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The kids are all right

May 24, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So this is book 2 of the Darkest Minds trilogy.  We saw at the end of the first book that Ruby went back to the Children’s League to protect Liam and to save Chubs’ life.  She’s joined a team, and they go on missions and ops and try to fight against the president. Ruby actually does learn a lot from her training.  She becomes a better fighter, and she’s learning how to better control her powers.  However, they’re basically making her torture people for information […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Alexandra Bracken, colors, Darkest Minds, kids

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Alexandra Bracken, colors, Darkest Minds, kids ·
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Episode 1-20: But Is It Really Your Story To Tell?

May 23, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/05/23/episode-1-20-but-is-it-really-your-story-to-tell/ Wherein I review: 72. And The Rest is History (St. Mary’s Chronicles #8) by Jodi Taylor 73. Final Girls by Riley Sager 74. Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff 75. An Argumentation of Historians (St. Mary’s Chronicles #9) by Jodi Taylor 76. You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann I leave behind time travel and plunge into horror.  I ponder whether as white straight men, if we have the right to tell certain stories.  And while Final Girls didn’t leave me gasping, Lovecraft Country blew […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: an argumentation of historians, and the rest is history, daniel kehlmann, final girls, Jodi Taylor, killing my kindle, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff, podcast, Riley Sager, the chronicles of st. mary's, you should have left

prisco's CBR10 Review No:76 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: an argumentation of historians, and the rest is history, daniel kehlmann, final girls, Jodi Taylor, killing my kindle, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff, podcast, Riley Sager, the chronicles of st. mary's, you should have left ·
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If you judge success by the number of enemies you make, that was a highly successful evening.

May 18, 2018 by melanir Leave a Comment

I finished the first book of this series back in January and quite liked it, but wasn’t quite ready to pick up the rest of the series. Fast forward a few months and I decide to mainline books 2 through 5. I liked the rest of the books, though I think they may have suffered a bit for being read back to back. There is a definite structure that the books follow and by the third book I started to get a bit bored with […]

Filed Under: Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co.

melanir's CBR10 Review No:27 · Genres: Horror, Young Adult · Tags: Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. ·
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“There’s nothing like a few severed heads to take your mind off politics…”

May 17, 2018 by Caitycat 1 Comment

“It’s a cruel, cruel world. And the people are the worst part…” Dread Nation invites its readers to imagine an alternate history of the United States. During the terrible years of the Civil War the dead began to rise. They feasted upon the living changing them into zombies, or shamblers, as they prefer here. The war was set aside to focus on the more pressing threat. The slaves were set free, but still weren’t given much freedom. Young black men and women were sent to […]

Filed Under: Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, American Civil War, Justina Ireland, YA, Young Adult, zombies

Caitycat's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Horror, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, American Civil War, Justina Ireland, YA, Young Adult, zombies ·
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Episode 1-19: Going Insane, Got No Brain

May 14, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/05/14/episode-1-19-going-insane-got-no-brain/ Wherein I review: 67. The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo #3) by Rick Riordan 68. Deranged: The Shocking True Store of America’s Most Fiendish Killer by Harold Schechter 69. Lies, Damned Lies, and History (St. Mary’s Chronicles #7) by Jodi Taylor 70. Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson 71. Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh Lots of crazies up in this piece.  Apollo finds his third Emperor.  Harold Schechter scribbles about Albert Fish.  Jodi Taylor soldiers on through the time travel.  […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: brandon sanderson, Chronicles of St. Mary's, cosmere, deranged, Harold Schechter, homesick for another world, Jodi Taylor, killing my kindle, lies damned lies and history, oathbringer, Ottessa Moshfegh, podcast, Rick Riordan, stormlight archive, the burning maze, the trials of apollo

prisco's CBR10 Review No:71 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: brandon sanderson, Chronicles of St. Mary's, cosmere, deranged, Harold Schechter, homesick for another world, Jodi Taylor, killing my kindle, lies damned lies and history, oathbringer, Ottessa Moshfegh, podcast, Rick Riordan, stormlight archive, the burning maze, the trials of apollo ·
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These kids are much tougher than I ever would be

May 10, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Any time I see a trailer for a movie that is also a book, I usually rush out and read the book.  I saw the trailer for this movie, and I knew I was headed to the library. They gist of these books (there are three, so you know I’ll be reading all three!) is that all children in the world either die of a brain disease (horribly), or they have unusual powers. The change usually comes around age ten for all of the children.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Alexandra Bracken, colors, Darkest Minds, kids

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Alexandra Bracken, colors, Darkest Minds, kids ·
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