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Sharing books and short stories to help you find your next read: if you want a quick way to learn about new books, this is the channel for you.
The goal of these reviews is not to critique books or make specific recommendations (though, of course, some opinions will be included). We know that what books we each enjoy varies, so for our reviews, we will focus instead on giving you a feel for each of the books we read as we read them. We hope that this will help you decide whether you might want to add something to your own reading list. To this end, we will try to review every book we pick up, and we will only review books that we finish.
New posts will be added as we make our way through our own reading lists.
The goal of these reviews is not to critique books or make specific recommendations (though, of course, some opinions will be included). We know that what books we each enjoy varies, so for our reviews, we will focus instead on giving you a feel for each of the books we read as we read them. We hope that this will help you decide whether you might want to add something to your own reading list. To this end, we will try to review every book we pick up, and we will only review books that we finish.
New posts will be added as we make our way through our own reading lists.
A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by J. Penner [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
In which a human baker dreaming of owning her own bakery enters a baking contest against bakers from various other races and finds both friendship and love along the way...
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The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 2012 годин тому
In which three criminals and a scholar attempt to figure out the mystery of a city's clockwork soldiers while dealing with enemies from their own troubled pasts...
Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 716 годин тому
In which three criminals and one scholar get sent on a potential suicide mission to find a way to stop an enemy city's clockwork soldiers, only their first challenge is to get to their destination in one piece...
Hell Mode Volumes 1 to 3 by Hamuo [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 1019 годин тому
A reincarnation, RPG-based story in which someone looking for a challenge chooses to play a game in hell mode and finds himself reborn in a fantasy world and faced with a hundred times the trials faced by others in order to realize his potential and protect his new friends and family...
The Grand Hotel by Scott Kenemore [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 4День тому
In which a mysterious receptionist takes a group of tourists on a strange tour of an old hotel, and each eccentric resident they meet shares with them a peculiar story from their lives...
A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 4914 днів тому
A retelling of the Snow Queen fairytale, in which a princess from a tropical kingdom arrives in a kingdom in which everything, including the people's hearts, seems to be frozen...
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 1314 днів тому
A retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale in which a princess arrives in a cursed kingdom to meet her new betrothed, a mysterious man commonly called a beast, and works to learn the history of the darkness around her, break the curse, and hopefully escape her magically decreed engagement...
A Dance of Silver and Shadow by Melanie Cellier [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 1721 день тому
In a fairytale retelling of the twelve dancing princesses, twin princesses arrive in a new kingdom only to discover that they are required to participate in a princess tournament meant to choose the bride of a prince rumored to be a beast...
On the Shoulders of Titans by Andrew Rowe [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 1521 день тому
Sequel to Sufficiently Advanced Magic, the second half of the students' first year at an academy for training those who earn a mark that allows them to use magic, though the danger of school exams pale in comparison to background schemes and uncovered conspiracies...
Eight Million Gods by Wen Spencer [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 2221 день тому
In which a horror writer escapes her controlling mother by moving to Japan only to be pulled into increasingly strange events when murders from her writing begin coming true...
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 721 день тому
A cozy fantasy in which an orc retires from her life on the road as an adventurer in order to open a city's first ever coffee shop...
Legion by Brandon Sanderson [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 30Місяць тому
Three novellas about a man who lives in a mansion with his many hallucinations, each of which has a different speciality and helps him with solving cases...
Super Powereds Year Four by Drew Hayes [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 2Місяць тому
The final book in Super Powereds, the students' fourth year in their university's hero certification program, involving multiple simulated tasks for certified heroes, searching for a mentor and an internship, choosing hero specializations, etc.
Super Powereds Year Three by Drew Hayes [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 7Місяць тому
The third book in the Super Powereds series featuring year three of a university's hero certification program, new hero specialization classes, hero students in part-time jobs, etc...
Super Powereds Year Two [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 6Місяць тому
A story following the students of a hero certification program in their second year of college where emphasis shifts to teamwork and team challenges amidst the usual chaos of college life...
Super Powereds Year One by Drew Hayes [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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Super Powereds Year One by Drew Hayes [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Corpies by Drew Hayes [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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Corpies by Drew Hayes [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
How to Date a Superhero and Not Die Trying by Christina Fernandez [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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How to Date a Superhero and Not Die Trying by Christina Fernandez [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 72 місяці тому
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 102 місяці тому
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Absolutely True Lies by Rachel Stuhler [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 62 місяці тому
Absolutely True Lies by Rachel Stuhler [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 52 місяці тому
The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 52 місяці тому
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
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The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 202 місяці тому
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
The Haters by Robyn Harding [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 73 місяці тому
The Haters by Robyn Harding [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
The Monster Museum by J. L. Bryan [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Переглядів 133 місяці тому
The Monster Museum by J. L. Bryan [Bite-Sized Book Reviews]
Awesome. Hello Vee! Thanks for the review. I realize that this is an older vid of yours but I have just recently read this title myself. I agree with your deductions and find that you more efficiently and accurately describe this reading experience than I. Thank you for sharing.
This book was crazy 😅
Loved this book when I was in highschool got it free when they were revamping the library and were getting rid of a lot of books
i read this book a few years ago (when i was significantly younger), i remember it taking me several months to read for some odd reason, and i couldn't remember much about it, and there's not much information about it online, so thanks!
I am looking forward to reading this book! :-) thanks for a great review
great work.keep it up
I've just read this one. Effinger was such a good storyteller.
I started this book in August and I’m 40 pages away from finishing it. This book does not make me excited to open it up and see what happens, but as I am so close to finishing it, that I will. I kept reading it because I thought it would get better. I guess since I am not a camera person or know anything about that subject matter, the parts where she gloats about cameras I didn’t really care for. The jumping back and forth between her time as a child and her current situation were ok in the beginning, but it’s become repetitive and disinteresting after a while. I agree with you that the ghost of the first victim is rather annoying and has the personality of an adolescent angry person. The blurb made the book seem something it was not. The ghost are there, but also not as prevalent as Rita’s guilt and shame for being able to see them. I thought the book was going to go in the direction of her being on a case, seeing the ghost of the victim, solving the case, moving on to the next case. This is not what happens. It is mostly one case with a secondary case that might be connected or not and a third case that might be connected or not. I believe this story could have been written better and would have benefitted from more editing. A appreciate your review. Thank you.
Literally just finished this less than an hour ago. Hated the ending. Blindsided by Margaret and the dutchess.
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Thank you for taking the time to review the book! Sorry about all the violence, but that is kind of my jam!
the plot at times was difficult to follow and somewhat complicated, some things did not make sense, even so the idea of the book seems good to me but it could have been better...
AH! I love this book!! It was one of my favorite reads and I'm so happy that you covered it!! my favorite story is 'Good girls'!