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Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game is a science fiction novel for everyone. Call it either gateway science fiction or the exception to the rule, Orson Scott Card crafted a little novel that got people talking in a big way. Twenty-eight years after i...
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The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith
This intriguing murder mystery was recently revealed to have been written by one of the bestselling authors of all time, J. K. Rowling. Her work on Harry Potter inspired wonderment, and her recent Casual Vacancy gave readers an...
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Gorgeous prose from an award-winning author who has reached new heights, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is elegant, magical, while bleeding and writhing before our eyes. Don’t miss this short yet beautiful tale of a man...
Book Lists
How to Impress a Girl at a Cocktail Party: a Suggested Reading List
The literary approach to making conversation is to connect what you have read to something the person might be interested in. Steer away from obscure or overly academic works, favoring popular culture references. Indicating tha...
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Binge-reading: Book Lists to Devour
Whether you think of it this way or not, you’ve probably been binge-reading all your life. My first big foray into binge-reading was a series called The Saddle Club, about three girls having crazy horse-related adventures in th...
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Reading Abroad: Books to Read When You Don’t Speak the Language
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner “First novels by poets” is a genre that should have its own section in the bookstore. This semi-autobiographical bildungsroman follows Adam, a young poet abroad on a Fulbright fellowship...
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
In Helene Wecker’s compulsively readable debut novel, supernatural worlds collide as a female golem, Chava, and a jinni, Ahmad, meet on the streets of 19th century Lower Manhattan. Each is the product of a magical acciden...
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Diviners by Libba Bray
Ever Played With a Ouiji Board? The characters from this book probably should not have! The Diviners by Libba Bray is set in prohibition era New York City, where Evie O’Neil has been sent due to some scandal in her home t...
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Novels for Gamers: What to Read if You Love Video Games
If you’re a gamer, you might have a hard time keeping busy during the next couple of months. The biggest games of the year have already been released-Far Cry 3 lived up to the incredible hype and Tomb Raider ...
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Book Review: Under the Bright Lights by Daniel Woodrell
Under the Bright Lights by Daniel Woodrell is a Deep South crime noir with prose drunk on poetry. This book is part one of The Bayou Trilogy, and the author’s first published (1986) novel. Since its publication, Woodrell has go...
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