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Yes, this is a story that grabs you by the throat from the very first line and rarely lets up...
As I’ve often told others, your college years are THE years to dabble in dangerous activities....
This snippet of one man trying to cope after his son’s funeral has a lyrical, almost poetical,...
The voice that relates this life seems too mature for the image we get on the page. Perhaps this...
From the beginning, we feel that we are in the hands of an unreliable narrator. Lauren’s...
The notion of being an army wife is something that’s foreign to me. I understand that some women...
These excerpts of two fraternal twins read like tone poems or journal entries. Either are...
While the novel sets us firmly within Arthurian times, too much information is thrown at the...
The novel creeps up on you in subtle ways. What I noticed was how little actual dialogue there...
We are born mortal and we spend the entirety of our lives trying to forget this fact. But...
It’s tough to know what to think about this story excerpt. The chapters vary wildly in tone,...
This is a tale of original magic, buried superstition and the courage of one feisty girl. Nhika...
These opening chapters reveal a Latina with an erudite mind, a gift for phrasing and secrets...
These opening chapters introduce us quickly to our main characters, set up the story admirably...
This heartrending story of a woman’s loss of her mother is filled with unexpected moments of...
Set in the Depression Era and a time and place hostile to Chinese, these chapters shimmer with...
An orphan grows up to become a savvy business person, providing a service for the...
Reading like political screeds of the most strident sort, these first two chapters yet capture...
Starting off in media res, we come across an adolescent in trouble. She’s lost in a maze of...
This book is steeped in specific Indian religious terminology, so much so that it will likely...
A child’s fondness for Valentine’s Day is an unusual premise for a story, to be sure. So this one...
It’s a queer novel indeed when you get wealth and extravagance painted as idiotic waste. When you...
The introspective nature of the opening chapters reveals a man contemplative and steady, the...
Wilhelmina is one adolescent living through the early days of Covid, when people were required to...
This author certainly knows how to grab a reader’s attention. First, he teases by telling you how...
The mystical nature of this story forces us to accept its premise—a black fog filled with...
These first chapters do an incredible job of building suspense and plunging the reader into a...
When I learn about yet another book regarding fictional magic schools, I experience a vast sea of...
A vague mention of a ritual, a three-girl band breakup, a hint of scandal—these are the elements...
“Books were the closest thing she had to home.” This sentence encompasses a philosophy that...
Tru’s obsession with a pair of dead girls is almost as great as her passion for diving. The two...
I’m no fan of Henry Winkler as a thespian. I’ve appreciated his acting in bit roles in recent...
I recall, when I was younger, I once turned to magic. I was told it’s a common practice of young...
The tone of these opening chapters are light, breezy and almost effortless. The titular Kenan...
This isn’t the first story I’ve read about a golem. Mary Shelley’s most famous novel is said to...
Being the voracious bibliophile that I am, I make a habit of reading as much of a book as I can....
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