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Review: Cinder, Marissa Meyer

Title: Cinder (Goodreads) Author:  Marissa Meyer (@marissa_meyer) Rating: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, the ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl… Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with […]
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Posted on May 18, 2012
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Review: Insurgent, Veronica Roth

Title: Insurgent (Goodreads) Author: Veronica Roth (@VeronicaRoth) Rating: One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.   Details […]
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Posted on May 9, 2012
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Review: Aurorarama, Jean-Christophe Valtat

Title: Aurorarama (Goodreads) Author:  Jean-Christophe Valtat (@theValtat) Rating: 1908. New Venice–“the pearl of the Arctic”–a place of ice palaces and pneumatic tubes, of beautifully ornate carriage-sleds and elegant victorian garb, of long nights and vistas of ice. But as the city prepares for spring, it feels more like qaartsiluni–“the time when something is about to explode […]
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Posted on May 7, 2012
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Guest Review: Frozen Prospects, Dean Murray

This review is a guest post by the lovely Anya of About The Story! Welcome Anya!   Title: Frozen Prospects (Goodreads) Author: Dean Murray Rating: – Really great story, minor flaws Frozen Prospects by Dean Murray is a sci-fi/fantasy hybrid about a boy in another world orphaned and alone until his latent potential is discovered by a family […]
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Posted on May 1, 2012
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Review: A Confusion of Princes, Garth Nix

Title: A Confusion of Princes (Goodreads) Author:  Garth Nix (@garthnix) Rating: I have died three times, and three times been reborn, though I am not yet twenty in the old earth years by which it is still the fashion to measure time. This is the story of my three deaths, and my life between. My […]
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Posted on April 26, 2012
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Tour: Socialpunk, Monica Leonelle – Review and Giveaway

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase stop on the Socialpunk Blog Tour! You can find links to the other blogs taking part on the socialpunktrilogy.com site, but make sure you enter the giveaway below my review first! Title: Socialpunk (Goodreads) Author:  Monica Leonelle (@monicaleonelle) Rating: Ima would give anything to escape The Dome and learn what’s beyond its barriers, […]
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Posted on April 19, 2012
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Review: Divergent, Veronica Roth

Title: Divergent (Goodreads) Author:  Veronica Roth (@VeronicaRoth) Rating: In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she […]
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Posted on April 12, 2012
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Review: Burnt Ice, Steve Wheeler

Title: Burnt Ice (Goodreads) Author:  Steve Wheeler Rating: Captain Michael Longbow and his crew of engineers, warriors and operatives are about to catch up on some recreation time on the resort world of Cygnus 5 when an investigation of some ancient underwater ruins turns into a full-scale battle. A series of missions takes them to […]
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Posted on April 10, 2012
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Cover Reveal: Foreign Identity, Becca Campbell

It’s time for something new on The Oaken Bookcase – a cover reveal. I’m very excited to be able to present the cover art for Becca Campbell‘s upcoming Science Fiction book, Foreign Identity. The bloody writing and the ghostly hand reaching towards it seems rather chilling – this might end up being a scary one! […]
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Posted on April 10, 2012
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Tour: WiSpY, Rob Andrews: Review and Giveaway

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s second stop on the Double the Scifi Tour! Last week I reviewed Vitality by Tim Andrewartha. Today I’m happy to share a review and giveaway for WiSpY. ~o~ Title: WiSpY (Goodreads) Author:   Rob Andrews (@wispyauthor) Rating:  Adam is a 19 year old blogger who lives in his mother’s basement. A simple reply […]
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Posted on March 30, 2012
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