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“We can only be responsible for what we ourselves do.”

June 9, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

For whatever reason, I always feel the need to explain in my reviews how I came to read the book I’m reviewing. I think it helps center me before I jump into the analysis (if I manage to get to the analysis and not just the summary). This one is easy… I blame you people. Based on gushing reviews of Diana Peterfreund’s series I picked up For Darkness Shows the Stars and then read the short stories, which should each be read before their matching […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: across a star-swept sea, diana peterfreund, faintingviolet, For Darkness Shows the Stars, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: across a star-swept sea, diana peterfreund, faintingviolet, For Darkness Shows the Stars, read harder challenge ·
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I want to be Persis Blake when I grow up.

September 23, 2014 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

Here’s how I would break down 2014: BDF and ADF. That’s Before Diana Peterfreund (January – June), and After Diana Peterfreund (July- today). Back in July, while shopping for books to bring on vacation, my favorite book-seller recommended For Darkness Shows the Stars to me. She promised I would like it, and I was helping support a local author, so I picked it up AND IT WAS AWESOME. A futuristic, dystopian re-telling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, I ate it up and told everyone I knew about […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, across a star-swept sea, diana peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR6 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, across a star-swept sea, diana peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars, Scootsa1000 ·
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Persis Blake is my new hero

January 11, 2014 by LibraryRappsody Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: across a star-swept sea, diana peterfreund, Fiction, persis blake, sci-fi, YA, Young Adult

LibraryRappsody's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: across a star-swept sea, diana peterfreund, Fiction, persis blake, sci-fi, YA, Young Adult ·
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