KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale by NisiOisiN, VOFAN (Illustrator), Ko Ransom (Translator)  3 stars out of 5 For a book that had such a funny start in its prologue, it never really picked up from there. The writing style is fine — full of dry sarcasm and snarky humour, but never in such a way that I felt there was progression. Basically: […]

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Uncommon Type: Some Stories  by Tom Hanks 3.5 stars out of 5 Tom Hanks, it turns out, is a surprisingly good writer, and I think the short story format suits his talents best. As with any short story collection, I enjoyed some tales more than others, but I do appreciate that Hanks found a common theme […]

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Artemis  by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4 stars (out of 5) **Thank you to Crown Publishing for providing me a digital ARC copy of this novel via Netgalley for the purpose of review** Let’s just get this out of the way: this is not The Martian. I think there are many people who are going to go into […]

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Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons Of Ares #6 (of 6) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author), Rik Hoskin, Eli Powell (Illustrator) 5 stars (out of 5) Slain. I am so slain, I tell you. Wow. Okay, just…wow. There were so many parts of this issue that were even more brutal than I’d anticipated they’d be. You’d think I’d have hardened myself […]

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Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares #5 (Sons of Ares, #5)  by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author), Rik Hoskin, Eli Powell (Illustrator) 5 stars (out of 5) THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN TRUNCATED DUE TO SPOILERS: YOU CAN FIND THE ENTIRE REVIEW ON GOODREADS. Content-wise, this is some of the best freaking dialogue we’ve had. We’re in the realm of “Mad’s Emotions Are […]

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La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)  by Philip Pullman 5 Stars (out of 5) It’s raining…on my face…inside. How strange. Was I likely to already enjoy this book because I frequently tell anybody who will listen how much I love Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, and that it’s one of those series’ that, for me, was […]

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