Perfect Book for the baned book list
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The only reason I gave this book a star was because I cannot submit this review unless I rated it. First let me say that I am currently a kindergarten teacher. This is my first year in kindergarten, but I have taught preschool for three years. I was at a USED/OUT OF PRINT bookstore today looking for books to read to my class. This books as in the children's picture book section listed by the first letter of the authors last name. I Instantly picked it up because the title and cover art was catchy. I started reading it and thought it was hilarious until I came across words such as "Stupid," "Dumb ass," "SEX MANIAC." I was horrified.

Then the pictures...It showed an earthworm smoking a pipe filled with dirt, and even a worm looking under the skirt of a fat lady. I understand that this book is not targeted for kindergarten, but it shouldn't be placed in the picture book section where young children can reach it either. Which, there was a group of children sitting at a little child sized table reading books off the shelf and picking out books to buy with their mother. I wouldn't want my child finding this book.

The humor in this book is really not for children anyway. Maybe High school, but nothing younger then around 15. If this book were made into a movie I should be rated R.

Now I love the Far Side and several other of the authors books, but this one is not an appropriate children's book.

Talk about a book that should not be found in an elementary or junior high library or in the children's section.
3428208
Great book that shared a wonderful perspective as well as a superbly organized reading list to help me find internationally "flavored" books my son will enjoy. While we keep a reading list on our homeschooling site, Give Your Child the World had many recommendations I'm excited to explore. We've already started reading some of them. An excellent resource to use again and again!
1150266
This book, ghost written for Nathan Fillian by Dean Koonz, is a great how-to manual about writing the perfect murder mystery.  Look for cameos from Angela Lansbury, Wil Wheaton, Scooby and Shaggy, and the offensive line of the 1976 Raiders.  I found this book to be insanely readable and loved the free bookmark (it told the name of the store I purchased this and the cost).  This book is as entertaining as  "Mad Libs" yet philosophically deep as the Koran.
Highly recommended.
3124357
Bro dart is a great book covering that you can't go wrong with!
521487
No offence to the Bloodshot I read in the 90's but this is heads and shoulders ahead of the original Valiant book. "Setting the World on Fire" is the perfect set up for what is soon to become Harbinger Wars. At the time we don't know that but reading it you realize something bigger is happening.

Exciting dialog and fantastic artwork make this package an amazing value. A perfect jump on point for new readers VEI makes it so easy to enjoy the Valiant Universe. For this character every mission is a suicide mission jump on board. Highly Recommended.
2159119
Looking forward to reading the second one! Thanks for the amazing info :)
1083886
I bought this book to go along with my collection of other wonderful reading such as "How to stop a severe migraine headache with a .45 handgun," "101 delicious recipes for organic arsenic smoothies to flush toxins and prevent cancer," and "What Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about essential oils created from the semen of D. Gary Young that cure MRSA, Ebola, and the clap."
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This is an Omnibus that contains 3 books chronicling the life of Sigmar:  Heldenhammer, Empire, and God King.  And an additional short story entitled, Let the Great Axe Fall.  All of the books are well written and getting 3 books for around $10 is a pretty great deal.  If you like the Black Library Books or just want to learn more about Sigmar, you should pick it up.

Story:
The story begins with the Legendary Sigmar as a young adult warrior who serves under his father's rule.  In the first book, you meet Sigmar's friends, his first love, and his father.  You see how he becomes king of a village and follows his dream to unite the clans against their common foes.  Uniting the clans was far more difficult than he imagined and getting each clan leader to cooperate was a trial of it's own.  Throughout these trials, the Empire is under constant attack from Greenskins and Undead.  It's an action packed, entertaining, and inspirational story about a man following his dream and becoming a legend.

Characters:
The characters are pretty one dimensional, but fun.  There are many and after a short introduction, they get thrown into some action.  It's easy to cheer for the good guys and hate the bad guys in these stories.  But you probably won't find yourself relating to anyone besides Sigmar.

World Building:
The World of WARHAMMER is very well defined.  The races, cities, cultures, enemies, and battle tactics all come to life in this series.  Each clan has it's own personality, rules, leaders, and culture.  It's also interesting to see the World of Men, before it was united into an Empire.

Writing Style:
This isn't great literature, but it is fun to read.  The story moves fast and there's just enough gritty detail to define the characters, the setting, and the world, before you get thrown into an epic battle or deadly duel.  Many of the descriptons are great and it's fun to put the WARHAMMER world together in your head.

Action:
The action is visceral and there is a lot of it.  It seems like every other chapter has some mighty battle, duel, or great feat.  You'll feel the impact of swords, the thunder of cavalry, and the crushing blows of hammers.  The battles also have consequences as not all of the main characters survive them unscathed.

Maturity: Older Teens
This is a Black Library Book, so there're loads of war and gore and some mild sexual / comical situations.

Overall:
You're getting 1000 pages of epic action for around $10.  This is a great deal.  If you are interested about how Sigmar became a legend, how the Empire was formed, or just like the massive battles that WARHAMMER has to offer, then you should pick this up.

Buy it if you like comic book style heroes, epic battles, and dark fantasy.
Avoid it if you're looking for literature / Jordanesque prose.

If you liked this book, check out anything by David Gemmell, the Conan books by Robert E. Howard, or the other WARHAMMER Omnibuses starting with The Blackhearts or Malus Darkblade.
805638
MY FAVORITE BROTHER OF THE BDB!!

I already own a copy of the book - couldn't resist a digital copy either :)
1264241
This was the perfect start to a creepy October reading list. An awesome take on a zombie apocalypse. Provided a quick, interesting read. The writing was great, and I'm really glad I picked this one up. My kindle and I are very happy, and can't wait to pick up another book by Jonathan Maberry!
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Wonderful collection of Tim's books and other authors. If you haven't read 'The Demon Squad' novels and tales form Tim you're missing out on some of the best Urban Fiction since The Dresden Files. Tim has non-Demon Squad stories in here too.

There's also a collection of 13 new authors each with a story in here. Granted, mine is one of them so my opinion is a touch biased, but this is a hell of a collection and a wonderful way to get into Tim's stories, and some new authors on the block too.
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After all the talks about the Daemon invasion, I had to try this book. This is my first time reading Armentrouts books and I definitely enjoyed her writing style. This book was cute in that Katy was a book blogger. She has scenes where shes talking about typing up and Waiting on Wednesday and doing a VLOG post for her IMM. I liked Katy as a character, she was different, shes not your typical heroine. Since shes typically quiet and a book nerd  you wouldnt think that she would have such backbone and be kind of a bad ass. Shes not afraid to stick up for herself, shes sarcastic (which I love), funny and witty.

The day my Internet was hooked up was better than having a hot guy check out my butt and ask for my phone number. Since it was Wednesday, Id typed  up a quick Waiting on Wednesday post for my blog featuring this YA book about a hot boy with a killer touch  cant go wrong there  apologizing for my extended absence, responded to comments, and stalked a few blogs I loved. It was like coming home. -Katy

Daemon is her new next door neighbor, he is also the brother of her new friend Dee. Daemon and Katy start off rough, hes kind of mean and rude, but Katy not exact sure why hes acting that way. An easy friendship sparks up between Katy and Dee. Dee is kind of girlie, sweet and very friendly.

Tension between Daemon and Katy doesnt end when school begins. There is a scene where Ash, Daemons on again off again girlfriend, is extremely rude to Katy in school and embarrasses the heck out of her. Daemon also gets in and becomes rude to Katy. This scene was written so well, that I felt so embarrassed for Katy that I wanted to kill Ash AND Daemon. I was raging inside, I could only imagine if I was in that situation. I never would have spoken to any of them again, butthe book goes on. LOL Shes better than me.

Throughout most of this book, I keep having the feeling that it was really similar to I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. Tell me if anyone else thought the same thing. The major similarity was the heroine being a good looking alien, but also their races names are kind of similar (Lux vs Lorien), they have super powers, and are being chasing down by another enemy alien race. I will definitely say this though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book far more than I did I am Number Four.

Daemon drove me nuts through most of this book, I was starting to feel whiplash, kind of like Katy. He was hot, he was cold, he was sweet, he was rude. You never knew what person he was going to be at any given moment. His softer side was definitely swoon worthy. Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I have a HUGE weakness for men with green eyes.

Ive always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones that are quietly unaware of their effect. His eyes searched mine intently, and for a moment we stood there toe to toe. The ones who throw their beauty around, waste what they have? Their beauty is only passing. Its just a shell hiding nothing but shadows and emptiness. -Daemon

Armentrout found a new fan in me. The hot and steamy scenes in this book give me just a taste of hopefully more to come. I cant wait to find out what happens between Daemon and Katy. She now has a connection with Daemon (I don't want to spoil as to why) and Im curious as to how this will pan out. I didn't give this a 5 skull rating, because even though I really liked this book, Daemon pissed me off a little too.  -_-

Great new series for YA/borderline adult readers. There is quite a bit of cursing in this book to be totally YA for me. Definitely 16+ age group.

Review as originally posted at Readers Confession, [...]
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I read this after watching The Dark Knight Rises, though I had some idea of what happens to Batman already. It's pretty well known that Bane breaks Batman's back (if this is a spoiler, then you wouldn't be reading this book), but I finally got a chance to read a 20-year-old series.

The opening pages are a thrill to read, and set up the rest of the series nicely, though I've yet to read the rest of the Knightfall volumes, Batman's fall and rise are set up wonderfully. First, we learn about Bane's origins, and his motivation for taking over Gotham. After that, I felt that the comics sort of valleyed for a bit, but I realize they were set up that way to present Batman's demise.

The comics are extremely well written, some of the best I've seen in any paneled books with the narration and dialogue (especially in seeing Jean Paul Valley). There were peaks and valleys throughout, but overall I can't give this any less than 5 stars. It's a fascinating read, almost a requirement.
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I borrowed this book from the library, and had it on my buy list, and now I own this!
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i would highly recommend that everybody who looooooves to read to grab a copy of everything SA'ID SALAAM!!!!! SA"ID you should do a collaboration with Shameek Speight. 2 of my faves in one book that wouldbe craaaaaaazy.
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Now I have an even longer list of books I want! I love this book the characters are amazing. Can't wait to read more of these amazing books
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I loved this book! Easily one of the best books Ive read in 2018. There is a nice balance between the action and romance, new characters are well developed and we were shown a different side of characters that we already knew. My only wish is that it was two books not one. I found myself wishing it was longer and wanting to know more. Ultimately, this is book has only made me fall more in love with Brackens writing and Im convinced that she could make a grocery list interesting. Bottom line, read it. It won't disappoint.