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End of Year Book Survey: 2012

Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner has posted a series of questions to reflect on the past year. I saw Shelleyrae’s answers at Book’d Out and loved the idea, so I’m joining in too! Best In Books 2012 1. Best Book You Read In 2012? (You can break it down by genre if you want) Oh gosh, […]
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Posted on December 29, 2012
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Review: Great North Road, Peter F Hamilton

Title: Great North Road (Goodreads) Author:  Peter F. Hamilton (website) Rating: In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, AD 2142, Detective Sidney Hurst attends a brutal murder scene. The victim is one of the wealthy North family clones – but none have been reported missing. And the crime’s most disturbing aspect is how the victim was killed. Twenty years ago, a North […]
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Posted on December 27, 2012
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Christmas Break

Just a quick note to let you know that things will be a little quiet around here (even quieter, anyway) for the next week or so. Usually being off on holidays means more internet time, but it actually usually means less reading time for me! I’d like to wish you and your family a very […]
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Posted on December 23, 2012
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Review: Incubus, Carol Goodman

Title: Incubus (Goodreads) or The Demon Lover in the US Author:  Carol Goodman (or her pseudonym, Juliet Dark) Rating: Dr. Callie McFay travels to the small college town of Fairwick in New York State for a job interview. Despite it being her second choice she finds herself talked into accepting a job offer from the Folklore Department […]
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Posted on December 20, 2012
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Cover Lover: Through the Ever Night

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. This week, I’m featuring a couple of books, the covers of which I’ve been admiring for a while now. The first […]
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Posted on December 19, 2012
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Review: Jack Templar: Monster Hunter, Jeff Gunhus

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s stop on the Jack Templar Monster Hunter tour! Following my review, there are links to a whole lot of other articles about this book.  Warning: Only proceed if you are absolutely sure you want to find out about Monster Hunters. Reading this book will almost certainly cause a load of […]
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Posted on December 16, 2012
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Review: Touch of Power, Maria V Snyder

Title: Touch of Power (Goodreads) Author:  Maria V Snyder Rating: Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a […]
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Posted on December 13, 2012
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Cover Lover: Shatter Me

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. This week’s cover is actually more than one – the newer covers for the Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi. Title: […]
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Posted on December 12, 2012
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Review: The Waste Lands, Stephen King

Title: The Waste Lands (Goodreads) Author:  Stephen King Rating: ~ Blurb from Goodreads ~ Roland, the Last Gunslinger, moves ever closer to the Dark Tower of his dreams and nightmares- as he crosses a desert of damnation in a macabre world that is a twisted mirror of our very own. With him are those he has drawn […]
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Posted on December 10, 2012
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Cover Lover: The Hobbit

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. Firstly, please allow me to apologise for the quietness around here this week – I haven’t had a lot of time […]
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Posted on December 5, 2012
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