Tag: review
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The Rise And Fall Of Great Powers by Tom Rachman
Rating: 5 / 5 stars Format: Paperback Published: 9th April 2015 Amazon | Goodreads Tooly Zylberberg tells a story: as a child, she was stolen from home, stashed at a den of thieves, then adopted by crooks there, who ended up raising her and even using the little girl in capers around the globe. But […]
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[AD] The Mountain Can Wait by Sarah Leipciger
The Mountain Can Wait is a stunning debut novel by Sarah Leipciger. Set in British Columbia it is the story of relationship between a father and his son. Please note Tinder Press sent me a copy of this book in exchange for a review. THE MOUNTAIN CAN WAIT Tom Berry has always been a loner, […]
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Review | Soil by Jamie Kornegay
Rating: 4 / 5 stars Format: Hardback Published: 12th March 2015 Book Depository | Goodreads It begins as a simple dream. An idealistic environmental scientist moves his wife and young son off the grid, to a stretch of river bottom farmland in the Mississippi hills, hoping to position himself at the forefront of a revolution […]
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The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Rating: 5 / 5 stars Format: ebook Published: 28th October 2014 Book Depository | Goodreads It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, […]
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The Forever Watch by David Ramirez
Rating: 4 / 5 stars Format: Paperback book Published: 4th December 2014 Book Depository | Goodreads SUMMARY The Forever Watch is set on the generational ship “Noah” which is carrying the last surviving humans on a thousand year voyage to “Canaan”. People on board the ship have cybernetic implants in their brains which allow them […]