Philomath in Philadelphia – Page 8 – Reviews in 200 Words and Other Random Thoughts

ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: F - L, Book Reviews, Crime Drama, Mystery, Thriller

200-word review of The Rabbit Hunter (Joona Linna #6) by Lars Kepler

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.0 with 7,211 ratings (as of 3/25/2020) Synopsis from Goodreads: Joona Linna has spent two years in a high-security prison when…

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March 25, 2020

ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: M - Q, Book Reviews, Book Title: R - Z, Crime Drama, General Fiction, Mystery, Police Procedural, Thriller

200-word review of Six Graves (D.I. Kim Stone #16) by Angela Marsons

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 starsGoodreads rating: 4.81 with 744 ratings (as of 5/14/2022) When Detective Kim Stone rushes to the scene of a house fire, she’s shocked to…

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May 16, 2022

Author's Last Name: M - Q, Science Fiction

200-word review of Thin Air by Richard K. Morgan

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.09 with 1,436 ratings (as of 1/22/2019) An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Madekwe, part of a…

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January 22, 2019

ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: A - E, Book Reviews, Book Title: A - E, Fantasy, SciFi and Fantasy, Thriller

200-word review of Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

Philomath in Phila / June 19, 2020

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.03 with 592 ratings (as of 6/18/2020) Synopsis from Goodreads As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the…

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ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: F - L, Book Title: A - E, Young Adult

200-word review of Again Again by E. Lockhart

Philomath in Phila / June 12, 2020

Synopsis from Goodreads: If you could live your life again, what would you do differently? After a near-fatal family catastrophe and an unexpected romantic upheaval, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself catapulted into a summer…

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ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: A - E, Book Title: R - Z, Childrens, Classic, Graphic Novel, Retelling

200-word review of A Study in Scarlet (The Sherlock Holmes Children’s Collection #1) by Stephanie Baudet (Adapter), Arthur Conan Doyle

Philomath in Phila / May 29, 2020

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 3.98 with 50 ratings (as of 5/29/2020) Elementary-age reading, my dear Watson! This fun series adapts the classic mysteries of Holmes & Watson for…

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ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Book Reviews, Book Title: F - L, Fantasy, Science Fiction

200-word review of Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe #1) by David Wong

Philomath in Phila / May 29, 2020

Get ready for a world in which anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star, in which human achievement soars to new heights while its depravity…

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ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: M - Q, Nonfiction

200-word review of Papercutting Geometric Designs Inspired by Nature by Patricia Moffett

Philomath in Phila / May 26, 2020

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads rating: 4.39 with 18 ratings (as of 5/25/2020) Synopsis from Goodreads: These 25 projects show how ammonites, lichen rosettes, honeycomb, and other natural forms can…

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ARC - Advanced Reader's Copy, Author's Last Name: F - L, Nonfiction

200-word review of The Art of Spiral Drawing: Learn to create spiral art and geometric drawings using pencil, pen, and more by Jonathan Stephen Harris

Philomath in Phila / May 25, 2020

Synopsis from Goodreads: Written and illustrated by Jonathan Stephen Harris, the author of the popular The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions, the book opens with helpful sections on tools and materials, perspective, and…

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