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Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog
It's a blog! Mainly of book reviews.
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Station Zero
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The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition
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749/997 pages
The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry
The Uncertain Land and Other Poems
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8/160 pages
The Heptameron (Penguin Classics)
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152/544 pages
The Poems and Plays of John Masefield
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78/534 pages
Poems Selected
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Selected Poems
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18/160 pages
The Penguin Book of Scottish Verse
Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 2
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133/789 pages
Armageddon Outta Here, Derek Landy
I haven't read any Skulduggery in ages but it's perfect for my current mood - that is fun, lightweight and fast-paced. The short story form offers the opportunity to experiment and Landy takes that opportunity, varying genre, tone and narrative perspective and in doing so proving he's not just a one note writer. I'd very happily see him produce novels that showed the same variety. The haunted house story was particularly good, building a great atmosphere of dread.
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