Tag: adventure
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Book Review: Truly Devious (Books 1-3) by Maureen Johnson
When Stevie Bell is accepted into Ellingham Academy, a school for gifted students, she thinks it’s the chance of a lifetime to solve the ‘Truly Devious’ murders. What she doesn’t anticipate is a classmate turning up dead…
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Book Review: The Man Without Shelter by Indrajit Garai
Another interesting work of fiction from Indrajit Garai. I recently read The Bridge of Little Jeremy and despite it being a different kind of story, I enjoyed this one just as much…
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Book Review: The Strange Courtship of Kathleen O’Dwyer by Robert Temple
It’s been so long since I’ve read a western that I’d forgotten how exciting they can be. Even though I haven’t read a bunch of books in this genre, I’ve never read one with a female protagonist. For this reason, I was particularly curious…
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Book Review: The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Once again, I have managed to become completely invested in the Hawthorne (and honorary Hawthorne) riddles and games…
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Book Review: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Immersive, personal, and adventuresome, Jon Krakauer brings his readers to Mount Everest to recount his disastrous trek up the infamous mountain in 1996…
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Book Review: The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Having felt somewhat let down by the ending of the first book after so much build-up, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself liking this book even more…
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Book Review: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Five teens and a multimillion-dollar inheritance… what could possibly go wrong?…
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Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
I’ve heard so many people say that The Song of Achilles surpasses Circe, so after being disappointed with the latter, I went into this one with an open mind…
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Book Review: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
I went into this blindly. I thought I knew what the plot was about but I was way off. Had I known, I don’t think I would have picked it up…