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Steelheart book cover Steelheart
by Brandon Sanderson

On shelves 09/24/2013

David has lived through his adolescence with one goal. He eats, sleeps, breaths that one thing. (And no, it is not that one thing.) He...
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The Summer Prince book cover The Summer Prince
by Alaya Dawn Johnson

On shelves 03/01/2013

June's father is dead. She believes that he died disappointed in her. June's father was a great musician, but June's talents were not his. He...
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We Need New Names book cover We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo

On shelves 05/21/2013

We Need New Names a portrait of a childhood — a childhood spent on two continents, in two climates, in two vastly different cultures. A...
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Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald book cover Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
by Therese Anne Fowler

On shelves 03/26/2013

I have one complaint against this novel. It is a brilliant portrayal of the Flapper Girl that fueled the Jazz Age writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald...
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The Golem and the Jinni book cover The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker

On shelves 04/23/2013

The Golem and the Jinni is magnificent. In scale and scope, in lush detail and rich flavor, in intricate characterizations and...
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Maggot Moon book cover Maggot Moon
by Susan Gardner

On shelves 02/12/2013

This is not for the squeamish. Nor is it one for the heartless. Maggot Moon is a dark tale of a future Britain that feels uncomfortably...
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The Clockwork Princess (3 Infernal Devices) book cover The Clockwork Princess (3 Infernal Devices)
by Cassandra Clare

On shelves 03/19/2013

There is nothing deep or introspective about Cassandra Clare's writing. No higher meaning or hidden truths (though I still think Jewish vampires...
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Proxy book cover Proxy
by Alex London

On shelves 06/18/2013

I don't usually enjoy books that are as violent, harsh, and full of death in all its forms — from senseless all the way up to voluntary self-...
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The 5th Wave book cover The 5th Wave
by Rick Yancey

On shelves 05/07/2013

And now for the Lord God Book.

You know, it's funny. But I never completely appreciated that nickname as applied to woodpeckers. But not...
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Orleans book cover Orleans
by Sherri Smith

On shelves 03/07/2013

There are books that are above opinion. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about them. It doesn't matter how well they sell. It doesn't matter...
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The Fellowship for Alien Detection book cover The Fellowship for Alien Detection
by Kevin Emerson

On shelves 02/26/2013

Kevin Emerson is my hero! Here's a middle school teacher who sees that boys aren't reading. He asks himself, "Now, why would that be? I'm a boy....
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Being Henry David book cover Being Henry David
by Cal Armistead

On shelves 03/01/2013

Being Henry David is a rather thrilling journey of self-discovery.

He wakes up in a train station with no luggage, no ID, no...
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The Reluctant Assassin (1 W.A.R.P.) book cover The Reluctant Assassin (1 W.A.R.P.)
by Eoin Colfer

On shelves 05/07/2013

A time-travel, F.B.I. secret agent thriller from Eoin Colfer?

YAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!
And there was much...
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Invisibility book cover Invisibility
by Andrea Cremer & David Levithan

On shelves 05/07/2013

When I first encountered this book, my reaction was "That's an interesting author pairing". But, you know? It works!

Both Andrea Cremer...
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Loki's Wolves (1 Blackwell Pages) book cover Loki's Wolves (1 Blackwell Pages)
by K. L. Armstrong & M. A. Marr

On shelves 05/07/2013

We all know those people in the north-central states, the ones with the impossible Germanic names, are a little insular. Now we know why. They...
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