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Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck (book review).
Jagannath is a collection of thirteen short stories by Swedish author, Karin Tidbeck. The stories are written in English, but maintain a Nordic flavour.…
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March 2013
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The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (book review).
A woman opens her eyes and is faced with a ring of bodies and no idea of who she is. Luckily, the previous…
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The Express Diaries by Nick Marsh (book review).
‘The Express Diaries’ is the latest novel from vet writer Nick Marsh, who combines a love of treating animals with a bizarre imagination…
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Oz The Great And Powerful (Frank’s take) (film review).
As a family entertainment, Disney’s ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ is the stunning feast for the eyes visually and should be digested as…
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Beautiful Redemption (Caster Chronicles series book 4) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (book review).
‘Beautiful Redemption is the last book in the four book ‘Caster Chronicles’ series preceded by ‘Beautiful Creatures’, ‘Beautiful Darkness’ and ‘Beautiful Chaos’. I…
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Camelot’s Sword by Sarah Zettel (book review).
The story of ‘Camelot’s Sword’ begins simply enough on one spring morning in the tin mining town of Cambryn. It is now four…
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Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles series book 3) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (book review).
‘Beautiful Chaos’ is book three in the ‘Caster Chronicles’ preceded by ‘Beautiful Creatures’ and ‘Beautiful Darkness’ and followed by the fourth and last…
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Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles series book 2) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (book review).
‘Beautiful Darkness’ is book two in the ‘Caster Chronicles’ series preceded by ‘Beautiful Creatures’ and followed by ‘Beautiful Chaos’ and ‘Beautiful Redemption’. I…
February 2013
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The Sea Watch (Shadows Of The Apt book six) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book review).
Stenwold Maker guided Collegium through the first war with the Wasp Empire, forming alliances with unlikely people and winning an uneasy truce. Now…
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The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber (book review).
Being an old alchemist myself who took some time to get over the phlogiston theory, I was intrigued to see what was going…
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The House Of Rumour by Jake Arnott (book review)
Stories generally adhere to a set formula. There’s a lead character, a premise, some progress and usually an ending that all flow nicely…
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Shadow Heir (Dark Swan series book 4) by Richelle Mead (book review).
Reaching the end of series, whether of three books or fifteen can provoke mixed responses. A well-written, nicely shaped set of novels about…