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Review: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

January 3rd

Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)
Christopher Paolini. Knopf Books for Young Readers 2008, Hardcover, 763 pages, $14.97

This is third book in the Inheritance Cycle which started with Eragon. The books are far better then the movie and this book was supposed to finish off the series. Alas it did not and we can expect a 4th book.
I quite like [...]

Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

January 3rd

Graceling
Kristin Cashore. Harcourt Children’s Books 2008, Hardcover, 480 pages, $10.29

A straight forward read with well defined characters. I particularly liked the concept of “Graces”. Aimed at the teenage market so I powered through it in a day and a bit. I love been on holiday :)
Synopsis:
If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what [...]

Free Sci-fi Books

January 24th

I’m forever running out of books to read and never quite make it to the library so my interest was piqued when my friend Tim told me about a website you could download free sci-fi from.
I was thrilled when I visited the site and found that the books were from authors I knew because [...]

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