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Twilight: the Relationship Killer?
Four(ish) years ago, after a semester of reading Thomas Hardy and Naturalism I started reading the Twilight series over the...
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Anna Dressed in Blood – Kendare Blake (2012)
Picture Sam from Supernatural + The Scoobies from Buffy the Vampire Slayer + Dexter + that episode of Bones where Brennan wakes up in...
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Starcrossed – Josephine Angelini (2011)
Helen lives on the island of Nantucket with her father. She has lived there all her life, and despite hating the ocean, Helen doesn’t...
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Waterfall – Lisa T. Bergren (2011)
For this review I should be very clear about two things: I listened to the audio book instead of reading it I emphatically dislike...
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Hemlock – Kathleen Peacock (2012)
Mac (Mackenzie), Amy, Jason, and Kyle were best friends. The four of them went every where, and did everything together. Until the night...
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Hereafter – Tara Hudson (2011)
Amelia is dead. She doesn’t remember who she is, she doesn’t remember her family, she doesn’t remember her friends, she doesn’t feel...
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Ripple – Mandy Hubbard (2011)
The night of her sixteenth birthday Lexi’s world changed forever, it is the night she killed the man she loved. Two years later, every...
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Tales from The Hood – Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (2008)
After Mr. Canis is arrested in Magic and Other Misdemeanors, a brutally skewed court finds him guilty of the murders perpetrated by the...
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Rupert (1995 & 1997)
Rupert and Mum’s Adventure Rupert – Season Four (1995) Rupert and Mum are on their way to Nutchester to do some shopping when they...
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Creepy Castle – John S. Goodall (1975)
A lovely story about two medieval mice, and their adventure into a castle. A sinister looking rat makes an appearance, creeping behind...
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Magic and Other Misdemeanors – Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (2008)
Someone has been stealing the powerful magical possession of some of Ferryport Landing’s most powerful Everafters. It is up to Sabrina...
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Once Upon a Crime – Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (2008)
The fourth in The Sisters Grimm series, this book begins seconds after The Problem Child ends. Puck, still badly injured from his fight...
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The Problem Child – Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (2007)
The third book in The Sisters Grimm series, this book begins seconds after The Unusual Suspects ends. Puck and Sabrina are face to face...
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The Unusual Suspects – Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (2005)
The second book in The Sisters Grimm series, this book begins seconds after The Fairy-tale Detectives ends. Sabrina and Daphne under...
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The Princess Bride – (1987)
What do you get when you cross a love story with a cult classic? True Love. Easily one of my favourite movies, but better for the action,...
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No Future For You Vol.2 – Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty (2008)
A continuation of season 8, a rogue Slayer gets caught up using her power for evil. Giles seeks out Faith to eliminate the threat in...
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Ghosts of Albion: The Adventures of Tamara Swift – Amber Benson & Christopher Golden (2005)
Siblings William and Tamara Swift inherited more than their grandfather’s house when the old man died. Their grandfather, who they...
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The Magician – Michael Scott (2008)
The second book in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, this book begins seconds after The Alchemyst ends. Nicolas,...
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Meridian – Amber Kizer (2010)
The first creatures to seek me were the insects; my parents cleaned the bassinet free of dead ants the morning after they brought me home...
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The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman (2008)
One night a two-year-old child wanders from his house and into the night. His wandering and curiosity saved him from the man who had come...
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