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Rather Be Reading

I'm better at writing than talking, and better at reading than either.

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March
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September 2013
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September 2013
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September 2013
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September 2013
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I almost lemmed this at 25%. I’m glad that I kept reading- not because the book got significantly better, but because I don’...
The Maze Runner - James Dashner
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September 2013
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I lemmed the audiobook version of this book. Long story short: World War Z, but with robots. A soldier doing clean up work...
Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson
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September 2013
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August 2013
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General Alex Dumas is the original black superhero. [/review]
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo - Tom Reiss
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August 2013
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I've never watched any of the many Frankenstein movies. All I knew of the story was clips of angry peasants holding pitchfor...
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
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August 2013
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Seraphina Dombegh has just begun her new job as assistant to the court composer when Prince Rufus is murdered, in a suspiciou...
Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
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August 2013
02
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Meh. I tend to avoid novels that feature magic chicks who get involved in supernatural politics. But this was on a list of ...
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
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July 2013
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A straight-forward, honest account of the life of a slave. Mr Douglass's writing is at times blunt and brutal, at other time...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass
July 2013
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When my sister was looking for a frothy, and-they-all-live-happily-ever-after romance, I gave her some of my Beverly Jenkins ...
Topaz - Beverly Jenkins
July 2013
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Uuuuuuggggghhhhhh!I was delighted to discover a romance where the "desert prince" lusts after a black woman. I waited till Su...
Delaney's Desert Sheikh - Brenda Jackson
July 2013
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June 2013
26
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It's been a few months since I read this, but I realized I'd not reviewed it and wanted to put in a few words.I can't express...
Lilith's Brood: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago - Octavia E. Butler
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I initially read Cinder because it was on a list of novels with characters of color. And the idea sounded fascinating: Cinde...
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
May 2013
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April 2013
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April 2013
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February 2013
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February 2013
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2013
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October 2012
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October 2012
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A young man addicted to a virtual reality MMORG discovers the first clue in the ultimate Easter Egg scavenger hunt. As a res...
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
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October 2012
20
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Spock's World features a plot that terrified the Trekkie in me: Will Vulcan cede from the Federation?I'm not going to get to...
Spock's World - Diane Duane
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