted on January 27, 2013 by

After the last middling sequel in the “Parasol Protectorate” series, I had fears this might be my last Alexia Tarabotti novel. After all, they’re not offering these newer editions in ebook form free from the library, and I certainly was … Continue reading →

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Changeless by Gail Carriger (The Parasol Protectorate #2)
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Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Sophomore slump. That’s my assessment of this second novel in Gail Carriger’s “The Parasol Protectorate” series, Changeless.   There was way more steampunkish stuff in book two, this “novel of vampires, werewolves, and dirigibles.” By this, I mean lots of … Continue reading →

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Soulless by Gail Carriger (The Parasol Protectorate #1)
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Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Oh my. I usually stay away from stuff like this…except I didn’t because I heard it was clever and it was available when I went to do an ebook checkout from the library last night.  I’m glad I did because … Continue reading →

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The Alchemy of Forever – Avery Williams
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Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Seraphina has been alive since the 1300’s, made immortal when the boy she was beginning to love back then, Cyrus, saved her from death with a strange liquid – a method of alchemy that lets them swap bodies with any … Continue reading →

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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
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Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Sigh…so we’re back to this: a book I’ve anticipated reading for quite a long time, even one I turned to as a welcome escape from the forced feeling of the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, has turned out to be a disappointment. I … Continue reading →

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The Passage by Justin Cronin
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Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Wow, this an adult vampire book with no teenage angst or sun-sparkles. That seems like it should be a win! Except…it’s not. See, these vampires here are the creation of a military experiment gone wrong. The result is a sort of … Continue reading →

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Hmmm…what to say about this book? Well, first off, it is delivered in a clever and underused format. The use of vintage photos as a framework for a story, in this case a ghosty/monster/time travel story, seems refreshing and new. However, the … Continue reading →

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