Fiction
Book Spotlight: Orphan Planet by Rex Burke
Book 1 in the 'Odyssey Earth' series – a feelgood SciFi space adventure With Earth in crisis, humans are travelling deep into space. But humanity’s future just took a wrong turn. A seventeen-year colony-ship voyage – a straight shot to a new planet. Handpicked, single-minded crew, and a thousand settlers in hypersleep. No children, no families, no fuss. That was the plan, anyway. Captain Juno Washington commands a ship of loners and oddballs. The teenagers of the Odyssey Earth didn’t ask to be born, and face an uncertain future. And Jordan Booth really didn’t want to be woken up early. After an unexpected change of course, relationships are tested like never before. If they listen to advice, pull together and stop squabbling, they might just make it. Yeah, right. Good luck with that.
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
My secret my bully mate
Ava had always been different. She could feel it in the quiet strength that simmered beneath her skin, in the way her senses sharpened on the full moon, and in the strange dreams that haunted her sleep. But in high school, the last thing she wanted was to stand out. In a world where fitting in was currency, being different was dangerous.
By Taviii🇨🇦♐️2 years ago in BookClub
Labyrinth
The other day, I watched a video on YouTube speaking about the novel for the film 'Labyrinth' that came out to accompany it. From the moment the content creator started explaining it, I knew I was going to hate it -- hate it with every fiber of my being. The reason for that is that 'Labyrinth' is the only movie I can think of that accomplishes something special and the way the novel was envisioned destroys what the film was capable of. Just by way of research, the novel was written by A.C.H. Smith (the original screenplay for the film was written by Jim Henson, Terry Jones, and Dennis Lee) to coincide with the release of the film. Jim Henson oversaw the novel and it was published with his creative permission.
By Stephanie Van Orman2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
I liked We Were Liars. It's a book which is to be respected for the way in which the truth is unfurled throughout the book; in the way that the author keeps us guessing from start to finish; in the way that secrets that divide are dripped into the narrative.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Fragments
Chapter - 1 He awakens, his hair tousled, and senses a dizzy spell washing over him. Clink. The sound interrupts his stretch as he extends his legs. A smattering of beer bottles litters the floor. Fumbling around, he pats on the floor. locates his phone—its screen cracked halfway. He unlocks it to a cascade of emails.
By Nitesh Sinha2 years ago in BookClub
When Women Were Dragons . Top Story - November 2024.
The author, Kelly Barnhill, created a rich and fascinating world that parallels America's history in many ways. I found the book relevant in this 2024 U.S. presidential election season, where misogyny and the continued desire to control women are prevalent. The populace in the novel bans the discussion of dragons and does their best to ignore the facts of any metamorphosis.
By Andrea Corwin 2 years ago in BookClub
Cover Reveal: So Sing the Barrows by Steve Hugh Westenra
In a deep dark wood, a deep dark secret festers, and an exiled Nordic witch must uncover the face of a murderer who wears the mask of a death god. Vengeance, survival, and the lives of her friends demand it.Wytha Naemisdottir is a witch, banished to the frigid mainland for failing to save her king's newborn child. If she can find a gift worthy of the king's forgiveness, Wytha can return home alongside her warrior lover and misfit companions. But the mainland is contested territory, and its dense woods are haunted. A black-robed stranger watches her from the coastline, the fishermen who greet her have taken to worshipping a foreign god with ties to Wytha's southern heritage, and rumours abound of an invader whose vanguard is picking off villages one by one. Worse still, someone is summoning spectral barrow-wights that attack Wytha's people. Creatures straight out of myth, pitch-black and faceless, the wights can separate skin from bone with a touch. But uncovering the face of the summoner raises a disturbing question: is a stranger responsible, or is the summoner one of her cherished companions? As the search for answers entangles Wytha in the sinister politics of mainland, it reveals an uncomfortable connection between the revival of an ancient blood rite known as the wild hunt, the sly tactics of the eastern invader, and Wytha's own ancestral past. The deeper Wytha and her friends are driven into the forest, the further into disputed territory they find themselves, and the thinner Wytha's grasp on her sanity.
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Spotlight: Ordinary World by Jack T Canis
Life often boils down to simple questions with complex answers. Olivia Buchanan's question was simple, if twofold: 'Was sixteen year old Olivia Buchanan truly the culmination of a secret 30 year genome project, by a clandestine research organisation, to create the ultimate human in order to save humanity from itself? Or: Has she merely inherited her mother's delusional schizophrenia, spiralling her into a nightmarish hell created by a diseased and fractured mind?' Simple.
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Spotlight: On Silver Winds by Ava Smiddy
A reluctant Heir. A vengeful King. An alliance that could ruin them both. Adeline never wanted the crown, yet she remains bound by it. A daughter of the Snow Queen, she must uphold the sparkling reputation of her kingdom until she earns the right to campaign for the throne - or the right to concede it. But when royal tensions split the frozen lake at the heart of the kingdom, a dark King claws his way free of its icy depths. And history is rewritten. Kai has spent an eternity beneath the ice, with nothing but his rage to keep him warm. Now his only path to freedom lies in a false alliance with the descendants of his enemy. Deceiving them might be simple, even satisfying - if it weren’t for the lovely, roguish Princess Adeline and the warmth in her eyes when looks at him. As though she wants him. As though she trusts him. As though he could want and trust her too. With loyalties divided and secrets buried in ancient ice, Adeline and Kai must decide how far they’ll go to protect the futures of their people. Is a kingdom worth the price of a frozen heart?
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Spotlight: Nascent Witch by Melissa Bobe
Drowning in student debt and juggling countless part-time jobs, Sela Glaser is shocked to discover she’s about to become a witch. Sela quickly learns that magick comes with its own complications, especially when her past starts messing with her present powers. Can this temp turn things around before being a witch turns out to be just another disastrous hustle? NASCENT WITCH is a novel full of magic, mystery, and embittered millennials who are adulting as hard as they can, okay?
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Spotlight: Murder in Velvet by Sarah Wynne
13-year-old Grace loves her new charity shop coat. In fact, it’s perfect. Except for one tiny thing. When she wears it, she sees visions of the previous owner’s life ... and their murder! Grace and her best friend, Suzy, decide to investigate but digging up the past reveals secrets some people want to keep hidden. Can Grace stay one step ahead and solve a fifty-year-old murder or will she become the killer’s next victim? A gripping story of secrets and murder for fans of fast-paced middle grade thrillers.
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
