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All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault: A Novel | James Alan Gardner
10 posts | 3 read | 7 to read
Monsters are real. But so are heroes. Sparks are champions of weird science. Boasting capes and costumes and amazing super-powers that only make sense if you dont think about them too hard, they fight an eternal battle for truth and justice . . . mostly. Darklings are creatures of myth and magic: ghosts, vampires, were-beasts, and the like. Their very presence warps reality. Doors creak at their approach. Cobwebs gather where they linger. Kim Lam is an ordinary college student until a freak scientific accident (what else?) transforms Kim and three housemates into Sparksand drafts them into the never-ending war between the Light and Dark. They struggle to master their new abilitiesand (of course) to design cool costumes and come up with great hero-names. Turns out that accident was just the first salvo in a Mad Geniuss latest diabolical scheme. Now its up to four newbie heroes to save the day, before they even have a chance to figure out what their teams name should be!
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SilverShanica

Will be at the When Words Collide literary conference this weekend selling tons of great books. If you‘re in Calgary and looking for fun this weekend come by the Delta South hotel and check out the fun! The Merchant‘s Room is open to the public, as is the autograph session on Saturday night! It‘s a great chance to meet some awesome authors and check out new favourite books! #WWCYYC2019

SilverShanica For clarification James is one of the Guests of Honour at the conference this year. He‘ll definitely be at the autograph session on Saturday. (edited) 5y
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MrT
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Born to read, forced to work.

Nute I really like your ‘self-introduction statement.‘ I‘m sure that I am also working just to feed kids and then buy books!😆 5y
MrT Cheers Nute 😆 I chose not to have children. That's £76k average spend per child from 0-18 in the UK that I had/have extra to spend on books. 5y
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Scott_BookInvasion
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I enjoyed this for the most part. I felt some of the main character characteristics seemed forced. Good for a pretty light superhero good vs evil story with some classic/meta tropes

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Scott_BookInvasion
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🤣😄 Love those laugh out loud moments!
#ireadbookswithgratuitousswearwords 🤬🤬🤬

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Scott_BookInvasion
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Loved the synopsis of this book! Diving in💥🎧

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rabbitprincess
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Had a few holds waiting at the library today 😁 Rabbit Cake was ordered by the library at my request 🙌🏻

LeahBergen I want to read Family Matters, too. 👍🏻 7y
rabbitprincess @LeahBergen The summary is certainly intriguing! 7y
LeahBergen I thought this one by him sounded great, too 7y
rabbitprincess @LeahBergen Ooh, it does! And a very nice cover too. 7y
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The.Intentional.Reader
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Picked up a couple of my Library holds today. Need to bust these out! I‘m excited 🤩

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khooliha
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Very much the first in a series, but also very much a good time. Plus: genderqueer superhero!

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Joelene
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This is one of those times when I wish Litsy gave us more options for ratings. For me, it falls between 'pick' and 'so-so.' I'm still trying to organize my thoughts for a real review, which is odd in itself because I usually have a pretty solid handle on what I like and don't like about any particular story, but this one is a bit tricky for some reason. Curious as to others reactions to this one. 😕

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Liberty
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#RiotGrams, Day 14: Today's prompt is "books in nature." Today's current read. ???

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