In a fantasy world, the dragons have all been banished, allowing humans to thrive. Elves and Goblins are also aI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
In a fantasy world, the dragons have all been banished, allowing humans to thrive. Elves and Goblins are also around. The magic is divided into colors. all the wizards have to wear the color of the school of magic they belong to.
A representative of each color is recruited to steal a magical object. That's right, a heist where all the principles are wizards.
Then we get some Millennial type flirting. I guess it's supposed to be funny, but it's unspeakably sad.
There's a lot of tension once the heist gets started.
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I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
In a fantasy world, the dragons have all been banished, allowing humans to thrive. Elves and Goblins are also around. The magic is divided into colors. all the wizards have to wear the color of the school of magic they belong to.
A representative of each color is recruited to steal a magical object. That's right, a heist where all the principles are wizards.
Then we get some Millennial type flirting. I guess it's supposed to be funny, but it's unspeakably sad.
There's a lot of tension once the heist gets started.
Merged review:
I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
In a fantasy world, the dragons have all been banished, allowing humans to thrive. Elves and Goblins are also around. The magic is divided into colors. all the wizards have to wear the color of the school of magic they belong to.
A representative of each color is recruited to steal a magical object. That's right, a heist where all the principles are wizards.
Then we get some Millennial type flirting. I guess it's supposed to be funny, but it's unspeakably sad.
There's a lot of tension once the heist gets started.
Merged review:
I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
In a fantasy world, the dragons have all been banished, allowing humans to thrive. Elves and Goblins are also around. The magic is divided into colors. all the wizards have to wear the color of the school of magic they belong to.
A representative of each color is recruited to steal a magical object. That's right, a heist where all the principles are wizards.
Then we get some Millennial type flirting. I guess it's supposed to be funny, but it's unspeakably sad.
There's a lot of tension once the heist gets started.
Merged review:
I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
In a fantasy world, the dragons have all been banished, allowing humans to thrive. Elves and Goblins are also around. The magic is divided into colors. all the wizards have to wear the color of the school of magic they belong to.
A representative of each color is recruited to steal a magical object. That's right, a heist where all the principles are wizards.
Then we get some Millennial type flirting. I guess it's supposed to be funny, but it's unspeakably sad.
There's a lot of tension once the heist gets started....more
Aliens come to Earth, bearing new technology and a cure for a kind of cancer. A girl is chosen as a student ambI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
Aliens come to Earth, bearing new technology and a cure for a kind of cancer. A girl is chosen as a student ambassador. The aliens look sort of human...but they have fangs and spots.
One of the aliens is conscripted and doesn't want to be on Earth.
I think you see where this is going...
Anyway, a bunch of crazy stuff happens in Nebraska, as pro and anti alien groups each try to do their own thing.
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Aliens come to Earth, bearing new technology and a cure for a kind of cancer. A girl is chosen as a student ambassador. The aliens look sort of human...but they have fangs and spots.
One of the aliens is conscripted and doesn't want to be on Earth.
I think you see where this is going...
Anyway, a bunch of crazy stuff happens in Nebraska, as pro and anti alien groups each try to do their own thing....more
A kid with heart problems has more problems when he falls victim to a plot between a hospital administrator, anI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A kid with heart problems has more problems when he falls victim to a plot between a hospital administrator, and various elites. The family goes to great lengths to save him, as they should.
A divorcee is able to see ghosts after many years of denial. The first ghost she sees directs her to find her cI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A divorcee is able to see ghosts after many years of denial. The first ghost she sees directs her to find her cousin, who is going through a dismal life starting with foster care.
It's the 1980's and some aimless youths have got themselves lost in the Nevada desert, when they see a motel. TI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
It's the 1980's and some aimless youths have got themselves lost in the Nevada desert, when they see a motel. They stop. Big mistake. The motel is seedy. Their car won't start. There's rumors of a death cult just outside of town.
Connect the dots. It's sort of like an 80's horror movie, but not as titillating....more
This is a book less about Sondheim, and more about how you can learn things from his various musicals. I read aI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
This is a book less about Sondheim, and more about how you can learn things from his various musicals. I read a book like this before, title The Mad Morality, about what you can learn from Mad Magazine.
While The Mad Morality was biblically based, even if in a 1960's liberal sort of way, this book is not. This is more based on post-modern morality, and doesn't really have much of a kick.
Out of them all, the one I found most interesting, possibly because I did not share the author's views, was the chapter on the play, Assassins. Perhaps it's because we've recently had two assassination attempts on a presidential candidate, that it seems a little too easy to blame the usual socio-economic factors on everything. I always found the play more than a little ahistorical, shaping history to fit Sondheim's views, but this one carries it even further.
To be honest, I think it shows how the entire genre (medium?) has been captured by the Left, and as result is becoming less and less relevant as an art form to the masses. Too bad....more
After several chapters showing why people don't get married anymore, super powered people fight a dragon, whichI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
After several chapters showing why people don't get married anymore, super powered people fight a dragon, which works for the devil. Even they say it seemed a little too easy.
Told in present tense, which gets points off from me....more
In a soft apocalypse, one moves up in a corporation by winning a fist fight against one's superior. A guy who iI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
In a soft apocalypse, one moves up in a corporation by winning a fist fight against one's superior. A guy who is almost retirement age is challenged by a kid from the mailroom. Exactly what this corporation does is anybody's guess. It's set in a "universe" of other books I haven't read, so I'm not up on everything. Effective, but not the story to start with....more
A girl in a bad situation at home makes a deal with the devil, and we know how those turn out.
I think a kid wouI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A girl in a bad situation at home makes a deal with the devil, and we know how those turn out.
I think a kid would have to be awfully young to be scared of this. I was mostly amused. Things get a little nuts at the end, as these books tend to do.
I think maybe 9 years old is the target for this book, even though the protagonist is 12....more
At a super-secret military base guarding a crashed alien space craft, two of the guards fall in love. They planI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
At a super-secret military base guarding a crashed alien space craft, two of the guards fall in love. They plan to escape, and the only way they can see to do that is to steal the alien.
There's the usual Twilight Zone twist.
The book is based on a dramatic podcast, and it does feel like it when read. I would say it's more Roger Corman than SyFy Channel, if that makes any sense.
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At a super-secret military base guarding a crashed alien space craft, two of the guards fall in love. They plan to escape, and the only way they can see to do that is to steal the alien.
There's the usual Twilight Zone twist.
The book is based on a dramatic podcast, and it does feel like it when read. I would say it's more Roger Corman than SyFy Channel, if that makes any sense....more
After his wife dies of cervical cancer, a man decides to walk around the coastline of England and Wales, in ordI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
After his wife dies of cervical cancer, a man decides to walk around the coastline of England and Wales, in order to raise awareness and funds. Cervical cancer is spread by a virus, and there is a vaccine that takes care of it, provided it is administered early enough. Unfortunately, thanks to various government officials, trust in vaccines is very low indeed. I felt sorry for the guy....more
A cyclops that works refining diamonds keeps getting headaches. This makes him grumpy, and he has problems withI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A cyclops that works refining diamonds keeps getting headaches. This makes him grumpy, and he has problems with his girlfriend, and goes on a quest to stop the headaches.
I'm not sure this was really for kids.
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A cyclops that works refining diamonds keeps getting headaches. This makes him grumpy, and he has problems with his girlfriend, and goes on a quest to stop the headaches.
A grad student in archaeology is in Peru to study the Nazca lines. After being in a plane crash, he finds a cavI won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A grad student in archaeology is in Peru to study the Nazca lines. After being in a plane crash, he finds a cave, that just happens to be an extraterrestrial ship.
They go into space, become rebels facing an overwhelming authority, and...it's a lot like Star Wars, without The Jedi. But they do have Navigators, who are able to navigate though The Void.
Fast moving and thrilling, if a bit derivative....more
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