A cyborg Cinderella who throws a monkey wrench into the reselling of an age old classic! “I’m not sure I would label it a ‘survivor’” said Iko, her sensor darkening with disgust. “It looks more like a rotting pumpkin.” – pg 47 Cinder is one of my favorite YA books… Read more »
Yearly Archives:: 2012
Review: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Pabkin’s One Liner: Rich in detail but long in wind. “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night… Read more »
Review: The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs
Pabkin’s One Liner: A rich fantasy tale of loss, perseverance, mischief and unexpected love. Her gift of sight has shown her visions of mayhem and murder. So, to save her village from ruthless raiders, Aren of Fallbrook strikes a bargain with the magical Hob, who will exact a heavy price… Read more »
Review: The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Pabkin’s One Liner: So few pages and I couldn’t get enough! A heretic thief is the empire’s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris. Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its… Read more »
Review: The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
Mystery, ghosts and magic! Oh My! It was hard to know what I was really in for ahead of time with The Raven Boys. The book description made me think that a major plot point would be about Blue and Gansey. Also, whether or not he is her true love… Read more »
Review: Red Rain by R.L. Stine
Pabkin’s One Liner: Empty plot and even worse characters! Travel writer Lea Sutter finds herself on a small island off the coast of South Carolina, the wrong place at the wrong time. A merciless, unanticipated hurricane cuts a path of destruction and Lea barely escapes with her life. In the… Read more »
Review: Midnight City (Conquered Earth #1) by J. Barton Mitchell
Pabkin’s One Liner: Great characters but with hokey pokey plot points In a post-apocalyptic world controlled by alien invaders, two teens and a young girl with mysterious powers embark on a dangerous journey. What they find will change everything… Earth has been conquered. An extraterrestrial race known as The Assembly… Read more »
Review: Breathe by Sarah Crossan
Pabkin’s One Liner: Tension that keeps you in suspense and with baited breath! Inhale. Exhale. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe . . . The world is dead. The survivors live under the protection of Breathe, the corporation that found a way to manufacture oxygen-rich air. Alina has been stealing for a long… Read more »
Review: The Dead of Winter by Lee Collins
Pabkin’s One Liner: Whiskey chugging, gun slinging, monster killing done Old West style! Cora and her husband hunt things – things that shouldn’t exist. When the marshal of Leadville, Colorado, comes across a pair of mysterious deaths, he turns to Cora to find the creature responsible, but if Cora is… Read more »
Review: Portlandtown by Rob DeBorde
Pabkin’s One Liner: Zombies that don’t quite get your heart racing. Welcome to Portlandtown, where no secret is safe—not even those buried beneath six feet of Oregon mud. Joseph Wylde isn’t afraid of the past, but he knows some truths are better left unspoken. When his father-in-law’s grave-digging awakens more… Read more »
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