The Friday Challenge 01-10-14

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This week’s Friday Challenge involves the book series I have re-read the most times. No, of course I’m not going to tell you what it is! Duh. Although some of you who have been reading this blog for a while, or know me personally, may be able to guess what it is.

Anyway, I’m going to post a snippet from one of the books here. All you have to do is identify the book it comes from:

There was a sad and terrible pause at this point in the conversation during which a hundred thousand people seemed unexpectedly to say ‘wop’ and a team of white robots descended from the sky like dandelion seeds drifting on the wind in tight military formation.

Also, there’s a hint in this actual post about the main character’s last name. I’ll post the answer on Monday!

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Review: The Diviners

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The Diviners by Libba Bray


My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The first thing I did when I finished this novel today was to look and see if book two was already out, and if not, when it was due to release. August! Argh!

Actually the novel achieves a nicely balanced ending–the sure knowledge that there is more to come, but the comfort of knowing that for now, things are mostly okay. It won’t be agony to wait for the next installment, but I’ll also be pleased to read it when it arrives.

I found the beginning of this book just slightly slow…a little too much history lovingly woven into the setting, perhaps, and a main character just hovering at the edge of too ditzy to be really likeable. However, once things get rolling, it’s a gripping tale with lots of twists, a large cast to be interested in, and dark edges that are pretty darn nervewracking. All in all a great read and I’d definitely recommend it for lovers of the paranormal.

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