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Grip Of The Shadow Plague

This is the third book in the Fablehaven series so make sure you have read the other books first. This book takes a more serious tone than the previous ones. While some magical creatures have died in the earlier novels the human characters have been mostly untouched. As I always say, characters are always safe…until they’re not. In this book

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Rise of the Evening Star

This is the second book in the Fablehaven series so make sure you read Fablehaven first. While the last book mostly dealt with Kendra, Seth and their family, this book we got to know more about people outside of Fablehaven. At the end of the first book, Kendra gained the ability to see magical beings without having to drink milk.

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Fablehaven

I confess I have never read Fablehaven before. I’ve seen it in stores but I wasn’t sure it would appeal to an older audience. Well I finally gave it a go, and yes it is a good book for all ages. It’s a fun read with some important lessons in there, Fablehaven is going to be made into a movie

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Warbreaker

This is another great story in the Cosmere universe. It’s a standalone novel but that doesn’t make it any less wonderful to read. I loved Siri and Lightsong the most out of all the characters had something to keep you interested in them. Brandon Sanderson excels at making you care about the people and the worlds he creates. I found

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The Bride Wore Size 12

Ah the 5th and final book in the series featuring Heather Wells. It took a long time but we finally got the wedding the readers were waiting for. Well we’ve had many murders for Heather to solve but this murder actually takes place before classes at the school even take place which is a bit unfair. Not only does Heather

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Size 12 And Ready To Rock

I’ve made it to the 4th book and I was surprised because I think I was 30% in before a body dropped. It just took awhile longer than the previous books. A lot happened to Heather in this one including learning about her own health with endometriosis and what it means for her future. I’m so happy that she finally

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Big Boned

Wow, the third book in the series and we finally have someone that isn’t a student die. In fact the dead person isn’t even female which makes a nice change of pace. I hate Tad.. mostly because he clearly doesn’t understand how to help someone enjoy training for a 5k from scratch. He’s a bit of an insensitive jerk that

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Size 14 Is Not Fat Either

This is the second book in the Heather Wells series by Meg Cabot. The series starts with Size 12 Is Not Fat so make sure to read that first. Poor Heather, I swear Nancy Drew and Jessica Fletcher never had quite this much trouble but then again they never had to work in Death Dorm. So not every book can

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The Poppy War

I really struggled with this book. I wanted to like it, we didn’t get along. I spent the first half of the book disliking the main character. Then the war came and I was just disappointed. I never connected with Rin but I did like Kitay and Jiang. Rin did have some character growth but not enough to make me

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Elantris

This book was published before Mistborn. This would be the 4th Brandon Sanderson book I’ve read if we don’t count the novella of The Emperor’s Soul. I still like the Mistborn trilogy more but the characters of this book grew on me. I ended up cheering for them loud enough that I’m glad I wasn’t in library reading it! This

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Blood Debt

We’ve come to the 5th and final book in this series Blood Debt! However this book is more of a transition book passing the torch to the next series where Tony gets to shine. It’s like a backdoor pilot episode tucked into your favourite TV show, the same way NCIS started in JAG and Wayward Sisters would have started in

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Blood Pact

Well after the horror of third book Blood Lines, I was more than happy to move onto the 4th book Blood Pact. The books started with demons, went to werewolves, then mummies so it should be no surprise that in this book our heroes could come up against zombies. Well.. it’s not exactly zombies.. it’s more like a mix of

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Blood Price

I bought this ages ago on my Kobo and there used to be a Kindle edition as well.. sadly that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. This series is great which is to be expected from Tanya Huff as she is one of my favourite Canadian authors. However the TV adaptation of her books called “Blood Ties” lacked her

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The Hero Of Ages

The Hero of Ages is the third book in the Mistborn Trilogy. Although I know there is another trilogy after it, a sequel series. I loved that we got to see things from TenSoon’s point of view and learn more about the Kandra. In each book of the Mistborn Trilogy we got a complete story. In the first book we

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The Well of Ascension

The Well of Ascension is the second book of the Mistborn Trilogy and takes place 1 year after the ending of the first book. It turns out that this book was originally where Brandon wanted to start, luckily for everyone he wrote Mistborn instead. The reason I say this is because it gave the reader more of a chance to

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Mistborn

I just finished reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and I absolutely loved it. It’s not very often where I find a book or any media where I love the whole cast but Sanderson did it. I’m clearly going right to the second book after finishing this little review of mine because I MUST know what happens next. Brandon was right

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Twisted Wonderland: Rose-Red Tyrant

Well it started as a game, then it got an anime adaptation.. and now we have books and manga. This is the novel version. The novel follows the prologue and book 1 of the Twisted Wonderland game. If you’ve watched the animation, then this novel covers that too. I love the spin on classic fairy tales and in some ways

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The Emperor’s Soul

I’ll make a confession, I haven’t read any Brandon Sanderson books before this. I picked this little novella as my taster because Brandon said on his website that it was short and would give the reader a feel for his work. I loved this little book. It was short but it didn’t feel short, it felt complete in ways many

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Nevernight

I had a good chuckle at the beginning when the prologue warned readers that the author wouldn’t make things pretty. Now a quick explanation on the difference between Young Adult (YA) and New Adult content by Elisabeth Wheatley is in order because I don’t consider this YA at all. Most people don’t and yet Goodreads had it tagged as YA.

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Heart of the Sun Warrior

This book take off a year after the events of the first book Daughter of the Moon Goddess. It seems like we have a Katniss vs. Snow situation going on. Xingyin has freed her mother, it’s seen as an act of defiance and rebellion by the Celestial Majesties. This gives Catching Fire vibes. Thankfully readers don’t have to wait too

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Book Boxes

I haven’t ordered from any of these so I can’t verify how good they are. The list is from searches I have done looking for book boxes. Canadian Book Box Canada Gold Leaf Book Box Lit Love Box Rocky Mountain Book Box Ships to Canada Aardvark Book Club The Arcane Society Aurora Crate Book Box The Broken Binding Book of

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Book Review: I Will Die on This Hill

Sebastian Rubino reviews the long-awaited book, I Will Die on This Hill, by autistic advocate and parent, Jules Edwards, and allistic ally and parent… Book Review: I Will Die on This Hill

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Book Review: What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic by Annie Kotowicz

What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum is part memoir, part survival guide, and all relatable. This brand new … Book Review: What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic by Annie Kotowicz

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The Bigotry that is JK Rowling

I was a teenager from Long Island taking the Long Island Railroad into Manhattan. From there I took the A C or E subway train to Greenwich Village in… The Bigotry that is JK Rowling

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