I'm officially abandoning this book. It was neither able to keep my attention nor entertain me, and life's too short to plow through books that can't do both.
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PaperbackReader rated Now you see it, now you don't: 3 stars
Now you see it, now you don't by Bill Tarr
Step-by-step instructions for sleight of hand tricks using cards, coins, balls, and other common items.
PaperbackReader rated We3: 5 stars
PaperbackReader rated Earthclan: 5 stars
PaperbackReader rated Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey (Waldo): 5 stars
PaperbackReader rated The left-hander's handbook: 3 stars
PaperbackReader rated Where's Waldo? (Waldo): 5 stars
PaperbackReader rated The Dark Is Rising: 4 stars
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising (2))
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the …
PaperbackReader rated The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, Book 3): 5 stars
The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, Book 3) by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time (3))
The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the savior who …
PaperbackReader rated Tunnel in the Sky: 5 stars
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
This is a wonderful thought provoking book. Survival and the creation of initial social, community and even political themes are …
PaperbackReader rated Lord of Light: 5 stars
PaperbackReader rated How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?: 5 stars
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague
Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving …
Review of 'Something from the nightside' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
I'm officially abandoning this book. It was neither able to keep my attention nor entertain me, and life's too short to plow through books that can't do both.
PaperbackReader reviewed Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive)
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Words of Radiance, …
Review of 'Oathbringer' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This one's the best yet in the series, and while I still have some reservations about how interested I actually am in his larger Cosmere, I'm pretty pleased with his characters and worldbuilding. I'm looking forward to the next book.
This one's the best yet in the series, and while I still have some reservations about how interested I actually am in his larger Cosmere, I'm pretty pleased with his characters and worldbuilding. I'm looking forward to the next book.
PaperbackReader reviewed Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings.
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Review of 'Words of Radiance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
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I get it, I get it. Yours is a fully realized world, deep and well-considered, much as the Mistborn world was. I get it.
What I DON'T get is why keeping the full story of your world a secret until the VERY END of the damn series -- just as he did in the Mistborn series incidentally -- if considered such an accomplishment. Barraging the reader with unanswered questions isn't clever, it's just mean.
end grumpy rant Hmph.
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I get it, I get it. Yours is a fully realized world, deep and well-considered, much as the Mistborn world was. I get it.
What I DON'T get is why keeping the full story of your world a secret until the VERY END of the damn series -- just as he did in the Mistborn series incidentally -- if considered such an accomplishment. Barraging the reader with unanswered questions isn't clever, it's just mean.
end grumpy rant Hmph.