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Review: Graceling, Kristin Cashore

Title: Graceling (Goodreads) Author:  Kristin Cashore (website) Rating: In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are both feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. Feared by the court and shunned by those her own age, the darkness of her Grace […]
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Posted on January 23, 2013
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Review: Under the Never Sky, Veronica Rossi

Title: Under the Never Sky (Goodreads) Author:  Veronica Rossi (website) (twitter) Rating: Exiled from her safe home in the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria finds herself in the outer wastelands known as the Death Shop. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent energy storms will. There she meets a savage, an Outsider named Perry – wild, dangerous […]
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Posted on January 17, 2013
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Bout of Books 6.0: Wrap-up

The Bout of Books 6.0 is over! How did you go with your goals? Once again a big well-done and thanks is due to the organisers of the event, Kelly and Amanda. Sit down and put your feet up, ladies (and read a book?)! I surprised myself this time around by getting much more time to […]
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Posted on January 14, 2013
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No Strings Attached Giveaway January 2013

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s stop on the No Strings Attached Giveaway Hop! The Hop is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. This Hop is especially for those people who hate jumping through hoops to enter giveaways. You only get one entry, and all you have to do is log into rafflecopter […]
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Posted on January 13, 2013
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Review: Scent of Magic, Maria V Snyder

Title: Scent of Magic (Goodreads) Author:  Maria V Snyder (website) Rating: As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is […]
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Posted on January 10, 2013
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Cover Lover: The Raksura

Welcome to Cover Lover, where I share my favourite covers! Hannah  of Once Upon a Time is the inventor of this particular “meme”, so head over there to see the covers she’s already shared. For my first Cover Lover of 2013, I had to feature the Raksura series by Martha Wells. I recently reviewed the […]
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Posted on January 9, 2013
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Clock Rewinders (17)

It’s time for a look back over the past (few) week(s), and to see what’s coming up. This feature is based on the original Clock Rewinders on a Book Binge. Last Week(s) on the Bookcase I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break! I’m about to head back to work tomorrow after a relaxing holiday (as […]
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Posted on January 6, 2013
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Bout of Books 6.0: Goals

The Bout of Books is on again! It starts this coming Monday and there’s still plenty of time to sign up. Here’s a bit of info about the read-a-thon: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon […]
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Posted on January 5, 2013
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Review: The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells

Title: The Cloud Roads (Goodreads) Author:  Martha Wells (website) Rating: Moon has spent his life hiding what he is — a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. […]
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Posted on January 4, 2013
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Top Ten for 2012

Here we are at the end of 2012, and what a year it’s been. This year, I: Started blogging about books! Read 100 books according to Goodreads – some of which were novellas or short graphic novels. Wrote 87 reviews, mostly young adult and mostly fantasy. Took part in 13 giveaways, and won at least […]
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Posted on December 31, 2012
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