Category: Sci-Fi
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DNF at 27% – The Martian by Andy Weir
I just don’t get the Hype. Format: Audible, Running Time: 10hrs 59min Publisher: Audible Studios Publication date: 01 Jan 2020 ASIN: B082BGX3CG Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Waterstones | Barnes & Noble Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now,…
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Review – Blood Red by Jason Bovberg
Format: Kindle, 276 pages Publisher: Permuted Press Publication date: 07 April 2014 ASIN: B00JK1UW4E Links: Goodreads | Amazon US First line: “Rachel!” Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Rachel is 19. She doesn’t know how to handle her new stepmother, let alone the end of the world. But after finding her stepmother dead, Rachel is suddenly racing against time—and…
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Review – Earthfall by Mark Walden
Format: Paperback, 288 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Publication date: 07 July 2012 ISBN: 9781408815663 Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US First line: “The boy ran down the rain-soaked street, weaving between abandoned cars.” Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Sam wakes to see strange vessels gathered in the skies around London. As he stares up, people stream…
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Review – Within the Light by Carly Fall
Format: Paperback, 458 pages Publisher: Westward Publishing Publication date: 31 October 2011 ISBN-13: 9781479128662 Links: Amazon US First line: “Noah had seen a lot of dead bodies in his time.” Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ When Abby and Noah meet, there is an explosive attraction between them that neither can deny… As a shy, awkward, social misfit, Abby…
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Review – Lexicon by Max Barry
Format: Paperback, 400 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books Publication date: 20 June 2013 ISBN-13: 9781444764659 Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US First line: “He’s coming around.” Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren’t taught history, geography, or mathematics—they are taught to persuade. Students learn to use language to…
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Review – Exodus by Paul Anthony Jones
Format: Paperback, 302 pages Publisher: 47North Publication date: 11 June 2013 ISBN-13: 9781477805060 Links: Goodreads | Amazon US First line: “Commander Fiona Mulligan had made a habit out of watching the sunrise.” Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Reporter Emily Baxter survived the alien red rain that blanketed and annihilated the human race. But after the downpour, and the…
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Review – Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Format: Paperback, 418 pages Publisher: 47North Publication date: 23 July 2013 ISBN-13: 9781611099690 Links: Goodreads | Amazon US First line: “The radio host had said there was a war coming, said it like he was looking forward to it, and Cooper, coatless and chilly in the desert evening, was thinking that the radio man was…
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Review – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Format: Paperback, 384 pages Publisher: Century Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Waterstones It’s the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We’re out of oil. We’ve wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending…
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Waiting On Wednesday – The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating. This Weeks Choice: THE FUTURE OF US by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. Expected Publication Date: November 21, 2011 (US) January 5, 2012 (UK) Blurb taken from Goodreads: It’s…
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Cover Reveal – Wicked As They Come by Delilah S Dawson
OMG! I want to read this book so bad, I can almost TASTE it! Due to be released in Spring 2012 and I CAN NOT WAIT!. So I’m trawling google for book reviews, news, cover pics… and this pic hover’s onto the radar WOW! Meet Criminy Stain. Steampunk, Vampire’s, Top hat’s, Circus Freak’s…. Oh yeah,…