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Book review: "Libriomancer" by Jim Hines (spoilers ahoy!)

Book review: “Libriomancer” by Jim Hines (spoilers ahoy!)

It’s not often that a book makes me laugh out loud, but there’s something about Jim C. Hines’ Libriomancer that got me from the beginning. The official description: Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach...

And the winner of “The Rise of Nine” book giveaway is…

*drumroll* a Rafflecopter giveaway Congratulations to Kyle Magistrado! Whoohoo! I hope you’ll give The Rise of Nine a good home. Will be sending you an email by later today or tomorrow asking for your mailing address so that I can send the book to you. Thank you so much to everyone who joined my first...
Macy's "The Rise of Nine" book giveaway!

Macy’s “The Rise of Nine” book giveaway!

A milestone in my blogging history: my first-ever blog giveaway! (I’m thinking of it as a pre-birthday event.) Up for grabs is a copy of The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore (my book review is here). The mechanics are pretty straightforward. Please submit your entries via the Rafflecopter widget below (I love this widget!)....
Book review: "The Rise of Nine" by Pittacus Lore

Book review: “The Rise of Nine” by Pittacus Lore

The Rise of Nine is the third book in the Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore (the pseudonym of authors Jobie Hughes and James Frey, although only James Frey finished this book). At the end of The Power of Six, Four and Nine escaped from the Mogadorian base but had to leave Sam behind, while...
Book review: "The Enchantress" by Michael Scott

Book review: “The Enchantress” by Michael Scott

After five years in the making, we finally have “The Enchantress”, the final book in Michael Scott‘s series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The official book description: The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it. San Francisco: Nicholas and Perenelle...
Book review: "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld

Book review: “Leviathan” by Scott Westerfeld

Here I am again, starting another YA series. Because of the paranormal romance craze started by Twilight, it’s been a bit difficult finding new YA books that don’t feature vampires, werewolves, angels, devils, and the like. I have nothing against the genre per se – it’s just not my cup of tea. Good thing I...