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The Other Magic starts out as three stories that spiral around each other... Grobennar is a high priest who finds himself losing his power to a rival and only the retrieval of a magical boy might win back the favor of the his boss. Kibure is that young slave who discovers a raw magic inside... Continue Reading →
In some ways November was short, but in others, it seemed really long. We were off from school/ work for the last week of Oct, then back for three weeks, and Thanksgiving week came... And now only a couple more weeks until Xmas break! It's been quite a weird end to this semester. Blogging has... Continue Reading →
Dina Lance has enough trouble as a normal middle-schooler, but when things start blowing up around her, life becomes interesting. She's in a rock band and may try out for the cheer team... the only person in her way seems to be the principal who suspects her of repeatedly destroying school property. This is a... Continue Reading →
A special category on PaulsPicks for this one: I got through it in less than one day. Darius is just a fantastic character who you will want to follow along with. Two key parts of Khorram's book with stick with me: his treatment of mental illness and male friendships. Darius is being treated for depression.... Continue Reading →
Taako, Magnus, and Merle are back! And they've decided to join the Bureau of Balance. Their tasks will take them all over the kingdoms retrieving magical 'weapons of mass destruction' and bringing them back to the moon for disposal. The first job is to take over a mission for another agent who wasn't able to... Continue Reading →
"Trust the lord!" A crypto-thriller, a rogue AI, a morality test? What is The God Game? A simple text-based chatbot/game is found by one of a group of high school friends in Austin, Tx. The crew call themselves the Vindicators, a group of outcasts who hang out in the computer room at lunch. They do... Continue Reading →
Alek Fitz is back... it's a couple months after the events of Uncanny Collateral and Ada has another job for her favorite reaper. A thrall has run away from his vampire master. (A thrall is a human who signs a contract of servitude in exchange for eventually turning into a vampire and with it immortality.)... Continue Reading →
Force Collector is a trip around the universe checking in on past events, artifacts, and Jedi history. A survey course of Jedi lore! This book reminded me a lot of Claudia Gray's Lost Stars. Whereas the characters in Gray's novel live through the events in episode 4-6, Shinick's main character, Karr Nuq Sinn, is a young... Continue Reading →
My son was sick a couple weeks ago and we were watching waaaaay too much TV. We flipped over the NetFlix and found this new show called The Last Kids on Earth. We loved it. Zombies and Monsters and a Tricked Out TreeHouse! The premise: A group of middle schoolers find each other after a... Continue Reading →
