Synopsis:
A young woman discovers her destiny among a cadre of psychic dragons, and hatches a radical plan to save her planet from a deadly threat using time travel.
Review:
I wish I had discovered Pern when I was in high school. Dragonflight, one of Anne McCaffrey’s books set in the dragon-strewn world, is perfect YA sci [...]

Popularity: 32% [?]

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The first of two anthologies featuring short stories by George RR Martin, ranging from fantasy to science fiction to horror to genre hybrids.
Review:
I am one of those readers who had never heard of George RR Martin before encountering A Game of Thrones, book one in his Song of Ice and Fire series. [...]

Popularity: 80% [?]

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Synopsis:
New step-sister Amanda wants to teach David and his younger siblings all about practicing magic, but when they learn that their house was once haunted by a poltergeist, no one can tell what’s made up and what’s real.
Review:
The Headless Cupid is the second of the three YA books I’m reading for the Banned Books Challenge. [...]

Popularity: 26% [?]

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Synopsis:
In a rotting-down town in nowheresville Maine, a woman with a broken mind haunts the minds of the inhabitants, tormenting their dreams and leading them to make deadly choices.
Review:
I picked The Keeper up after reading about it on SciFi Wire, but I have to say I was disappointed. The writing is assured, and Langan [...]

Popularity: 35% [?]

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An outcast girl with telekinesis wreaks havoc at her prom.
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

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First in a crime-solving series starring Harry Dresden, a wizard living in Chicago. He finds lost objects, investigates paranormal activities, and advises the police whenever a crime scene looks like magic was involved.
Popularity: 41% [?]

Popularity: 41% [?]

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In a world of Sameness, a young man who can see colors is chosen to be the Receiver and bear all emotion and memory for his community. As he trains, he begins to see the monstrousness of a world without feeling.
Popularity: 29% [?]

Popularity: 29% [?]

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Synopsis:
A little girl with the psychic power to start fires is on the run with her father, fleeing an NSA-type government agency wanting to capture her, experiment on her, and kill her.
Review:
This is not the first time I’ve read this book; that would have been freshman year in college, when I discovered King and blew [...]

Popularity: 20% [?]

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