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Review: Shiver

August 2, 2011 – 7:32 am

The Book: Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater
The Story: When Grace is really young she is attacked by some wolves in the woods on her property.  One wolf- with beautiful, golden eyes- saves her and carries her back to her parents.  Since then, she has kind of harbored a love for this wolf and has watched him [...]

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Review: The Wise Man’s Fear

March 24, 2011 – 7:13 pm

The Book: The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Story: This is the second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles, so I’m not really going to tell you any of the story.  The first book is The Name of the Wind and I don’t want to ruin it for you.
What I Thought: I finished this book [...]

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Review: The Magicians

April 24, 2010 – 10:23 am

The Book: The Magicians, by Lev Grossman
The Story: I think that the best way to describe The Magicians is that the Narnia series and the Harry Potter series got together and had a more adult baby. Makes sense, right?
This genius kid, Quentin (cool name, huh?), is obsessed with a series of stories about a place [...]

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Review: The Name of the Wind

March 28, 2010 – 8:37 am

The Book: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Story: This is the first part of a three part series.  The second and third haven’t been released yet, so even after reading this hulk of a book, only a third of Kvothe’s story is known.
Kvothe is this kind of hero in his culture.  Or [...]

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