Monthly Archives: February 2009

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight Saga, Book 4)

February 27, 2009 – 11:59 pm

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) Author: Stephenie Meyer Reader: Ilyana Kadushin and Matt Walters Short Review: Your patience is rewarded and the camera pulls back to show you the full picture of where we have been headed across the landscape of these 4 extravagant novels. For me this was a very satisfying conclusion [...]

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

February 25, 2009 – 10:34 am

 The Graveyard Book  Author: Neil Gaiman  Reader: Neil Gaiman  Short Review: Neil Gaiman reads his Newbery Medal winning book beautifully. His nod to Kipling’s The Jungle Book is just scary enough, intriguing, inventive, well-written, enchanting . . . it’s downright wonderful. I loved Bod, Silas, Scarlett, Liza, Miss Lupescu, and the rest of the graveyard’s [...]

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The Likeness by Tana French

February 17, 2009 – 10:31 am

The Likeness Author: Tana French Reader: Heather O’Neill Short Review: Tana French’s strong second novel read beautifully by Heather O’Neill. In this sequel to In the Woods, we follow Cassie Maddox in a strange undercover murder investigation. Cassie gets back on her feet and then gets knocked right back off balance imitating her deceased doppelganger [...]

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Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

February 8, 2009 – 11:08 am

Going Postal Author: Terry Pratchett Reader: Stephen Briggs Short Review: Another very entertaining Discworld novel read wonderfully by Stephen Briggs. This story follows forcible-reformed former con-artist Moist von Lipwig (a.k.a. Albert Spangler) as he attempts to reform the Ankh-Morpork post office at the behest of Lord Vetinari. The story teems with great characters, intrigue, technomancy, [...]

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