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Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King

When I was younger I remember being too scared to watch The Shining with my sister and mom thanks to that terrifying cover image of Nicholson bludgeoning his way through the door.

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Book Review: Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro

After playing The Last of Us it is asking a lot of a zombie book to compete with the narrative and experience provided by this video game.  Yet I wanted to stay with the genre, which is why I chose Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End.  That, and it was already on my kindle.  […]

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Book Review: Americana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think this book was supposed to be provocative, and I think the author tried her very best to be insightful… but it just wasn’t either of those things.  

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Book Review: The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

When I was growing up I had the nice stories of films like She’s All That to fill my head with the lies about the glory of teen makeovers for love; this week reading The Spectacular Now destroyed everything.

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Book Club In Session: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

As we’ve feared, from the moment E.T. struck fear in the hearts of every child on the planet, the aliens will not come in peace.  And when they do, they will come in waves.

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Book Club In Session: A Clash Of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 2) by George R. R. Martin

Because we both ended up reading this book on our own, we decided to write A Clash of Kings up together as we do with our Book Club books.  But don’t worry, we still plan to discuss Ender’s Game.

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Book Review: City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments Book 1) by Cassandra Clare

I never thought I’d say it, but Twilight was better.

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Book Review: Warm Bodies By Isaac Marion

It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while a book is topped by its film adaptation.  Such is the case for Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies.

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Book Club In Session: The Passage by Justin Cronin

 Lauren:  I know I know, I chose another vampire book…  Well shush, I know what I like!

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