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The Devil’s Due (a Morgan Kingley novel book 2) by Jenna Black (book review).
A demon in your head is worth two in the bed and ‘The Devil’s Due’ is an interesting take on forced possession. Our…
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November 2013
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Guardian Of The Freedom (Merlin’s Descendants book # 5) by Irene Radford (book review).
There is a secret society of magicians working to protect England and its king. The Pendragon Society traces its roots in a direct…
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Middle-Earth Envisioned: The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings: On Screen, On Stage And Beyond by Paul Simpson and Brian J Robb (book review).
I’m a big fan of Tom Bombadil. No, no, come back, please… I enjoy his encounter with the Hobbits in ‘The Fellowship Of…
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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (book review)
When Harper enters the house, he knows that he is exactly where fate intended him to be. The items in the upstairs room…
October 2013
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Midnight Never Come (Onyx Court Book 1) by Marie Brennan (book review)
‘Midnight Never Come’ by Marie Brennan tells the tale of two queens, two courts and two pairs of lovers. The plot unfurls during the…
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The Riddles Of The Hobbit by Adam Roberts (book review).
‘…Sometimes the beautiful Peasant’s daughter, an eager-armed, Proud woman grabs my body, Rushes my red skin, holds me hard,…
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Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield (book review).
It is generally agreed that William Bellman is a man with prospects. He is pleasing to look at, sings noticeably well in the…
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Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs, David Lawrence, Francis Tsai and Amelia Woo (book review).
‘Homecoming’ is a graphic novel that runs alongside the ‘Mercy Thompson’ series of books by Patricia Briggs. In fact, it runs slightly prior…
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Cabinet Of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections And Other Obsessions by Gullermo Del Toro (book review).
The one thing that is most obvious from director Gullermo Del Toro’s book ‘Cabinet Of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections And Other Obsessions’ is…
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Lost Girl Season Two DVD boxset (DVD review).
Bo returns as the half-human, half-fae in this Canadian series, ‘Lost Girl’, about Bo, a girl trying to find her way in a…
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The Larion Senators (The Eldarn Sequence book 3) by Robert Scott and Jay Gordon (book review).
‘The Larion Senators’ is the concluding instalment in ‘The Eldarn Sequence’ by Robert Scott and Jay Gordon. If you’ve enjoyed following the exploits…
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The Wolf At The End Of The World by Douglas Smith (book review).
I don’t read a lot of paranormal stuff. I prefer aliens, which to me are usually more plausible than vampires and werewolves. I…