Rangiora High School

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  • Winter's Fire

    By Giles Kristian
    3 stars

  • The Blackfire Blade

    By James Logan
    4 stars

  • God of Vengeance

    By Giles Kristian
    4 stars

    Great read. Drags a bit in the middle but definitely enjoyable.

  • Daughters' War

    By Christopher Buehlman
    4 stars

    Prequel to Black Tongue Thief. It gives you the back story for Galva. Well written and enjoyable, but not as good as the first book.

  • Exiles

    By Mason Coile
    2 stars

  • Project Hail Mary

    By Andy Weir
    5 stars

    With the movie coming out in March, I thought this was a good time for a re-read of this book. Last time I actually read it, but I've heard the audio book of this is very good, so this was a good opportunity to experience it a different way. I loved it as much the second time. Amazing book.

  • The Silverblood Promise

    By James Logan
    4 stars

    A fun story with engaging characters. I read a review describing it as the Lies of Locke Lamora meets Uncharted, and I think that's an apt description.

  • Shorefall

    By Robert Jackson Bennett
    3 stars

    This is the second in the Founders Trilogy. It was fine. As with the first, slow to begin and better near the end... and as with the first a few holes in the plot. Unlike the first though, I had a harder time looking past them.

  • Brigands and Breadknives

    By Travis Baldree
    5 stars

    Low stakes cosy fantasy with a profound emotional heartbeat. This is a story about a Ratkin named Fern going on journey, both physical and emotional, where she struggles with the transition from obligation to agency. This is the third book in the Legends and Lattes series and I would strongly suggest reading the other two before this one, as you get to know the characters in the other books. I highly recommend all 3, they are warm, light-hearted, emotional reads.

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl

    By Matt Dinniman
    4 stars

    I've put of reading this for ages... the title, the fact that it's described as a LitRPG, the cover... but everything I've seen says it's actually a lot of fun, so I gave it a shot. Turns out they are right, it is, in fact, an enjoyable read. Not going to win any literary awards, but fun, nonetheless.

  • Foundryside

    By Robert Jackson Bennett
    4 stars

    Fun book, with an interesting magic system. Got some fundamental physics wrong at the start, which I struggled to get past, but once I did, I enjoyed it.

  • The Tiger - A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

    By John Vaillant
    4 stars

    ​John Vaillant’s The Tiger recounts the true, chilling story of a massive, man-eating Siberian tiger that begins hunting and killing humans with a calculated, seemingly personal vendetta in the remote, post-Soviet wilderness of Russia’s Primorye region in 1997. The core narrative, which follows lead tracker Yuri Trush and his team pursuing the immense, almost mythic predator through the brutal, snow-covered taiga, is utterly unbelievable and gripping, possessing the intense suspense and tension of a true-crime thriller. ​Vaillant seamlessly blends this immediate drama with deep dives into the region’s ecology, history, and the harsh realities of post-Soviet life. While this encyclopedic detail provides fascinating context for the human-animal conflict, the transition between the story of the hunt and these extensive historical tangents at times took away from the flow, momentarily breaking the intense momentum. Despite these necessary but disruptive detours, The Tiger remains a spectacular achievement in narrative non-fiction, delivering a haunting and powerful story of the collision between man and nature at its elemental edge.

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