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Review: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2024 Nintendo Switch Port)

Review: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2024 Nintendo Switch Port)  My rating: 5 of 5 stars I haven’t picked up my Nintendo Switch in quite a while. I finished all the games I wanted to and just put it down. Given I’m not an avid gamer and don’t usually cover topics like this, at […]

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Review: Mark of the Profane by Kyle Belote

Review: Mark of the Profane (Dark Legacy Book 2) by Kyle Belote My rating: 2 of 5 stars When I start a series and love the first book, it’s not uncommon for me to feel somewhat nervous going into the second. This is because I really want to like the sequel.   Mark of the Profane was […]

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Review: The Bearer of Secrets (Dark Legacy Book 1) by Kyle Belote

Review: The Bearer of Secrets (Dark Legacy Book 1) by Kyle Belote My rating: 4 of 5 stars When it comes to writing reviews, giving ratings has always been one of the most difficult parts of the process for me because I try to look at the story and experience as a whole. Even if […]

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Review: Making Sense of Past Time by Lawrence G. Taylor

Review: Making Sense of Past Time by Lawrence G. Taylor  My rating: 2 of 5 stars Stories reflecting on the past can be very interesting depending on how they’re told. While I don’t regularly read stories like these, I remember certain ones I read in college surrounding rather intriguing people because they dealt with subjects […]

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Review: Eddie the Duckling by Molly Arbuthnott

Review: Eddie the Duckling by Molly Arbuthnott  My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I was a child, I often took comfort in stories about children who stood out from the crowd, those who needed to find their own place and where they felt they belonged. I’ve often – both as a child and as […]

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Review: The Labyrinth of the Spirits (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #4)

Review: The Labyrinth of the Spirits (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #4) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón My rating: 4 of 5 stars There is something about Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Cemetery of Forgotten Books that just clicks with me. This series has so many aspects that made it a story I just had to finish. The characters […]

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Review: The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

Review: The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I first read The Shadow of the Wind, I felt that one of the most heartwarming relationships in the story was the friendship between the protagonist Daniel Sempere and Fermín Romero De Torres. Fermín, despite […]

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Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)

Review: The Angel’s Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón  My rating: 2 of 5 stars Following up a great story can be tricky territory, because the reader is going to have that first narrative at least somewhat on their mind going into the next installment. Some new ideas deliver while […]

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Review: The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

Review: The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator) My rating: 4 of 5 stars Stories involving books have always interested me. I think I can chalk this up to having been a reader for a long time and finding the general idea of stories […]

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Review: Looking for Lafitte by Elizabeth Hildinger and Erik Hildinger

Review: Looking for Lafitte by Elizabeth Hildinger and Erik Hildinger My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I am looking for a story, I search for something that grabs me and makes me want to know more. This usually involves a premise that grabs my attention. When I heard about Looking for Lafitte, I found myself curious […]