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Boom Baumgartner

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Influenced from a young age by greats like David Bowie, Boom likes to add a little bit of glam to everything she does, from playing the ukulele to writing novels. When she’s not turning out stories about witchcraft and werewolves, she is a staff writer for ScienceFiction.com. You can find her other musings at LovingTheAlien.net

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Average rating: 4.31 · 32 ratings · 10 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Dora's Jinx 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Israel Leventhal 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Hunting Critters (Ghost Hunting Dog #3) by J.A. Campbell (Goodreads Author), Carol Hightshoe (Goodreads Author), Jamie Ferguson (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pay-Per-View Ragnarök: and Other Modern Myths it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog and Octopus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This book thrilled me once I actually got past first few chapters, and yet I have no idea who I would recommend it to. It breaks so many scifi tropes that I think it would be difficult for some to look past. What seems like a bioscifi story turns int ...more
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I guess... I don't like historical fiction this light. When I read historical fiction, I want to feel like I'm there. This book made me feel like I was watching an absurd soap opera... which fair enough, Roman history is kinda like that if you don't ...more
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Sometimes very interesting. Sometimes very tedious. I learned a lot and enjoyed it when I did. I got very bored too. Wish it had more imagery and comparisons to illustrate their points.
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I approached this book tired and jaded, victimized by over a decade of of whatever the hell YA became. It certainly starts like one. But slowly, bit by bit, it threw off the chains of YA, and it was glorious. For every time I thought it would follow ...more
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Sometimes very interesting. Sometimes very tedious. I learned a lot and enjoyed it when I did. I got very bored too. Wish it had more imagery and comparisons to illustrate their points.
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I read the First Law Trilogy and decided Abercrombie just wasn't for me. Then my friend told me about this book, and said I should give it a chance, so I did... And I fucking loved it. This book is so good, and I can't wait for another book in the se ...more
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