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  • the traitor's game
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    Blog Tour: The Traitor’s Game Review

    Nothing is as it seems in the kingdom of Antora. Kestra Dallisor has spent three years in exile in the Lava Fields, but that won’t stop her from being drawn back into her father’s palace politics. He’s the right hand man of the cruel king, Lord Endrick, which makes Kestra…

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  • the names they gave us
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    Review: The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord

    When it all falls apart, who can you believe in?   Everything is going right for Lucy Hansson, until her mom’s cancer reappears. Just like that, Lucy breaks with all the constants in her life: her do-good boyfriend, her steady faith, even her longtime summer church camp job.   Instead,…

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  • midnight at the electric
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    Review: Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson

    Divided by time. Ignited by a spark.   Kansas, 2065. Adri has secured a slot as a Colonist—one of the lucky few handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks before launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house over a hundred years ago, and is…

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  • tool of war
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    Review: Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi

    This third book in a major series by a bestselling science fiction author, Printz Award winner, and National Book Award finalist is the gripping story of the most provocative character from his acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities.   Tool, a half-man/half-beast designed for combat, is capable of…

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  • our dark duet
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    Review: Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

    THE WORLD IS BREAKING. AND SO ARE THEY. KATE HARKER isn’t afraid of monsters. She hunts them. And she’s good at it. AUGUST FLYNN once yearned to be human. He has a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost. THE WAR HAS BEGUN. THE MONSTERS…

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  • rules of rain
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    ARC Review: Rules of Rain by Leah Scheier

    A dramatic new novel about the bond between a teen and her twin brother.   Rain has taken care of Ethan all of her life. Before she even knew what autism meant, she’s been her twin brother’s connection to the hostile world around him. She’s always prepared—when her father abandons…

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  • the monday musts
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    Monday Musts: Scythe; Lee Eun Mi; and MixNine

    The Mondays Musts is a feature by Jessica @ Lovin’ los Libros! Every Monday, you post about your must read, must listen, and must see.  Must Read Thou shalt kill.   A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has…

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  • the red leather diary
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    Review: The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel

    Rescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an extraordinary young woman. For more than half a century, the red leather diary lay silent, languishing inside a steamer trunk, its worn cover crumbling into little flakes.…

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    Review: Scythe by Neal Shusterman

    Thou shalt kill.   A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: November Music Update

    It’s Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted on Tuesdays by The Broke and the Bookish. The theme for today is music I’ve been listening to lately. This is a monthly feature done in TTT format. The first five are non-Korean, the last five are Korean. Sweet Dreams…

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