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brstf rated Game Changers: 4 stars
brstf rated Careless People: 5 stars
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it …
brstf rated Blood Over Bright Haven: 4 stars
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to …
brstf rated Return of the King: 5 stars
brstf rated The Two Towers: 5 stars
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The second part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS
The Company of the Ring is sundered. …
brstf rated A Study in Drowning: 2 stars
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Effy has always believed in fairy tales. She's had no choice. Since childhood, she's been haunted by visions of the …
brstf rated The Once and Future Witches: 4 stars
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings …
brstf rated Starling House: 4 stars
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that can't …
Starfish by Peter Watts (Rifters Trilogy, #1)
Civilization rests on the backs of its outcasts.
So when civilization needs someone to run generating stations three kilometers below …
brstf rated Stories of Your Life: 5 stars
Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's …
brstf rated Light From Uncommon Stars: 5 stars
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
brstf rated The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi: 4 stars
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
brstf rated The House in the Cerulean Sea: 4 stars
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives …
brstf rated Nettle & Bone: 4 stars
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Marra — a shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter — is relieved not to be married off for the sake of her …