Literature & Fiction
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Callie doesn't talk about what she does. In fact, Callie doesn't talk at all. At Sea Pines she is expected to reveal all about what she does. What she does should be obvious to you! The book title says it all.
So this is yet another angsty teen novel I have read lately. And sadly, I found it lacking in a couple of ways. The stor... Read more
Review:Daelyn has suffered major psychological damage from years of being bullied. The torment and embarrassment she received because of her weight started her downhill slide into despair. She has lost her desire to live and failed at several attempts to end her life. Her latest failure has left her unable to talk and on 24-hour suicide watch. Her parents barely trust her to go to school.
Daelyn is biding her time. She only has 23 days until her Date of Determination. She discovers the Thr... Read more
Review:This book contains one of the finest first-person narratives ever written. Coarse and chummy, fretful and alcoholic, the narrator is a Studebaker-sized beast of a man who skates to his ruin on too much booze, bad credit and pornography. Reading this book is like watching a rampaging circus elephant get shot in mid-city traffic, sink slowly to its knees and die. Read more
Review:This book...is going to utterly torment me about not having started Discworld yet, isn't it? I've read little bit! "Circle of Magic," a few short stories, some descriptions. But I'm only vaguely aware of the real plot of the series. And...this book is going to change that, because the glimpse I got was so tantalizing, I do believe tomorrow I'm hitting the used bookstore.
This isn't just a Discworld book. About half of the stories are unconnected short fiction, including some of Pratchett'... Read more
Review:I was extremely unhappy with this book. It was actually written OK, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why ALL of the heros of the lance were killed in this. It just does not make sense to me, then I kind of got into some of the Lance heros kids (as their characters were developing well) Like Palin, Tanin, Gilthanis, they all get killed off too between the "Second Generation and Dragons of Summer Flame" It seemed that for whatever reason, the whole entire bloodline of the heros of the la... Read more
Review:This was the second book of the Raistlin chronicles. It was interestiong to find out about the twins' adventure being soldiers. It was an excellent book but sometimes I ached (literally) to find out what happened to one person but it would go to another persons view in a totally different place! I recommend this book because it's fun to read. It reveals some facts that aren't revealed in the other books. (If you read any at all) Margaret Weis is a wonderful author. If you like mages and dra... Read more
Review:Any fan of Dragonlance has got to admit; there are some excellent DL books and some that are really not worth reading. Soulforge fits easily into the first category.
I started reading Dragonlance a while ago. I was really impressed by "Summer Flame" and the Chronicles--in fact, Dragonlance was my favorite series for a fair amount of time--but got disappointed with some of the other DL series. I read "Soulforge" a couple of years ago and liked it. Now, I've just finished rereading it, and it... Read more
Review:Truly 5 star writing? Probably not, but I've read this title easily 15 times between 1989 and now! Odds are pretty good that after you finish, you'll go on to the legends series about Raistlin and Caramon. Read more
Review:Within the last month i have read the entire Dragonlance collection, chronicles-twins-next generation ectera, what can a say, ive had alot of time on my hands! I have not been able to put them down and it saddens me that i will have too now wait for the final installment (vol 3) for the war of souls. Im a guy so i dont like admitting to misty eyes when reading a book, but the self sacrafice and love the characters churn out got me going a bit. Glad to see Tasslehoff back in action aswell, still... Read more