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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
4.55
it was ok
"I must confess myself... disappointed."

(For those who don't get the reference, it's a line that Voldemort uses in Goblet of Fire - the movie version
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Sep 06, 2009
Aug 25, 2009
 
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
3.50
did not like it
(1.5)

Steampunk and zombies and mini-apocalypse, oh my. How could you go wrong?

For starters, you could have lead characters that I never really connect
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Mar 19, 2010
Mar 14, 2010
 
Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
3.80
did not like it
I have something of a taste for children's and young adult fantasy stories. I'm a total geek for Harry Potter, and quite enjoyed Fablehaven, Tithe, an ...more
not set
Jun 04, 2008
 
Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1)
4.22
it was ok
2.5

Let me start by saying that I was pleasantly surprised. For some reason I was expecting another epic type fantasy, with lots of travel and descript
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Jan 2010
Dec 28, 2009
 
Ready Player One
4.31
it was ok
1.5

This was an ok read. Outside of the sci-fi aspect of it being set in a future world where people, to various degrees, spend chunks of their lives i
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Dec 17, 2011
Dec 13, 2011
 
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
4.30
it was ok
2 1/2

I'm not really sure what I think of the book.

I liked it from the outset - the description of all the trouble little Locke gave the poor Thiefmak
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Aug 2009
Jun 10, 2009
 
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower #7)
4.27
really liked it
So, the first time I read this book I rated it 3 stars, and that was probably a bit high for it, because I hated the ending. I hated it so much, left ...more
Mar 23, 2011
Sep 13, 2010
 
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
4.14
it was ok
1 1/2

I had avoided this book for awhile, despite all the good things I'd heard about it, primarily because I was afraid that the "gritty realism" proc
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May 11, 2011
May 04, 2011
 
The Golem and the Jinni
4.10
it was ok
2.5

I first heard about this book recently when a friend read it and said he was very impressed with it - he said it was much better than what he was e
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May 13, 2013
May 10, 2013
 
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
3.96
it was ok
So, what can I say? I enjoyed the book, but in a guilty pleasures, sort of embarrassed to admit kind of way. Let's admit it - this is hardly well writ ...more
Oct 2009
Sep 30, 2009
 
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1)
4.27
it was ok
I don't have much to say for this book. I thought the premise was interesting, but there was something about the execution that just didn't grab me. L ...more
Jul 10, 2010
May 29, 2009
 
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
3.92
it was ok
2.5

So... Um... Well, that was, erm, something all right...

So I suppose I should start off by saying it's not quite what I was expecting but, of cours
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Mar 13, 2012
Mar 07, 2012
 
The Thirteenth Tale
3.95
it was ok
2 1/2

What to say? This is one of those books which is hard for me to rate.

In a way it reminded me of The Monsters of Templeton in that I generally enj
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Sep 26, 2009
Sep 18, 2009
 
Neverwhere
4.17
it was amazing
After reading Neverwhere for the second time, it remains one of, if not thee, favorite book of mine by Gaiman. There really aren't many flaws to this ...more
May 04, 2009
Jun 03, 2008
 
The Girl with All the Gifts
3.93
it was ok
So, this book...

First and foremost let me state that had this not a) been picked for a group read and b) been raved about relentlessly repeatedly, I w
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Dec 02, 2014
Nov 29, 2014
 
Geekomancy (Ree Reyes, #1)
3.48
it was ok
According to a friend of mine, if you don't love this book then you have to hand in your geek card... so I guess consider my card revoked?

Here's the t
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Dec 17, 2012
Nov 30, 2012
 
The Book of Lost Things
3.98
really liked it
So I finished the story part of this last night (though I'm still browsing through the additional material stuff), and I ended up really liking it.

Act
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Feb 29, 2012
Mar 02, 2010
 
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
4.14
liked it
2.5

As some may know, I'd read Ship of Magic in December of last year, and I wasn't that overly impressed with it. Based on that book, and some of Hobb
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Jul 30, 2011
Jul 26, 2011
 
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
4.05
it was ok
1 1/2

In my review for Graceling I stated that I was a bit of a sucker for romance elements in action type stories. I have, in the past, admitted to, p
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Apr 12, 2011
Apr 10, 2011
 
The Magicians (The Magicians #1)
3.47
it was ok
1 1/2

Where to start?

Some people don't see to like this book because it's too bleak and depressing. Not depressing in a truly sad kind of way, more ju
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Jun 03, 2011
May 29, 2011
 
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
4.12
it was ok
12/21/10

I'm about 75% through with this book, and I'm finding it frustrating.

As others have said, it's very much a character-based book, and I can di
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Dec 22, 2010
Dec 13, 2010
 
The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa, #1)
3.82
it was ok
As the book opens we are introduced to the main protagonist, Bronwyn Hyatt, a daughter of the Tufa - a mysterious people who live in Appalachian count ...more
Mar 02, 2012
Feb 20, 2012
 
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
4.05
liked it
I found out after I finished the book that Caleb Carr started off by writing historical non-fiction and that he even first pitched this book as non-fi ...more
Mar 25, 2012
Mar 19, 2012
 
The Crown Conspiracy (The Riyria Revelations, #1)
4.15
it was ok
**spoiler alert** An enjoyable enough book, but nothing that wowed me. It was generally well-paced, but it also wasn't a book that I couldn't put down ...more
Apr 14, 2009
Mar 25, 2009
 
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
4.13
it was ok
2 1/2

I picked up this book because it was the read of the month for the Sci-fi/Fantasy group here on goodreads. Time travel tends to hurt my head, and
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May 11, 2009
May 05, 2009
 
The Night Circus
4.03
really liked it
3.75

This is another one of those hard ones for me to review.

Overall, I really liked the story - the idea of the Night Circus, the whole dream-like qua
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Dec 12, 2011
Sep 07, 2011
 
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
4.12
really liked it
4.5

This is a really fun book, in a fun series, and I almost want to give it 5 stars, but I can't help but feeling just a small sense of dissatisfactio
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Feb 25, 2012
Nov 09, 2010
 
Lord of Light
4.10
it was ok
2.5

I had a bit of a hard time following what was going on, at times, with this book. Not because of the so-called non-linear* nature of the story, but
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Mar 30, 2011
Aug 12, 2009
 
Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper, #2)
3.91
it was ok
A Dirty Job was one of my first Moore books, and also my favorite, so I was excited to find out there was a sequel in the works, and when I saw my lib ...more
Oct 2015
Jul 29, 2015
 
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
4.14
it was ok
This is one of those books that I wanted to like so much more than I did. Hell, it's one of those books that I feel like I should like more than I do. ...more
Aug 12, 2011
Nov 17, 2010
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