Ancient prophecies, awakening powers, and an academy for the gifted are reimagined in this sprawling YA novel about the allure of power beyond imagination. It’s one thing to be able to move objects with your mind, see the future, and read people’s thoughts. It’s another to study alongside other kids with abnormal abilities and face […]
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Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
A memorial consultant at a suburban crematorium takes a pair of bolt cutters to a body nobody has claimed, wraps one finger, and posts it to a high school principal. Asked later why, she explains without embarrassment that she wanted an actual finger pointing at somebody. She is calm, apple-cheeked, wearing a blouse with a […]
Synopsis: I was seven when they tied me to the stake. They wanted me to burn, burn, burn like Nángi. I threw blackjack petals in her ashes, but not even the strongest herbs can make dead mothers come back. Nobody threw blackjack petals for me, but when my turn came, a boy broke rhythm for […]
An eighteen-year-old walks into a government office and is told to take a number. He waits the better part of an hour. When his number comes up he is questioned by an intake officer who asks him to rate his level of annoyance on a scale of one to ten, and then sends him to […]
A sweeping Hollywood novel that blends a migration story with artistic ambition and a deep love of classic monster cinema Hollywood fiction demands a certain degree of nuanced attention to artistic ambition. But not all Hollywood novels are created equal. Many attempt to intertwine an artist’s coming-of-age story with some form of industry critique, often […]
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Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Partway through the spring conclave, the assembled scythes of MidMerica sit through a run of sales pitches. Vendors get ten minutes each to demonstrate new products to the Weaponsmaster, who controls procurement. One offers a digital poison that turns a person’s healing machinery against them; he uses the word victim and is dismissed on the […]
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Misconduct by Penelope Douglas
Misconduct by Penelope Douglas on December 1, 2015 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / General, Fiction / Women Pages: 400 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Former tennis player Easton Bradbury is trying to be the best teacher she can be, trying to reach her bored students, trying to forget her […]
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The Dangers of Bad Beta Readers
I wish they wore hats. “Will insult writers for free.” Or “Out for blood.” Or “I don’t know what I’m talking about.” But too often, they’re smiling faces (hats or no hats) on the internet offering to read your book before it’s out. Maybe you found them in a Facebook group by posting your tagline and […]
A mysterious dagger unlocks a world of ghosts and secret societies for a grieving young woman in this gripping paranormal fantasy. Grief weighs heavy on Gabbie Kress, but that doesn’t stop the world from carrying on. It’s been almost a year since Gabbie’s mother was hit by a car. A year of Gabbie just getting […]
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The Confessor by Noah Christopher
Is confession enough if justice has failed? Noah Christopher understands that a good thriller requires more than inventive methods of dispatching victims. The Confessor succeeds not because of the body count but because it asks an unsettling question: What happens when the killer’s moral reasoning is just as compelling as the detective’s determination to stop […]