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Review: The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey

The 5th Wave (Goodreads) Author:  Rick Yancey (website) Follow @RickYancey Rating: The 1st Wave took out half a million people. The 2nd Wave put that number to shame. The 3rd Wave lasted a little longer, twelve weeks… four billion dead. In the 4th Wave, you can’t trust that people are still people. And the 5th Wave? No one knows. But […]
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Posted on May 8, 2013
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Review: In The End, Alexandra Rowland

In The End (Goodreads) Author:  Alexandra Rowland (website) Follow @_alexrowland Rating: The Fallen Angel Lucien never expected the world to end. Inconveniently enough, it did. He and Lalael, an angel of the Higher Realm, are abandoned to make their way in what’s left of the world. It has changed, however. Uncountable humans have died or vanished, and […]
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Posted on May 6, 2013
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Review: The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni (Goodreads) Author:  Helene Wecker (website) Follow @helenewecker Rating: Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master-the husband who commissioned her-dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the […]
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Posted on May 2, 2013
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Clean Sweep ARC Challenge – Goals

  The Clean Sweep ARC Challenge runs between May 1 and 31. It’s hosted by Kimba and Kimberley, and allows us to clean up those ARCs that may have been sitting around for a while. There’s still time to sign up if you’re interested in joining in! It’s definitely time for a little autumn cleaning around […]
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Posted on May 1, 2013
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Roundup: April 2013

It’s time for a look back at the past month on the Oaken Bookcase. April has flown by – how can it be May already?! It’s getting closer to winter here and it’s starting to be a bit harder to get out of bed in the mornings… or perhaps that’s just me not being a […]
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Angelya
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Posted on April 30, 2013
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Review: The Eternity Cure, Julie Kagawa

Title: The Eternity Cure (Goodreads) Author:  Julie Kagawa (website) Follow @Jkagawa Rating: Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet may […]
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Posted on April 29, 2013
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Review: The Seers, MD Kaczkowski

Title: The Seers: New World Order (Goodreads) Author:  M.D. Kaczkowski (website) Rating: The Seers introduces a world where good battles evil for the world’s soul. The fate of humanity rests in the hands of the Seers, a handful of humans with the rare ability to see the unseen, who call their Angels into action to do battle with […]
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Posted on April 25, 2013
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Cover Lover: The Golem and the Jinni

Welcome to Cover Lover, where I share my favourite covers! Hannah  of Once Upon a Time is the inventor of this particular “meme”, so head over there to see the covers she’s already shared. My current read is The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker. I wish I was reading a real copy of […]
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Posted on April 24, 2013
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Review: Jinx: The Wizard’s Apprentice, Sage Blackwood

Title: Jinx: The Wizard’s Apprentice (Goodreads) Author:  Sage Blackwood Rating: It’s not every day that your evil stepdad abandons you in the deep, dark forest of Urwald. And it’s not every day that a wizard rescues you from the clutches of gnarly trolls. But for Jinx, this isn’t turning out to be a very normal sort of […]
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Posted on April 22, 2013
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Random Read-a-thon: Goals

It’s My Shelf Confessions’ blogaversary and they are having a mini-read-a-thon as part of the celebrations! There are no rules, just reading for this read-a-thon! I’ve got a stack of books to get through at the moment so we’ll see how far I can get in a few days. Make sure you visit My Shelf […]
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Posted on April 19, 2013
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