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Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld

Uglies is the first book of a trilogy (later expanded to 4 books) that takes place in a dystopian (yay!) world where teenagers grow up in Ugly-town until they are 16, at which time they are moved across the river … Continue reading

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The Daily Show (the book), by Chris Smith

aka Reliving my favourite Daily Show moments There is no real reason to buy this book unless you LOVED watching Jon Stewart host The Daily Show (I did). It is a chronological collection of anecdotes in the form of short … Continue reading

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The Particle at the End of the Universe, Sean Carroll

Science books make me so happy! In July 2012, scientists from the CERN Large Hadron Collider announced to the world that it looked very much like they had found the elusive Higgs boson. This was super-exciting for nerds like me, … Continue reading

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The Murder Wall, by Mari Hannah

The Murder Wall A challenging book to read, it is not well written and abrupt transitions in the narrative give it a choppy feel that is difficult to get into to. The author uses several awkward techniques in her writing style, … Continue reading

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Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven After reading this book last year and loving it, I picked it for my BBCE book club selection. I decided to reread it, partly because I loved it so much and partly because I wanted it to be … Continue reading

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Nothing to See Here

I Let You Go, by Clare Mackintosh I have been procrastinating on this post for 2 full months. I really enjoyed this book, and have lots to say on it, however there is literally no way  I can think of … Continue reading

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Foreigner, Robert J. Sawyer

Foreigner Book Three of the Quintaglio Ascension My least favourite of the trilogy, Foreigner takes on more than it can chew (no pun intended). After introducing us to the Quintaglio society through the adventures of Asfan, the Galileo of their … Continue reading

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The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood

The Heart Goes Last We had a very lengthy and interesting conversation about this book in my mini book club. The writing seems quite light and almost silly, especially when considering a few of Atwood’s more concentrated books, like The … Continue reading

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Fossil Hunter, Robert J. Sawyer

Fossil Hunter Book Two of the Quintaglio Ascension In this trilogy, the Quintaglio race discovers that their world is a spherical moon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet, and that the tidal forces resulting from their proximity to the planet will break … Continue reading

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Far-Seer, Robert J. Sawyer

Far-Seer Book One of the Quintaglio Ascension Far-Seer is the first book in a trilogy that takes place on a world where dinosaurs rather than homo sapiens have evolved into the intelligent species. Book one follows the discoveries of a … Continue reading

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