Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, Book 1)By: K.J. ParkerMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Sixteen Ways…
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, Book 1)By: Alan BradleyMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 12 and up…
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Buckeye
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained BuckeyeBy: Patrick RyanMy Rating: Three out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Buckeye: A Plodding History Lesson That Mad Me Cry I have a…
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Project Hail Mary
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Project Hail MaryBy: Andy WeirMy Rating: FIVE out of Five Stars (All the stars!)Best for: 14 and up (Safe for mature 12+ year olds) Project…
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Snow Crash
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Snow CrashBy: Neal StephensonMy Rating: One out of Five StarsBest For: No one (Strictly 18+ for those who insist) Snow Crash: Consider This Your Warning…
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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (Theodore Boone, #1)By: John GrishamMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 12 and up Theodore Boone: John Grisham’s “Idiot’s Guide…
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Magpie Murders
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Magpie MurdersBy: Anthony HorowitzMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Magpie Murders: A Brilliant Meta-Mystery That Doubled My Fun This was…
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Swiss Family Robinson
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Swiss Family RobinsonBy: Johann David WyssMy Rating: Two out of Five StarsBest For: Readers 16+ (who have a high tolerance for boredom) Swiss Family Robinson:…
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Water for Elephants
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Water for ElephantsBy: Sara GruenMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up Water for Elephants: A Gritty, Heartfelt Trip to the Depression-Era…
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Little Thieves
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Little ThievesBy: Margaret OwenMy Rating: Three out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up Little Thieves: Great World-Building, But a Rough Road to Travel I…
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Dragonborn
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Dragonborn (Dragonborn, #1)By: Struan MurrayMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 10 and up Dragonborn: It’s Harry Potter, but with Dragons. Need I Say…
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The Square of Sevens
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The Square of SevensBy: Laura Shepherd-RobinsonMy Rating: FIVE out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up The Square of Sevens: A 5-Star Historical Mystery That…
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The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The T.O.A.S.T. MysteriesFramed! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #1)Vanished! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #2)Trapped! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #3)By: James PontiMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: All…
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The Widow
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The WidowBy: John GrishamMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up The Widow: Grisham is Back in the Courtroom with a Twist…
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Cloud Cuckoo LandBy: Anthony DoerrMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Beautiful, 600-Page Meander Through Time I…
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City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)By: Adrian TchaikovskyMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up City of Last Chances by…
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The Impossible Fortune
The Impossible Fortune (The Thursday Murder Club, #5)By: Richard OsmanMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 14 and up The Impossible Fortune: Retirement Fun, Murder, and the Playing the Old Person Card! I wasn’t expecting another Thursday Murder Club Mystery, so I was absolutely thrilled when this one arrived…
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The Secret of Secrets
The Secret of SecretsBy: Dan BrownMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up The Secret of Secrets: Prague, Puzzles, and Non-Local Consciousness! This is the most fun Robert Langdon story since The Da Vinci Code! Dan Brown hasn’t changed as a writer, and that’s a very good…
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Klara and the Sun
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Klara and the SunBy: Kazuo IshiguroMy Rating: THREE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up Klara and the Sun: A Brilliant AI with a…
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The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom TollboothBy: Norton JusterMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 10 and up The Phantom Tollbooth: A Clever Book with a Bland Story Somehow I escaped childhood without ever reading The Phantom Tollbooth! So when a mysterious tollbooth appeared on my Kindle, I decided it was time to remedy…
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The Ogress and the Orphans
The Ogress and the OrphansBy: Kelly BarnhillMy Rating: THREE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 10 and up The Ogress and the Orphans: A Clever Fable That’s a Little Too Sweet Kelly Barnhill is a quality middle-grade author, and her book The Ogress and the Orphans is a clever fable with a lot…
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The Eagle’s Claw: Midway’s Historic Sea Battle
The Eagle’s Claw: A Novel of the Battle of MidwayBy: Jeff ShaaraMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up The Eagle’s Claw: The Greatest Sea Victory in US History Just like I loved his dad Michael’s take on The Battle of Gettysburg, I absolutely loved Jeff Shaara’s…
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Exploring Love and Video Games in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowBy: Gabrielle ZevinMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Love Story about Video Games (and People) I’m a bit torn on this one. I definitely liked it, but I was disappointed in the content and the…
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To Wake the Giant: Pearl Harbor Uncovered
To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl HarborBy: Jeff ShaaraMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up To Wake the Giant: A Day That Lived in Infamy, Brought to Life Just like I loved his dad Michael’s take on The Battle of Gettysburg, I absolutely loved…
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Flybot: A Sci-Fi Mystery with a Killer AI Review
FlybotBy: Dennis E. TaylorMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up Flybot: A Deliciously Fun, Sci-Fi Mystery with a Killer AI As a huge fan of the Bobiverse books, I’ve been following Dennis E. Taylor for a long time. So when I heard he was releasing a…
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Royal Gambit Review: Supernatural Intrigue and Humor
Royal Gambit: A Novel (The Checquy Files, #4)By: Daniel O’MalleyMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Royal Gambit: X-Men, X-Files, and a Whole Lot of Tiaras The Checquy Files are my favorite guilty pleasure! They are SO much fun to read, and this book is no…
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Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Adventure
Isles of the EmberdarkBy: THE Brandon SandersonMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 14 and up (for the Cosmere-aware) Isles of the Emberdark: The Cosmere’s Past and Future, All at Once! Are you fully Cosmere aware? Then you’re in for a treat—just like you are with every single dang…
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Silverborn Review: A Magical Adventure Awaits
Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (Nevermore, book 4)By: Jessica TownsendMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 12 and up Silverborn: The Next Harry Potter Grows Up! Another one of my favorite middle-grade series is back, and I’m happy to say that after four books, things are looking pretty…
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R.F. Kuang’s Babel: Language, Colonialism, and Power
BabelBy: R.F. KuangMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Babel: A Smart, Reimagined History with a Linguistic Twist This is a SMART book. R.F. Kuang delivers a really cool take on historical fiction—or more like reimagined history—that will make you feel smarter just by reading it.…
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The War of the Maps: A Magical Finale
The War of the Maps (The Vanishing Kingdom, Book 3)By: Jonathan AuxierMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 12 and up The War of the Maps: A Perfectly Magical Conclusion to a Perfect Trilogy! One of my favorite middle-grade series has come to a close, and I have to…
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