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  The Demon in the Wood Sneak Peek and Review by Krishna Jaswal  “There is no safe place. There is no heaven. Not for us.” The Demon in the Wood is a graphic novel prequel to the novel Shadow and Bone (which is what I wrote about in my first blog that you should go check out!). In Shadow and Bone , one of the main villains, the Darkling, is a rare and powerful Grisha. Grisha are people who can manipulate energy and elements to use as powers. He has the power to use shadows and is an amplifier of others’ powers when they touch him while using their powers. The Demon in the Wood takes a blast to the Darkling’s past to see what he was like before he was the Darkling. The graphic novel also takes us back into the past of Ravka (where Shadow and Bone takes place) and the first steps of the Darkling’s power.  The story starts with 13-year-old Darkling, who is using the fake name Eryk, and his mom Baghra, who is using the fake name Lena. During this time period, Grisha were hunted for

If someone were to ask me about the best dystopian novel I have ever read, Scythe would immediately come to mind, by a long shot. Scythe by Neal Shusterman is the first book of a trilogy. It takes place far into the future, where death by injury and all diseases have been conquered, technological advancements reach their absolute peak, and all ethnicities have been mostly blended. Because humans are practically immortal, some outside greater factor must regulate the population for the greater good. Legalized killing (referred to as “gleaning” in the novel in respect) is the job of Scythes. The system of the Scythedom is extremely strict, with ten commandments that must be followed, quotas for the number of people gleaned in a certain amount of time must be met, and thrice a year conclaves take place to check and balance other scythes in the area. Scythe apprentices are selected by current Scythes themselves, and these apprentices train alongside their patron Scythes until one final can

My Top 3 Favorite Books of All Time -Linden           I've read a lot of books in my life, and I mean A LOT of books. Of course there are plenty of books that I have absolutely loved, but these 3 are my all-time favorites. 3 Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary            Now, since I've already written a review on this book as my first review of the year (Go check it out on The G's blog if you're interested) I will try to keep my yapping on this novel to a minimum. That being said, Project Hail Mary has to be the best Sci-Fi story I have read. What I love about it is the futuristic yet plausible setting (and let's be real, there's not much plausibility in most Sci-Fi stories). This story has lots of characters that you grow to love, and although this book has almost 500 pages, you still feel sad for their story to be finished. This book also tends to digress into science at some parts, so warning if you're not a science fan. That being said, if you're a person