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Radiant Lit, Caged No More, and other sundry things.
Hello all! It’s been a WHILE since I have been in touch here and I apologize for that. The past few weeks have been incredibly crazy and we’ve had an insane number of things all hit at once! First, Radiant Lit was down for about 8 weeks. We suffered a huge hacking attack and it continued on and on despite our attempts to keep it up. It took moving it to a new hosting service and changing a LOT of the back end, but it’s finally back up! Now we just need to dig out from the crazy. Now, though, comes to the bigger reason. I have been, for the…
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Review: Dreamtreaders by Wayne Thomas Batson
Dreamtreaders by Wayne Thomas Batson Genre: YA Publisher: Thomas Nelson Date: May 13, 2014 Archer Keaton isn’t your typical fourteen year old. He’s got all the usual issues of school and girls and some difficult family dynamics, but it’s much more than that. He’s one of an elite group of people who can walk people’s dreams. Every night, he explores dreams, fixes fissures that could let the dreams seep into the real world, and sometimes, he battles evil forces. All of that is about to get amped up to a much larger degree than he’s ever imagined. Two of his fellow Dreamtreaders have gone missing so now Archer is on…
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Book Review: Illuminae
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Genre: YA, Science Fiction Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Date: October 20, 2015 Kady Grant is ready to dump her boyfriend, Ezra. She’s convinced that’s going to be one of the hardest things she’s ever had to do. Except that shortly after she dumps him, the covert mining operation where she lives (off world) gets attacked by a competing mining company. In one day the drama in her life goes from teenage romance to life and death struggles. Literally. Now she and Ezra must survive in this post attack climate. They need to re-navigate everything they’ve ever learned or understood. In reading…
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Book Spotlight: Grey by Christi J. Whitney
A little while ago, Christi Whitney asked me if I would please review her book, Grey. Christi is a great friend and I love everything she does (we’re Whovian friends and you know that means a special sort of friendship, right?) so I agreed. Though I really enjoyed the story, I was honest with Christi about not being a fan of supernatural books/romance. Vampires, werewolves, zombies…just not my thing. So I didn’t feel like I could do a review of the book since I’ve made a pretty public stand against those sorts of books. (Confusing eh? Because I did like this book – the writing is excellent and the storyline…
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Review: Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schulz
Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schulz Genre: Children’s Publisher: Disney Hyperion Date: September 15, 2015 Jocelyn Hook isn’t an adventurer. She’s a pirate and anyone within her general radius knows it. Her father, the famed Captain Hook, left behind a map to his treasure and she’s not about to let anyone else get it. Not her father’s enemies or the enemies she’s managed to gather throughout her short lifespan. Unfortunately, life doesn’t always give you exactly what you’d like, so Jocelyn’s trek manages to get off her preferred course pretty quickly. In fact, at one point, she even manages to meet her long dead mother when she’s a teenager. It’s Neverland after…
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Review: The Sword and the Song by C.E. Laureano
The Sword and the Song by C.E. Laureano Genre: Fantasy Publisher: NavPress Date: August 20, 2015 The end is coming. It’s going to be big, dramatic and there is no way that the Brotherhood or the villages are going to come out of it unscathed. Connor knows this. Eoghan knows this, and so does Aine. But what are they supposed to do about it? That’s the question. Pregnant, worried for her husband and aware of all the pain around her, Aine is doing her best to hold everything together. She knows that Eoghan has feelings for her and she can’t help but wonder if it’s her power that is making it happen…
