From Mel’s Shelves…Jim Butcher’s Furies of Calderon

Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1)
by Jim Butcher, 504 pages
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Published 2005

Mel Read Oct. 7, 2008

4.5/5

From the Back Cover:
For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies — elementals of earth, air, fire, [...]

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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender’s Game (Ender #1) by Orson Scott Card
Sci-Fi, Published 1985, 324 pp

Mel Read Nov. 15, 2008
4/5

From the Back Cover:
Once again, the Earth is under attack. Alien “buggers” are poised for a final assault. The survival of the human species depends on a military genius who can defeat the buggers.
But who?
Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A [...]

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From the Shelves of Mel…

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Dresden Files Series ~ Book 2
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Published 2001
Mel Read Aug. 2008
4/5
From the back cover:
Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. But [...]

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From the Shelves of Mel…

The Dolphins of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern) by Anne McCaffrey
Sci-Fi, Published 1994
Mel read June 2008

3.5/5
From the Cover:
When the first humans came to settle the planet Pern, they did not come alone: intelligence-enhanced dolphins also crossed the stars to colonize Pern’s oceans while their human partners settles the vast continents. But then disaster struck. [...]

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Catching Up on December’s Reads

Storm Front: Book One of the Dresden Files
Jim Butcher
Sci-Fi, Published 2000
3.5/5
A Virtuous Woman
Kaye Gibbons
Fiction, Published 1997
4/5

Stardust
Neil Gaiman
Sci-Fi, Published 2007
4/5

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