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Category Archives: YA
The Hunger Games – Catching Fire (A Movie Review)
Β (Beta) Fantastic movie within the genre Alright, I’m off and traveling, so I thought I’d do a quickie review of The Hunger Games – Catching Fire. In essence, I can sum it up by saying I loved it and that the … Continue reading
Posted in Chronicle, Coming of Age tale, Conspiracy, Cycle, Dystopian, Near Future fic, Political Drama, Ripping Yarn, Romance, Saga, Science Fiction, Serial, Series, Spy Thriller, Strong Characters, Thoughtful, Thriller, Trilogy, Uncategorized, World, YA
Tagged Art, Catching Fire, Catching FIre Movie Review, Katniss, Katniss Everdeen, Military Science Fiction Book Review, movie review, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games universe
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Happy 3rd Birthday to the Archaeologist’s Guide to the Galaxy!
Today I celebrate the third Anniversary of this blog![1] This year saw a continued increase in readership, and as with last year, I thought I’d do a quick breakdown of the most popular posts. First, however, I thought it only … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Object, Alternate History, Anthology/Collection, audio book, Chronicle, Classic Literature, Classic Sci Fi, Comedy, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Novel, Crime Thriller, Cultural Contact, Cyberpunk, Cycle, Dystopian, Espionage, Far Future, Future History, Generation Ship, Hard SciFi, Identity, Military Science Fiction, Music, Mystery, Near Future fic, New Space Opera, Non-Fiction, Opinion Piece, Original Fiction, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Place-Out-Of-Time, Planetary Romance, Political Drama, Post Colonial, Post Modern, Post-Apocolyptic, Present Day Sci Fi, Ripping Yarn, Romance, Saga, Science Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Serial, Series, Space Exploration, Space Opera, Spy Thriller, Stand Alone Novel, Steampunk, Strong Characters, Supernatural, Thoughtful Espionage Tale, Thriller, Time Travel Story, Title, Titles, Trilogy, Ultratech, Uncategorized, Unique or Imaginative World, Urban Fantasy, World, YA
Tagged Art, Arts, Audiobook, Audrey Niffenegger, Battletech, best military science fiction, Blackstone Audiobooks, Book, book review, books, Cold War, Cyberpunk, Dan Simmons, David Weber, Douglas Adams, Earth, Espionage, Fiction, Galaxy, Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, Loren L. Coleman, Military Science Fiction Book Review, Science Fiction, Science Fiction book review, Space opera
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The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins, 2003) {HarpurAudio, Narrator: Stephen Briggs)
CRIVENS! The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld, is a stand alone novel that serves as the extremely amusing first volume of the Tiffany Aching Series by Terry Pratchett. Set in his Discworld, it is a Mid-grade to Young Adult novel that is funny, engaging and wonderfully enjoyable for adults as well as midgrade readers. Maybe more soo. Continue reading
Posted in Chronicle, Comedy, Cycle, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Identity, Post Modern, Ripping Yarn, Saga, Serial, Series, Stand Alone Novel, Strong Characters, Thoughtful, Trilogy, Unique or Imaginative World, World, YA
Tagged Chaulk, Discworld, Fairy Realm, Nac Mac Feegle, Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett, Tiffany Aching, Uffington Castle, Uffington White Horse, Wee Free Men, Young-adult fiction
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Wired, Robin Wasserman (Simon Pulse, 2010) (a.k.a. Torn)
Wired is the last installment of the Skinned Trilogy by Robin Wasserman, and serves as a solid conclusion to the saga of Lia Kahn. As with the other volumes in this series, Wired did not shy away from hard scenes or uneasy topics. It remained a good read throughout. However, while I did enjoy this volume, and it does bring to a close all the varying threads of the series, it did not quite live up to its potential for me. Even so, it is a good book and well worth the read if you enjoyed the other two books in the series. Continue reading
Posted in Chronicle, Conspiracy, Cyberpunk, Identity, Near Future fic, Ripping Yarn, Romance, Science Fiction, Series, Trilogy, Uncategorized, YA
Tagged Arts, book review, Cyberpunk, Goodreads, Lia, Literature, Robin Wasserman, Skinned, Skinned Trilogy, Torn, Wired
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The Archaeologist's Guide to the Galaxy.. by Thomas Evans 