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The Last Human Reviw

The Last Human Reviw

A five star review from me, but probably a 4.5 star review overall, simply for the fact that this book will not appeal to everyone. Sarya is the galaxy’s worst nightmare: a Human.But most days, she doesn’t feel like the most terrifying creature in the galaxy. No, most days, she’s got other things on her mind. Like hiding her identity among the hundreds of alien species roaming the corridors of…

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Covid Testing is NOT Supposed to Hurt

Covid Testing is NOT Supposed to Hurt

I have heard, time and time again, of people avoiding Covid testing because they don’t feel like having a q-tip shoved up into their brain by a sociopathic nurse, Egyptian mummy style. This is understandable. It hurts. It’s gross. It’s invasive. But, guess what? Covid tests are NOT supposed to hurt. The swab that you use only has to be put up your nose until it meets resistance, similar in…

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Switch to my new site

Switch to my new site

Finally, after much craziness and many tears of frustration, I have switched my Blog over to a new hosting platform. While many of you will be redirected, sadly, any followers who follow this blog through WordPress.com will need to subscribe again. If you like. If you remember subscribing in the first place.

Anywho, the new blog’s domain is the same, you can see it here.

Goodbye beautiful rainbow…

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YA and Adult Novels: Top Ten Recommendations

YA and Adult Novels: Top Ten Recommendations

Do you ever find yourself bored to death and in need of non-crappy book to read? Well look no further. Here are some books to try out if you find yourself in need of a thought provoking novel, or a simple, enjoyable YA. Feel free to post any good recommendations of your own!

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Tell the Wind and Fire Review

Tell the Wind and Fire Review

  Lucie Manette was born in the Dark half of the city, but careful manipulations won her a home in the Light, celebrity status, and a rich, loving boyfriend. Now she just wants to keep her head down, but her boyfriend has a dark secret of his own—one involving an apparent stranger who is destitute and despised.

Lucie alone knows of the deadly connection the young men share, and even as the…

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Random Blog Post Number Three. (Genetics, baby!)

Random Blog Post Number Three. (Genetics, baby!)

Hello readers, and welcome to another day of random fact blog posts. So far we’ve covered archery and cooking. So, following this trend, today will be about genetics! (Just kidding, there is no logic, life is anarchy). Today, we will be learning how to understand your own DNA, some facts about the human genome, and how to destroy the world with some time and a $300 Crispr kit!

Hear me out.…

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The Belles Review

Author: Dhonielle Clayton Publication Date: February 6, 2018 Buy Now on Indiebound The cover of The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton is Barbie Dreamhouse pink, with sparkles and roses adorning the cover. Inside is a map of the fictional island setting, beautifully detailed in hot pink and white. On the front of the cover is a beautiful girl (although her eyebrows are a little scary) in fancy dress…

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Bridge of the Gods Guest Review

Bridge of the Gods Guest Review

I received this book from the author. This is my honest review. Thank you to the author for letting read your work! I am huge Percy Jackson fan. To be honest, I have not read the books, only watched the movies. When I was given the chance to read and review Bridge of The Gods, I was excited. The book blurb lead me to believe it would be similar to Percy Jackson. The only thing in common was the…

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Bury What We Cannot Take Guest Review

Bury What We Cannot Take Guest Review

Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen Genre: Historical Fiction Published on: March 20th 2018 by Little A My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ **I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review** Great cover, great synopsis, awesome title. So why not read it? (more…)

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In Other Lands Review

In Other Lands Review

Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Publication Date: August 15, 2017 Buy Now from Indiebound               In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan is probably my favorite book I’ve read this year. So if you plan on reading just one of the books I’ve recommended this year, read this. First I have to give a disclaimer. I was not intrigued by the plot summary. A boy discovers that he can see the Borderlands, a…

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Guest Review of Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel

Guest Review of Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel

Black Bird of the Gallows Black Bird of the Gallows #1 by Meg Kassel Publisher: Entangled Teen Release Date: September 5, 2017 Genre: YA Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Pages: 300 Add it on Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full. Angie Dovage can tell there’s more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her…

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How to Properly Caramelize Onions

How to Properly Caramelize Onions

Hello loyal readers. It is time for yet another of my (soon to be) famous random informational posts! Last time we learned the basics of how to shoot a bow and arrow. Today we will be discussing something even cooler. How to properly caramelize onions. Now, just for the record, I can’t stand onions. They are slimy, smelly, weird tasting, and just generally unpleasant to find in your food. This is…

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The Book of Dust Full Review

Publication Date: October 19, 2017

Author: Philip Pullman

Malcolm’s parents run an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new: intrigue.

He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust—and the spy it was intended for finds him. When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he sees suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl—just a baby—named Lyra.

The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman had so much potential. The world he had created decades ago with The Golden Compass was already fully fleshed out. He had a dedicated following of adults and teens who had grown up with his novels, and were just itching for this prequel to come out.

Sadly, I don’t think this book lived up to the hype. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t good. It was simply slow, and the characters mildly interesting. In fact, I only, truly got invested at the very end, and by then the story was over. Ironically so were the characters, because the next book in this series will be about Lyra, the protagonist from the author’s last series, set when she’s in her 20’s.

Okay, the good:

Once again, the world was rich, full of complex, realistic people.

The main character was smart. He made intelligent choices, which gave him some redeeming quality. A book can definitely get away with making their main characters flawed, but not when they’re kind of boring.

The church was super scary. Like in The Golden Compass, the church of Lyra’s world was intense and evil. In The Book of Dust we get to see them rise to power, which was interesting, as well as see the other side of the church, the side that wasn’t into murder and corruption.

It was well written. Obviously.

The two main characters were the younger versions of, cleverly, minor characters in the beginning of The Golden Compass. But its not obvious who. Try and figure it out.

The Bad:

It was boring, to the point where I finished it in a day trying to get to the interesting bit.

All the action was pretty trippy and, while I liked the non-linear time thing they were going for (no spoilers, can’t explain), the protagonists randomly just meeting a bunch of random mythological creatures with no explanation was kind of odd. At least in The Golden Compass, all of Lyra’s mythological meetings were somewhat explained. The world of the dead was just another world in the multiverse, ect. Here it was…out of place.

Lastly, the most exciting parts seemed to be when they talked about characters from The Golden Compass  It shouldn’t be like that. The protagonists in this book should be compelling enough on their own

I can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out, as Pullman goes back to the characters we know and love and abandons the prequel approach. But still, I think there was a lot of potential for this book and, while it was by no means bad, it simply wasn’t that exciting. 3/5 stars

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All The Ugly and Wonderful Things

This book. My God. I am so glad to have read it, especially because it was a book I might have never chosen to read on my own. I can confidently say this book messed me up, blew my mind, and after I picked up the pieces, made me look at the world in a completely different way. Easiest 5 stars ever.

Full review here: https://whoneedssleep.blog/reviews/all-the-ugly-and-wonderful-things/

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The Reader (Sea of Ink and Gold Review)

Four out of five stars. Not bad!

The review is here: https://whoneedssleep.blog/reviews/the-reader-sea-of-ink-and-gold/

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Follow the Flow Chart to Find Your Next Book

Start at the question about YA novels, and work your way through to find the book that’ll be best for you!