A.L. MacDonald

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Orbiting Fortunes

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Kings of the World by Sal Nudo
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Kings the World is an exhaustive essay turning the life and success of Def Leppard into a blueprint for any success you might wish to achieve. It is a thoroughly researched and detailed dissection of Def Leppard's career, thoughtfully reengineered in ...more
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Dark Coast Racer by Michael J.P. Whitmer
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This was a fast-paced thriller with some supernatural occult elements for spice. There are a good many twists, especially right at the beginning but I was certainly kept guessing throughout the book. I think the car was my favourite character. I did ...more
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Never Leave You by Hough
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This is a great psychological thriller that builds very slowly yet maintains a lot of tension, consistently raising the stakes and keeping you guessing. I kept wondering how things could go further and they kept surprising. The writing is very good, ...more
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Lay Me Down by Julie Mannino
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This is a MM Romantasy with a lot of tension and drama between characters. It starts very quickly and maintains a pretty fast pace while the tension between the two main characters simmers - smolders? - at maximum throughout the book. The writing is
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The Glitched Realm by Max L. Evel
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The Glitched realm is a litRPG story with a ton of lore. I hadn't read many books of this genre so I wasn't used to the avalanche of facts - literally pages of stats for equipment and spells - but I think that if you are a gamer you would like that s ...more
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Thunder Moon Tussle by Torn MacAlester
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I like the structure of this book. It uses an alternating flashback and present-day sequence to dribble out the information as the book progresses, which is naturally engaging. I was definitely drawn in, wanting to know why Nils was travelling to hab ...more
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Folktales from the Endless Frontier Volume 1 by Brett Lurie
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This is a fantastic book. I love anthologies, and these stories are a great range of characters and settings, making the overall world a very rich place. The book has a MAP, a huge plus, and the reason I got the paperback. The illustrations are amazi ...more
Orbiting Fortunes by A.L.  MacDonald
"A filling scifi read

This story was amazingly good, even for readers who are not usually avid fans of the sci-fi genre, like myself. Its in first-person and packed with convincing detail in a relatable tone. The story definitely kept pulling me in. Th" Read more of this review »
Orbiting Fortunes by A.L.  MacDonald
"In the void of space, litter is as telling of human progress as it is of our negligence. Did you know that as of 2023, over 36,000 pieces of debris orbit our planet, from spent rocket stages to discarded satellites? This growing cloud of “space junk”" Read more of this review »
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Youtopia Reborn by Joseph Rein
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This is a thought-provoking thriller combining the tension of a detective mystery into a kidnapping with an examination into the implications of an online consciousness. It illustrates the realities that cannot be captured by the online world and how ...more
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