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Alyssa Black

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Born

in Hobart, IN, The United States

July 14

Website

http://www.anchor.fm/yacurmudgeon

Genre

Science Fiction, American Lit, Comics

Member Since

March 2012

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Average rating: 4.0 · 22 ratings · 3 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Haiku of the Dead by David Nell (Editor), Jason Kirk (Goodreads Author), Jessica McHugh (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014	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
	Red Sky: Anthology of Speculative Poetry by David Nell (Editor), E.S. Wynn (Goodreads Author), Karen Neuberg liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 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

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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: dystopian, fiction, currently-reading

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Alyssa liked Ali's review of Not for the Faint of Heart: "DNF at 50%. I wanted to like it so badly, the premise seemed fun, but the characterization and motivations felt both shallow and uneven - and the plot, such as it is, was just not that compelling to me. I kept falling asleep whenever I'd try to pick " Read more of this review »
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An original story with lots of action. Some very awkward dialogue.
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Alyssa made a comment on Ali’s review of Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) " It's funny you mentioned hunger games, because this book really reminds me of hunger games too. It's the people literally dying for the entertainment ...more "
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